Android for watches is not particularly popular in the form of Wear OS, and very few smartphone manufacturers still equip their devices with it.
Wear OS: Not even Google seems to have planned their own devices with the smartwatch operating system, although they took over part of Fossil and recently Fitbit completely. In contrast to purchases for your own smartphones, the aforementioned acquisitions were not necessarily intended for your own devices with their own software. A rather bad signal to the rest of the industry.
In any case, Wear OS suffers massively if not even the “owner” relies on his own operating system. In recent years, some partners have also dropped out. There are currently a few small brands such as Mobvoi, the same mush of the numerous Fossil sub-brands, and Motorola is expected to have a larger portfolio this year.
Otherwise, there is little commitment to Wear OS, and the first devices from Oppo and Xiaomi do not ignite either. Especially because of the Oppo Watch, it was to be expected that the upcoming OnePlus Watch would be equipped with Wear OS. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however, reveals one of the managers before the new watch is presented.
Wear OS: Not even OnePlus is there
OnePlus relies on a real-time OS that is limited to smartwatch functions and does not support third-party apps. But it is fast and should be able to offer a long battery life. OnePlus expects a “smooth and reliable user experience with excellent battery life”. You obviously don’t trust Wear OS to do any of that.
As mentioned in the title: Wear OS has little trust and finally needs strong partners again. So it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that Samsung of all people will be back on board soon. So far, however, the South Koreans have not presented their new watches and we are eagerly waiting for the new devices.
OnePlus will present a smartwatch this March.
