Oppo will reportedly launch the Oppo Watch 5 and Oppo Watch 5 Professional later this yr, a pair of Put on OS watches that, like their predecessors, look set to bear a powerful resemblance to the Apple Watch with a curved sq. show. The Oppo Watch 5 and 5 Professional collection, based on leaks, may have virtually double the Apple Watch Sequence 8’s battery capability, enhancing its capacity to make use of options like sleep monitoring.

One of the best Apple Watch fashions do endure from a brief battery life, though not as drastically as Apple would have you ever consider. Apple Watch Sequence 8, for instance, taxes its 308 mAh battery fairly closely, solely getting round 18 hours of juice from a full cost judging by Apple’s estimations. Nonetheless, in our Watch Eight evaluation, we stated “In our preliminary testing, the Watch Eight battery can maintain on for 38 hours on a single full cost – far in extra of Apple’s 18-hours prediction.” The Google Pixel Watch cannot match that, with solely 24-26 hours of actual use.

In keeping with leaker Digital Chat Station by way of Gizmochina, the Oppo Watch 5, codenamed “Comet”, may have a 570mAh battery. Even the earlier mannequin, the Oppo Watch 3 (it’s reported Oppo will likely be skipping the “4” moniker because the quantity is taken into account unfortunate in Asian international locations) acquired greater than a day and a half even on heavy use and as much as 14 days on battery-saver mode, with a 400 mAh battery. 

The Oppo Watch Three Professional featured a 550 mAh battery, which implies the 5 Professional might find yourself with double the battery capability of the Apple Watch Sequence 8. Along with the similar-looking curved show, Put on OS customers (who even have the brand new, improved Put on OS Four coming later this yr) may need an Apple Watch clone that may not simply cope with, however far exceed its Apple rival. 

 Evaluation: It’ll take greater than battery 

It’ll actually be good to have a Put on OS 4-capable watch with greater than a day or two’s battery life with heavy use, nevertheless it’s not simply the design of the display or how lengthy the watch lasts that captures a watch consumer’s imaginations. 

The Google Pixel Watch and Apple Watch seamlessly combine into their respective networks, look cool, and are crafted with care. The algorithms for his or her health and wellness knowledge are particularly spectacular, with Pixel Watch utilizing the final decade’s value of learnings from Fitbit, and Apple harnessing all of the may of Apple Well being and Apple Health+. 

We’re unsure if Oppo can supply a complete and aesthetically pleasing consumer expertise fairly like Apple and Google can, however its Android telephones are glorious (I personally have been utilizing an Oppo Discover X2 Professional for years) and the brand new Oppo Watch 5 collection will certainly run the most recent model of Put on OS when it lands. 

It could be an actual contender over a few of the greatest smartwatches for a) customers who desire a true Put on OS expertise, and b) for individuals who love the look of the Apple Watch, however don’t wish to swap from Android. Watch this house for additional official bulletins.