Oppo recently announced the launch of the Oppo Watch X2, which was spotted earlier on in select regional Oppo websites. Another new Wear OS device, the Watch X2 builds on the original Watch X from last year with new changes and refinements, although on one hand we wouldn’t blame you if you did a double-take when looking at the new device – and yes, there’s a reason that it evokes a sense of deja vu.
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You see, the Oppo Watch X2 is in fact a rebranded variant of the OnePlus Watch 3, which is perhaps one of the most impressive Wear OS watches that we’ve seen to date. Oppo is no stranger to borrowing and adopting hardware designs from sister brand OnePlus, be it with smartphones, tablets, and even smartwatches. To Oppo’s credit though, it has given the Oppo Watch X2 some visual tweaks that set it apart from the OnePlus Watch 3. This can be seen with the colour variants, that include a black and blue model, with the latter featuring a uniquely-shaped bezel, something not found on the OnePlus Watch 3.
There are also differences in terms of software, which only makes sense as this serves as one of the biggest differentiating factors between several OnePlus and Oppo devices that share similar hardware specifications. Speaking of the Watch X2’s hardware, you’re pretty much getting a lot of the same components found on the OnePlus Watch 3. This includes the same slightly off-centre look with the righthand side of the watch and the large LTPO touchscreen, which measures 1.5 inches. It does come with a bezel that’s slightly-raised, a telltale sign that this is the Watch X2 and not its predecessor.
The crown on the Oppo Watch X2 also packs the new rotating functionality, which should prove useful when scrolling through different menus within the OS. It can be remembered that the Watch X and OnePlus Watch 2’s rotating crown lacked any sort of scrolling capabilities, and it’s nice to finally get the feature here. This entire setup features 5ATM and IP68 water protection, keeping the watch safe from most situations with occasional water immersion and accidental splashes.
Take a look on the inside and you’ll also find the same dual-engine setup on the OnePlus Watch 3, which gives it improved battery endurance. The Watch X2 also uses Qualcomm’s W5 chip alongside a secondary BES2800 MCU Efficiency chipset, which works by allowing the W5 to run most of the main “smart” device functions needed by Wear OS, while the BES2800 takes on background tasks that don’t require a lot of power, AKA the RTOS side of the watch. In case you haven’t heard of it before, RTOS stands for “real-time OS,” a lightweight smartwatch platform found on most wearables that don’t run on Wear OS.
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Given that both watches come with the same battery specs as well, one can expect the Watch X2 to last for up to five days on a single charge, courtesy of the 631 mAh battery inside. Users can push this for up to 16 days on low-power mode, although you’ll need to use it without the smart features. There’s also the usual suite of fitness-tracking features such as body temperature monitoring, heart rate and SPO2 tracking, and over 100 sports modes with GPS tracking.
