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OnePlus Watch 4 makes a surprise debut with a major software upgrade

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The OnePlus Watch 4's surprise launch introduces a premium titanium build, a high-brightness OLED display, and the latest software, positioning it as a competitive option in the Wear OS smartwatch market. Its advanced features and design enhancements could influence future industry standards and consumer expectations for premium smartwatches.

Key Takeaways

TL;DR OnePlus has soft-launched the Watch 4 on its website, confirming a titanium alloy build and a 47mm LTPO OLED display capable of 3,000 nits peak brightness.

The OnePlus Watch 4 debuts with Oxygen OS Watch 8, based on Wear OS 6, and features Gemini integration out of the box.

The Watch 4 retains the Snapdragon W5 processor and 32GB storage from previous models but has an improved IP69 rating and a slightly lower weight.

The Wear OS smartwatch market could always use more competition, and despite its recent troubles, OnePlus appears to be gearing up for a global launch of the OnePlus Watch 4. Retail boxes for the smartwatch were spotted last week, and now OnePlus has officially soft-launched the Watch 4, confirming all its specifications and design.

OnePlus Watch 4 specifications and features The product page for the OnePlus Watch 4 is already live on OnePlus’s website, revealing almost everything about the smartwatch except its pricing and availability.

The OnePlus Watch 4’s titanium alloy case measures 47.4mm × 47.4mm × 11mm, and the watch weighs about 43g without its straps. There’s a 466 x 466 pixel LTPO OLED display with Sapphire Crystal cover glass for protection and a 310 ppi pixel density. Users will get 600 nits of maximum brightness, but peak brightness in sports mode under strong sunlight can reach 3,000 nits.

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The spec sheet confirms that the OnePlus Watch 4 comes with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 process and BES 2800 co-processor as the OnePlus Watch 2 and Watch 3 before it — there’s sadly no upgrade to Snapdragon Wear Elite here. The Watch 4 comes with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. There’s also a 646mAh battery on board that promises three days of battery life under heavy use and up to 16 days in power save mode.

Other tidbits on the Watch 4 include Bluetooth 5.2, dual-band L1+L5 GNSS, 2.4GHz/5GHz Wi-Fi, and NFC, but explicitly no eSIM support. For protection, we have 5ATM, IP69, IP68, and MIL-STD-810H certifications.

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