OnePlus Watch will debut next week with the OnePlus 9 — what we know

OnePlus Lookout man will debut adjacent week with the OnePlus 9 — what we know

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The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are set to launch on March 23, but whether there would exist more than coming with that launch has been unclear...until now.

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau took to the OnePlus forums to make the reveal himself, writing "we've been talking about it for a while, and this time, it is really coming: the OnePlus Picket."

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Rumors of OnePlus making its own watch go all the way dorsum to 2022, then he'southward not incorrect — this has been a long time coming. While Lau offered limited details on the visitor's fledgling wearable effort, he did answer to one of import question from the community, saying that it will non run Article of clothing Bone, it will exist using a presumably custom existent-time operating organisation (RTOS). This isn't a shock given the country of Clothing OS, but information technology will mean OnePlus has to sell customers on its entire vision for the wearable from the hardware to the software.

The rest of the details were much more than nebulous, including "seamless connectivity between OnePlus smartphones, audio peripherals, smartwear devices, and even OnePlus TVs." None of that actually tells us much about the device that one couldn't naturally assume for any smartwatch being released in 2022.

Of course, Lau likewise touts an "affordable price point," something one would expect from OnePlus but with the range of pricing on smartwatches today, it doesn't narrow things down as well much. It's safety to assume the watch volition come up in less than the $399 price point for the Apple Lookout Series six, only anywhere in the range from $199 to $299 could plausibly be considered affordable.

We'll, of course, exist covering the unabridged OnePlus launch event on March 23, so watch along live starting at ten:00 a.m. EDT (7:00 a.m. PDT) on the OnePlus launch site, or if y'all can't catch information technology live we'll have all of the latest as information technology's announced.

Sean Riley has been covering tech professionally for over a decade at present. Near of that time was as a freelancer covering varied topics including phones, wearables, tablets, smart dwelling devices, laptops, AR, VR, mobile payments, fintech, and more. Sean is the resident mobile expert at Laptop Mag, specializing in phones and wearables, y'all'll observe plenty of news, reviews, how-to, and opinion pieces on these subjects from him here. Simply Laptop Mag has likewise proven a perfect fit for that wide range of interests with reviews and news on the latest laptops, VR games, and computer accessories along with coverage on everything from NFTs to cybersecurity and more.