{"id":292910,"date":"2025-11-19T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292910\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:59:09","slug":"a-new-oneplus-smartwatch-is-coming-soon-is-it-the-skinny-watch-4-weve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292910\/","title":{"rendered":"A new OnePlus smartwatch is coming soon \u2014 is it the skinny Watch 4 we’ve been waiting for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you need to knowOnePlus teased a “New Watch Coming Soon” on its UK website this week.It’s offering a \u00a350 discount on this new watch if you subscribe to its newsletter, with one person receiving a free smartwatch.OnePlus also teased its upcoming OnePlus 15R phone and a mysterious “New Tablet.”The terms and conditions suggest the “launch event” could take place on December 17.<\/p>\n

OnePlus is teasing three new devices: The OnePlus 15R, a “OnePlus New Watch,” and a “OnePlus New Tablet.” The 15R is clearly a value flagship spin-off of the upcoming OnePlus 15<\/a>, just like this year’s OnePlus 13R<\/a>, but we know much less about this mysterious smartwatch.<\/p>\n

OnePlus’s UK website<\/a> shows a vague outline of this mystery device (screenshotted above), with the promise to cut \u00a350 off the eventual price if you subscribe. It will also give one lucky subscriber a redemption coupon for a free smartwatch, valid from December 17, 2025, to January 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The OnePlus Watch 3<\/a> launched in February (before being delayed to April), while the smaller Watch 3 43mm<\/a> arrived in July. We’d expect to see a OnePlus Watch 4 in early 2026, but the date range above suggests an even earlier launch. OnePlus could be rescheduling its release to align more closely with its flagship phones.<\/p>\n

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Will OnePlus reuse this skinny Oppo Watch S design for the Watch 4?<\/p>\n

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A promo image of the Oppo Watch S (Image credit: Oppo)<\/p>\n

OnePlus Watches use a hybrid OS of both Wear OS and a custom RTOS, which helps them deliver fast performance while also lasting longer than Galaxy and Pixel Watches. They also tend to use designs from their parent company, Oppo.<\/p>\n

NotebookCheck<\/a>, which covered this news on Monday, notes that OnePlus could use the Oppo Watch S as a template. Announced<\/a> in October, the Watch S measures just 8.9mm thick and 35g, but allegedly delivers four days of battery life with AOD per charge with a 1.46-inch, 3,000-nit AMOLED display.<\/p>\n

OnePlus’s teaser image is light on details, but the visible crown and the angular case edge at the center do seem to match press photos of the Oppo Watch S.<\/p>\n

Past OnePlus Watches have hit about 4\u20135 days, but with heavy, thick designs; the smaller Watch 3 43mm typically hits two days per charge. If this model can combine lightness with longevity, that would be a major upgrade; on the other hand, it’s likely that a OnePlus version running Wear OS wouldn’t last as long, due to the battery demands.<\/p>\n

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The OnePlus Watch 3 43mm couldn’t deliver long battery life at this size; could the new OnePlus Watch pull it off? (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich \/ Android Central)<\/p>\n

This is all entirely speculation until OnePlus shares more next month during its “launch event.” But a skinnier OnePlus Watch 4 with better battery life could help it become more competitive against the Pixel Watch 4<\/a> and Galaxy Watch 8<\/a>, both of which are significantly lighter than the OnePlus Watch 3.<\/p>\n

If this isn’t the OnePlus Watch 4, it could instead be labeled as the OnePlus Watch 3R, a lighter, cheaper spin-off of the mainline series. It released the OnePlus Watch 2R<\/a> in mid-2024, though this had a more sporty design than the Oppo Watch S.<\/p>\n

Whatever it’s called, OnePlus will have to convince Wear OS fans that it can deliver speedy updates to it. The company has yet to update its OnePlus Watch 2 series to Wear OS 5 despite promising to do so in Q3 2025, and the OnePlus Watch 3 isn’t due to receive Wear OS 6 until sometime in 2026.<\/p>\n

Still, this new OnePlus Watch could easily number among the best Android smartwatches<\/a> if it adapts the Oppo Watch S template to Wear OS while delivering strong battery life.<\/p>\n

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