It fulfills its functions and stands out for its design and autonomy of more than a week

OnePlus presented its ‘smartwatch’ OnePlus Watch Lite in December of last year, a new smart watch designed to “bring the spirit of ‘Never Settle’ to the world of wearables” during everyday life, something it achieves thanks to its health monitoring, its light and elegant design, and its battery life for more than a week, in exchange for a competitive price.At Portaltic we have been able to wear the OnePlus Watch Lite on our wrist for a month. Prima facie, highlights its designwhich in addition to offering a modern aesthetic that ranges between sporty and elegant, It surprises with its lightness (weighing 35.1 grams) and its comfortable sizewith an 8.9 mm thick body and a 1.46-inch round screen.

These features make it a ‘smartwatch’ that can be fits very easily to each user and that allow it to be worn daily without hardly feeling it, avoiding discomfort due to its size or excessive weight. It’s just there when you need it or when notifications arrive.

His body is covered in stainless steelin our case in color plataalthough it has also been released in negro. And about the round format, the crown located on the upper right margin stands out, which also acts as a button, and a sensor on the lower margin of the same side, which is used to perform health measurements using the fingerprint.

For its part, the strap is made of a rubbery material in an off-white tone and with a slight touch of orange on the edge seams for the silver model. Likewise, it changes to black for the body version of this color.

This strap is comfortable and flexible when adjusting to the wrist and it is easy to clean after, for example, a sports session in which you have sweated. In addition, it has a very simple system to remove and put them on, based on hooks.

AMOLED SCREEN

Continuing with the ‘hardware’, the screen also stands out for its quality when displaying content, thanks to its panel AMOLED with 464 x 464 pixel resolution and 600 nits brightnesscapable of reaching 1,500 nits when in high brightness mode and up to 3,000 nits in sport modemaking it easy to see quality information at all times, even doing sports outdoors in bright light.

Also, the screen size of 1.46 inches It is an adequate size to be able to see the information, the ‘apps’, the steps or the notifications that appear at a glance, without being an excessively large panel.

The screen is also protected by 2.5D sapphire crystalin order to avoid possible scratches with daily use and has the IP68 and 5ATM certification. Thus, when used underwater, the system Integrated Aqua Touch It allows correct operation of the touch screen with wet fingers, which is especially useful if you are doing a water sport or checking a notification in the shower.

Even so, it has not been designed as a watch with which you can carry out extreme activities that involve withstanding bumps or scratches. Not like a diving watch either.

FAST CHARGING AND AUTONOMY FOR MORE THAN A WEEK

Perhaps one of the most notable features of this watch is its battery and its autonomy. Specifically, it has a 330 mAh capacity, thus offering continuous use that, in light use, can reach 10 days of autonomy.

In practice, using it to record workouts about four times a week, manage notifications and perform some health measurements, we have verified that its autonomy exceeds seven days without problem, but it doesn’t reach 10.

Furthermore, his fast charging finishes completing a user experience in which the Users barely have to worry about charging the wearable device. This is because it has fast charging that can charge up to 80 percent in less than an hour. In our case, with around 10 minutes of charging, offers autonomy for more than a day.

However, the cable with the charging base is somewhat flimsy compared to the charging systems used by other more advanced smartwatches.

HEALTH AND SPORTS FUNCTIONS

Regarding its functions, OnePlus shows its intention to get closer to following the healthby having various options such as your ECG2 app advanced degree. The function of wellness scan, which in 60 seconds offers a measurement of up to 12 aspects of healthincluding heart rate, blood oxygen, arterial stiffness and breathing, just by placing your finger on it. sensor located on the side.

It also makes a sleep tracking and the menstruation cycle, as well as the well-being of the user with Mind and Bodyin addition to offering breathing exercises for relaxation. All of this information is broken down into easy-to-understand graphs that help you track your health.

For example, with the sleep score, it details the total duration, the time of deep sleep, and how many times the cycle has been interrupted when waking up. It even detects if there have been respiratory problems.

Regarding sports and physical exercise monitoring, in addition to tracking steps and calories, it offers more than 100 sports modes, including running, badminton, swimming or cycling, with metrics to help maintain workouts and progress. It also has a Dual band GPS (L1/L5).

Thus, although it offers precise measurementssuch as the number of laps in a race, the pace or the calories burned, it is not a watch designed for very specific sports or at a professional level.

OPERATING SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

The OnePlus Watch Lite is powered by the operating system OxygenOS Watch 7.1, with which it offers a simple and intuitive navigation through the ‘smartwatch’ functions for any user.

Specifically, it has a clear and accessible application menu that appears when you press the crown button with the icons in a circular shape. Likewise, as is usual in these smart watches, it shows different applications and health and sports information by sliding left or right on the main dial. It also offers various customization options, as it has multiple dial options.

However, the ‘software’ of the OnePlus Watch Lite is limited in some aspects. Mainly, It does not have a Play Storeso it does not allow you to install new applications, you can only use those that are already previously integrated for health and sports.

Following this line, it also has other barriers, such as does not allow replying to messages of applications like WhatsApp, but only shows notifications with text. In other ‘apps’ it also falls short, such as the calendar, which only shows future events saved from the ‘smartphone’ without showing the rest of the days. Furthermore, although it has an NFC system and Wallet application, It also does not allow payments to be made from the wrist.

Despite all this, it is worth considering that it can synchronize with both devices with iOS and Android operating systems, being the first watch from the firm to allow its use with iPhone. To connect and manage the watch’s features and options, users will need to install the OHealth app.

With all this, it is worth keeping in mind that it is a watch available for 179 euros, so it becomes a option with a very competitive price for those users who want a device that accompanies them comfortably on a daily basis, with which they can regularly monitor sports and health, but not to leave your cell phone at home.