GROUP TEST SMARTWATCHESWhat’s the story?
Hmm, haven’t we seen you
somewhere before? Oppo’s
debut wearable might give
Apple Watch owners a bit of
deja-vu, but there’s lots to
like for Android fans. The Oppo
Watch takes Wear OS and
massages it with software
tweaks and battery-saving
tech, then wraps it up with
the kind of build quality we’d
expect from a watch specialist.Is it any good?
Let’s be honest: people are
going to think you’ve got an
Apple Watch, the only realgiveaway being the green
button, which defaults to a
fitness shortcut. But this is
an impressively lightweight
watch, despite a robust metal
frame and scratch-resistant
Corning glass fascia.
Display colours are rich and
vibrant, while brightness is
impeccable, and few watches
run Wear OS as smoothly as
here. It wakes up from sleep
almost instantly, doesn’t take
an eternity to open apps, and
shows no sign of stuttering
or slowdown when swiping
away notifications or scrolling
through watch faces. OnlyApple and Samsung can go
smoother than this.
The watch faces are largely
focused around fitness, but
can be customised through
the companion app – including
colour-matching with your
outfit using your phone’s
camera. Neat.
This wearable is all about
knocking you into shape a
little at a time, not through
marathon gym sessions.
There’s a library of built-in
five-minute workouts, ranging
from bedtime stretches to
all-out fat burners. For a more
extended workout you get fivemodes: fitness run, fat burn
run, outdoor walk, outdoor
cycling and swimming. There’s
also built-in sleep tracking, but
we found it unreliable.
As Wear OS devices go, few
are quite as well-rounded as
this. It has a gorgeous display
and looks the part... even if it
owes a huge debt to Apple.Price from £229 / stuff.tv/OW
O 1.6in 320x360 (41mm) or
1.91in 402x476 (46mm)
AMOLED O Wear OS
O Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, NFC,
GPS O 50m O Up to 36hrs
O 30g (41mm) or 40g (46mm)Oppo Watch
LINED APP
Apps have been
shuffled into grids
to suit the square
screen, and icons
recoloured to match
Oppo’s phone UI.
PHONE HOME
Oppo hasn’t
skimped on stuff
like NFC for Google
Pay, but only the
46mm model gets
cellular connectivity.FLASH BACK
VOOC charging
uses tiny contacts
in the underside of
the watch. It’ll do a
quarter of a charge
in under 15mins.STUFF SAYS Apple-ness aside, this Watch streamlines Wear OS to put it ahead of many rivals ++++,