OPPO teased its upcoming smartwatch alongside the truly wireless earbuds at the annual Inno Day event back in December 2019. A new Weibo post from the OPPO Vice President Biran Shen reveals that the upcoming OPPO smartwatch features a square display with curved edges and two physical buttons on the right edge.
The OPPO smartwatch resembles the Apple Watch to some extent. But, unlike Apple’s flagship smartwatch that has a crown along with a single button, OPPO’s design gets two buttons with a hole separating the two. The next name of the device is not known yet. Early rumors suggest that this might be for the microphone input, meaning users will be able to attend calls without fetching the smartphone.
What is yet to be seen is whether OPPO provides a SIM card slot directly on the device or stick to Bluetooth connectivity to keep overall costs down. It is quite certain that the smartwatch will be unveiled within the first quarter of 2020. With the company promising to make its presence felt at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020, the chances of witnessing OPPO launch the smartwatch in Barcelona in February are high.
Early rumors of OPPO launching a smartwatch surfaced way back in 2015 on Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo. Although details were scarce at the moment, it was perceived that the device would inevitably run on the Android Wear platform. More recent reports from last week state the smartwatch will feature a heart rate monitor with ECG/EKG to detect abnormalities in the user’s heart rate.
This is a major upgrade from current devices equipped with a heart rate monitor. Only a handful of devices today feature the technology. The list includes Apple’s iWatch, Amazfit Verge, Samsung Galaxy Active 2, and Withings Move ECG. OPPO will likely introduce complimenting hardware to its future smartphone lineup to optimize the smartwatch’s capabilities. More information on the topic is expected over the course of the next few weeks.
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