OnePlus - Watch 3

I've tried Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy and at the moment I'm liking the OnePlus Watch 3. They all have their strong points but the OnePlus has fewer weak points.

I like the design, battery life and the apps page similar to Apple watch. But I just bought the Pixel 10 XL and it's not completely compatible like a pixel watch is. So I'll be selling mine once my pixel watch 4 comes in.

So I use a Pixel device and previous used all the Pixel watches since it came out. What I love about the pixel watch is, it syncs Do Not Disturb, Alam, sleep mode and constant heart rate monitor even on always on display on and you can see the heart rate changes without waking up the screen like tilt to wake functions. Heart rate is a minor thing but the rest is very useful. That's why I'm switching to the Pixel Watch 4. Will definitely miss the long battery life and design of it.

So I had OP 13 and no DND did not sync. Only Alam did. I would still had to manually do sleep mode on the Watch.

Hey Hey! So far I'm loving it! What I love the curve glass(in person looks so much better). The UI is so much better IMO. How the notifications pop up, the different themes are just something about it makes it that much better. It charges just as fast as the OPW 3! Sure battery life is not as superior to OPW 3 but it's easily 2 days with workouts, notifications, and always on display. More than enough for me. One thing that pixel watch does that no other wearOS watch does a live heart rate monitor on always on display. Don't need to wake the watch up to see my heart rate. Now I get it, some people don't care about that feature but that is something I use all the time and very useful. And the integration with my Pixel phone is just that good! BTW this is my 3rd Pixel Watch and they came a long way. https://preview.redd.it/gxih1cictgwf1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9b439e1d307073c9b6462f9d072715adf8ebf94 Would I go back to the OPW 3, sure if they can sync DND, Alam, Sleep settings with a OnePlus Phone. Maybe with the 15, they will do that? Idk. I will miss the little map of riding a bike, walk or running of the Ohealth app does similar to Strava. Which is pretty cool! Design is subjective but I definitely did get more compliments on the OPW 3 vs the Pixel Watches. But I will be selling my OPW 3 since I no longer use it. Hope this helps!

That's not a smartwatch, it's a fitness tracker. The OnePlus can actually go into fitness tracker mode and get a week of battery life.

I have them both and I love them both. I’ve ultimately settled on the Pixel Watch 3 because I like fitbits tracking better. But it’s a hard call, because the battery life of the OP watch 3 is crazy good

Thanks for your excellent comparison. I bought the Watch 3 a few days ago and I may return it. It is so beautiful, but a bit limited for runners... No interval training, this is disappointing for me. I'm wondering, where did you find VO2 max on the Watch 3? I cannot get it...

There’s actually been quite a few reviews that mentioned the tracking accuracy. I don’t have links to specific ones right now but there are plenty I saw over the last few days that mentioned this topic. Overall, it seems the tracking is very accurate in terms of sleep tracking, workout tracking, etc. It’s supposedly not as good as, say, the Apple Watch Ultra, but it does seem to have very good tracking, even being one of the best watches for nap detection. In terms of heart rate tracking, it’s more accurate than the Watch 2 due to some new glass and LED to help the sensor read better, but it was off by ~5 bpm in some cases compared to an ecg strap the reviewer tested it alongside with. The reviewer said this was actually very accurate based on other watches he’s reviewed.

i have the oneplus watch 3 and i like it

I went from an Amazfit balance to the oneplus watch 3. They are both brilliant watches. The reason I changed is because I wanted OS wear, and a decent battery life. I love everything about the OnePlus watch 3. 5 days of battery life, great display. Access to play store.

Thanks very much for that. It sounds like a good, objective review of the watches. I'm a (very) happy OnePlus Watch 3 user. You're right to point out the good looks of the watch. I think it looks great. I couldn't go back to constant battery anxiety, which I had with previous Wear watches.

The more I find out about PW4 the more I cherish my OnePlus Watch 3.

@gdir You guys both say 'fast charging', but what does that mean exactly? I used the OPW2 for about 2 weeks before my OPW3 came in the mail and I compared with both chargers. The 2 charger was slower by about 10-15mins on each watch. With my 3 charger the most it ever takes is just shy of an hour, about 58-59 mins, and that's from 0-100%. If there's even 5-10% already on the watch when I snap it on it'll take 40-45 mins. So with using the 2 charger, that would be 1hr-1:15hr. I know 15 mins doesn't sound like a lot, but I never have to charge more than an hour, and that's huge to me. It's the fastest charging watch with 2nd to longest battery life, while still being the most capable I've ever used. I've used Garmin, Fitbit, and this OPW3 over the last 10 years. (I'm not including Moto 360 watch from 2014, that was a failure...)