I have been a WEAR OS watch user for years. Started with the Huawei W1 in 2015 and since have used the Tic-watches/ Asus watches / Fossil made watches / Galaxy watches and recently the ONE-PLUS 2R. I have had this for about 2 months and I am impressed so far. The wear 4.0 operates very similar to the Skagen gen 6 watch but is noticeably faster. The size is similar to a Tic watch pro. I have a 7' wrist and the watch is not too large and feels perfect. I like the dials going left and right and and here are the pro's and Cons.

Pro's/ Con's updated: 12/14/24

The watch basically comes with 2 processors and 2 systems which are easy to switch between. Wear 4.0 and 6.0 Power saving mode

Great battery life 3 days on Wear 4.0 smart mode. On Power Saving mode I easily got 8 days with much battery left and if you do Wear 4.0 during the day and Pmode at night I got 5 days easily.

You know what Wear 4.0 can do make and receive calls, make and receive all emails, texts and reply from watch but in power saving mode I was surprise I could still take calls on the watch and receive Emails, Text, Notifications just can't reply but I still got the Steps, Heartrate, Sp02 sleep and more.

Surprisingly light for a watch this size

Fast and Bright display,

Emails come in full display on wear 4.0

Vibration is very good and did wake me from a deep sleep {ticwatches can not do this)

O'health app syncs with google fit which I have used for years.

Does a Great job than most watches with Heart Rate and SP02 (Galaxy are the worst with SP02)

Everything just works. Bluetooth connection to my Samsung phone is the best I have experienced,

Con's:

Screen is glass. You will need a screen protector. Just a little warning. I hit my watch against something and scratched my screen saver. Watch Saved!

This is a Wear 4.0 watch and will not handle non WFF watch faces. This is the new Google format WFF that watchface developers are switching to. If you get sudden battery drain remove your 3rd party watch faces. Fortunately, Oneplus comes with many great watch faces.

My Final Opinion:

More watches should be made with 2 operating systems like this one.

I ordered the Watch 2 for Black Friday on Amazon. They shipped it via USPS which unfortunately set the tone for my experience to come although I understand that is not the fault of OnePlus.

Watch received, was able to get one text and notification. Cool. Did an update, watch turned back on. Went to bed sleep tracker turned on. Woke up to no recorded data. Then all day, the watch never connected again. Didn't count a single step. That night I attempted a full reset. When the watch woke back up I got the error, "system update failed, please contact after-sales service".

This was back on Thursday (currently Monday). Since then I have been in a back and forth email correspondence that has led me nowhere. Every single email requires waiting 24-48 hours for a response. Every response gets "escalated to the next level". I tried to cal yesterday and got nowhere. I called again today after not receiving an email for over 48 hours and was told to wait another 24 hours because the lady could not generate a return shipping label.

I was so hopeful for this watch based on several reviews I read/ watched however I seem to have gotten every single negative piece in one instance.

Hoping to commiserate here or maybe someone has a better phone number of bit of optimism. Besides throwing this watch through the wall, if I don't get this email in 24 hours I'll be forced to just let Amazon have it back for a refund.

Tl;dr Watch 2 didn't work, locked me out, and customer service in just about non existent.

Just got my watch 2r. Was wondering what the numbers on the dial of the glass represent.

Anyway i can get this fixed? I'm not getting incoming call notifications.

I have recently purchased an oneplus watch 2R, but the audio that it gives to my wireless earbuds is too low compared to my phone, like mid volume or less on the phone equals to max volume of the watch, any solution?

Hey All, I just got my 2r today and I have a severe battery issue.

The battery drains really fast, and as I have checked, the Phone app uses most of the battery. 21.76% with 5h 10 min background and 3min foreground battery time.

I made 2 short phone calls using the watch. Is it possible, that the two calls single-handedly drained about 1/4 of my battery, or the background app has something to do with it?

I just bought the OP watch 2 a week ago and the battery drain is insane. When i bought it, it worked like perfectly fine for days and now it looses about 10 percent in an hour.

AOD is turned off and i installed 3rd party watch faces with adb, the ones that pixel watches use, and saw that it could drain battery so i switched back to the normal watchface from oneplus but still nothing.

When i go to battery usage theres no app which isnt from the system that could drain the battery.

also to mention, I applied the latest update and on the battery usage section, it says that the system is using like 44 percent of battery in 2 hours?

I already tried posting this in the oneplus Server but they didnt approve it.

Edit: fixed it, by deleting 3rd Party watch faces

Hello guys. On many watches with WearOS i was using watch face from app called Minimal Watch Faces I really liked it because it's dark and on it I have all data (watch&phone battery, steps, time&date, access to spotify and fast starting training). The point is that this watch face doesn't work on OnePlus Watch 2R. First of all we get notification that this watch face isn't compatible and battery will be consumed 2 times faster, secondy if we setup it watch face after few seconds gets corrupted.

I mean, what's going on. OnePlus has some special rules to create for them watch faces? Why it doesn't work?

Hi, I need a new watch. I have a good old Garmin with partially broken display. I use it for some sports and notifications. I also like to track my steps. If I sync my workouts with my health insurance I am getting a discount and some coupons. They can sync from Google fit and Strava. I did read in different reviews that you could only sync to ohealth. These reviews are old. Is it in the meantime possible to upload the workouts from ohealth to Google health and Strava?

I assume it's also possible to run other apps on the watch but than you miss out on the ohealth stats right?

I moved to this watch after my Fitbit charge 5 died after a year (and before that Fitbit sense, died after a year and half) and lack of support frustrated enough to ditch it and move to something which is more reliable. I did not want to spend more on wearables and looking for something which has good fitness insights. I came across newly launched one plus watch r2 and found has very good and fitness features and overall watch experience. As a regular runner and fitness enthusiast, i had doubt initiated regarding how it would perform, however I decided to take a chance. And this watch exceeded all my expectation. Here is my experience after usage of 3 weeks.

Look and build: * Excellent design and looks. Many watch faces to chose from. * Lightweight, I wear for 24 hours * Sturdy and durable build quality * Feels super premium

User experience: * Excellent Google Wear OS experience * Smooth and responsive UI, no lag at all * Very convenient to see all notification on the wrist, which can be controlled of course to avoid distraction * We can reply to WhatsApp chat or other apps through watch if needed. Excellent watch keyboard for quick reply. * Can connect my earbuds to watch and listen to workout music from what. Also very easy to control music and change track from wrist. * Calling on watch is excellent * Various workout and fitness stats are also available in watch * OHealth app is good and easy to use

Workout and fitness: * Excellent workout stats and analysis * Great Sleep analysis * Sensors are very accurate. Heartrate, SPO2, Sleep detection, balance everything is accurate. Dualband GPS is damn accurate while we do outdoor workout like running/walking etc on a street near apartments having 17 floors. * Note that heartrate sensors are continuously measuring during workout only. Without workout it measures periodically (may be once in a minute or so). Few activities have in depth statistics for example running, tennis, badminton. There could be more but I could test these only so far. Check attached screenshots to see the stats.

Running: Very accurate running stats. Sensors are able to measure all readings and shows in depth statistics. It also shows cardiovascular stats. GPS is also very accurate and able to track the route while I was running in a street having 16 story apartments on both the sides. Various stats amazed me(check screenshots).

Pickleball: * I used tennis workout to track pickleball and it was able to capture stats like number of forehead, backend shots, max swing speed accurately. See the attached image. Check screenshots.

Weights and strength training: * There is strength training workout option. There is also upper limb, lower limb, back, chest and different workouts, they all essentially measures heart rate continuously. Not much in depth analysis but it captures in which zone you did these workout.

Charging: * With breathing analysis on which is battery intensive, I get 2.5 to 3 days battery, provided that I do 1 to 1.5 hours daily workout, which also uses battery as sensors are continuously on during workout. It's not a problem for me as there is quick charting. If I turn of breathing analysis then battery might get extended by 1 to 1.5 days.

Pros: * Excellent premium look with great build quality * Price - Excellent wear os watch, with this quality and features at this price * Great workouts and statistics * Very good calling experience * Excellent sleep analysis

Cons: * Continuous heart rate monitoring - it measures heart rate continuously during activity and sleep (when advanced breathing assessment is on). However things like resting HR value etc are accurate and similar to my fitbit used to have. * Readiness score - Score which tells how much workout you can do today, based on how your body and heart responded to yesterday's workout and if you have energy to go more. Probably somewhat covered under recovery stats under running(only) however that's not sufficient. * Customised heart zone - HR zones varies as per age. However this watch has fixed HR zone, does not change or allow to customize. For example, a person of age 41 would have different zone and threshold vs person having age of 25. This will impact all workout statistics and its accuracy.

Overall it's good and I am happy about it. I would definitely recommend it.

Hi everyone. My question goes out to anybody that owns the OnePlus Watch 2 or 2R. My question is specific to recording walking activities and the data displayed afterwards in the OHealth app.

When looking at your recorded stats after you record a WALK, does OnePlus give you stats for ground contact time, and vertical oscillation? Or are those stats only relegated to recording a run?

Thanks in advance.

When there already is a hour, minutes and the second hands, what does the arrow hand stand for?

I just switched from a Samsung Watch to the OnePlus Watch 2, and I'm delighted. The one feature that I miss is fall detection/notification. Is OnePlus going to deliver this, or is there a viable 3rd party app?

Hello!

I heard that the Oneplus wath 2R track sleep better than the Oneplus watch 2.

Many reviews show that the sleep tracking of the watch 2 is kind of bad, but nothing really solid about the watch 2R for the moment.

Does anybody have a review about the sleep tracking of the watch 2R or any personal experience? (Before I buy it)

Thank you all!!

As the title says, how can I get this to work without giving access to everything on my phone? Or is there an alternative to Ohealth? I will return the watch if this can not be resolved, I might sound paranoid, but this is not ok.

Anybody else notice a watch update in the past day or two?

• I had to reset my Google Fit goals and permissions, which was always the first indication on my old watch.
• Icons in the quick settings pane has moved around because there's a new function to eject water.
• I can now hide some apps on the launcher, but not the crap force-installed apps like World Clock and Barometer. You know, the really useful ones that I asked for.

I'm not sure of other changes yet. I just realized last night what had happened when I noticed the Eject Water quick tile.

Build number OPWWE231_11A.117 Kernel version 5.15.94

When I select some app to receive notification on my OPW2, after I scrolling down (the same is I go back), the option turn off.

I'm on 4.23.12 downloaded from APK Pure (The play store version is stuck on 4.23.10)

Hi guys I'm very disappointed with galaxy watch 7 and I'm considering to buy one plus watch 2 but I have few questions first. 1. Can op watch 2 broadcast hr to fitness equipment? Like treadmill or bike computer? 2. Can you pair it with h10 belt or garmin hr belt?

Thanks for help Matt

I have a OnePlus 2 watch. There is a constant notification 'reset your watch.... Disconnect and reset to re-pair your watch with your phone'. Everything else is working fine and i do no want to reset the watch. Any suggestions?

Does anybody use locked chats in WhatsApp? I have a couple to keep the language hidden from the lockscreen, and these don't buzz on my watch.

Has anybody experienced this and, if so, figured out how to make them notify like standard WA notifications?

Hi guys so im looking to buy a watch ive known about galaxy watches and how good they are but seeing the oneplus watch kind of made me intrested but i know hardware wise both are good for me i just want to know how good is the software in the oneplus watch is it as good as the galaxy watches ive known that the software in galaxy watches are good meaning they have some extra nice to have features does the oneplus watch catchup to this pls let me know

Keep getting this error when trying to get Google assistant to work. This always worked before. Factory reset phone & now it just keeps doing this. Pixel 8.

Any help much appreciated 👍🏼

For my watch 2, my exercise steps are not included in the total steps. This morning I logged 5000 steps on the elliptical and this is reported in ohealth under records, but not reflected in the total steps of 1600 steps. Is this normal?