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We've got our hands on a new smartwatch model to come from OnePlus.
"Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look.
For the past couple of years, we have actually really liked what OnePlus has been doing particularly with their watches, because they had a really bad first fitness watch, just called the OnePlus Watch."
"Then they sort of came back around with the OnePlus Watch 2, which ran Wear OS instead.
Then the OnePlus Watch 3 was one of our most liked smartwatches of, well, 2014, I think.
Well, it is, at the very least, a little while back.
So we were really glad to see that they would then be launching a light version of that same watch that, for instance, was a little cheaper, was thinner, and, well, overall just more accessible."
"What we didn't know at the time was that the OnePlus Watch Lite, which is right here, does not run Google Wear OS.
So that means no Google Play Store, no access to a bunch of services that would render this a proper smartwatch."
"No, what this is, is more akin to something like a Huawei watch, which is more fitness oriented, but does not have the big breadth of apps that Google Play Store or an Apple Watch Store would allow for.
Still, that does not mean that we should readily dismiss it, because as, like with a bunch of things, these watches that run their own proprietary OS, it is often cheaper."
"And this is €166, which you will not get a OnePlus Watch 3 for, a Pixel Watch for, or an Apple Watch for that matter.
Now, this is just 44.98 millimeters, comes in two colors.
This is the silver one."
"It is rather pretty.
I would definitely be swapping out this elastic band very quickly, even if it's something that you plan to do exercise with.
It's not a good look, I feel personally."
"It's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, meaning it connects to your phone, or it can connect to your home Wi-Fi, and it will readily do everything that you will ask a smartwatch to do, bar a bunch of these external sort of functionalities that, for instance, come with having access to a Google Play Store."
"So that means that you get this 1.46 AMOLED screen, which peaks at about 3,000 nits, so you won't have problems seeing it, even direct sunlight.
It can go down to five atmospheres of water depth.
It weighs 35 grams, but in spite of that, it offers you 10 days of battery life, which is, again, down to not having to run the more resource-intensive Google Wear OS."
"It's dual-band GPS, meaning that it will keep track of you when you are out there and about exercising.
The simple user interface does take a lot of cues from Wear OS, I feel like.
It just has the Google-specific stuff not there, or maybe some of them is there."
"For instance, I'm noticing a little wallet, but this is not the Google wallet, it is OHealth wallet, but the point is that OnePlus has tried to fill in the gaps in their own proprietary software that has been left by ripping out the Google stuff, and still, you won't get a Google Wear OS-powered smartwatch that will last you for 10 days."
"It's simply not possible.
You won't get an Apple watch that will do that either.
They'll probably do a ninth of that.
So there is the OHealth app, as we just mentioned."
"This OHealth app will give you exercise, a million different stats to keep track of, but there's also readily available access to a bunch of widgets, which you can do by swapping out these various faces here.
So that means weather, that means notifications, everything is readily served."
"So it really depends on whether or not you need the Google-ness or Apple-ness in your life.
If you don't, and you just want a smartwatch to be an extension of your phone, serving notifications, helping you keep track of sleep and exercise, well, then €166 is good, and what you know about OnePlus now, which is great to see, is that they know how to build a smartwatch."
"So, we'll be reviewing this very soon.
See you on the next one."
