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At a glance Expert's Rating Pros Now has a bigger display Good battery for a Wear OS smartwatch Overall slick smartwatch experience Cons ECG not available in UK at launch Design is similar to the Watch 2 Too expensive in the US Our Verdict The OnePlus Watch 3 is one of the best Wear OS smartwatches you can buy that offers more battery improvements along with some new health smarts. You’re just going to have to pay more for it than its predecessor. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Price When Reviewed $499.99 Best Prices Today: OnePlus Watch 3 $499.99 The OnePlus Watch 3 has a tough act to follow after the Watch 2 showed that OnePlus was serious about making a good Wear OS smartwatch to rival the Google Pixel Watch 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7. We got a smartwatch that has helped to redefine expectations of what battery life should and can be on a Google-based smartwatch, all while delivering that Wear software in a mostly pleasing fashion. For the OnePlus Watch 3, it’s about bringing the smartwatch more in line with Apple, Samsung and Google, adding serious health monitoring features as it pushes that battery life a bit further. That’s exactly what it’s achieved, making the latest OnePlus Watch 3 an even more accomplished smartwatch. Update April 2025: OnePlus has put the Watch 3 on sale in the US but at a higher price of $499.99 rather than $329.99, almost certainly due to Trump’s tariffs. Design & Build Silver or a black titanium bezel New redesigned watch crown Adds ECG electrodes to physical button The design language and approach in general to the look of the OnePlus Watch 3 is very similar to the Watch 2. There are two looks to pick from, with both the obsidian titanium and emerald titanium Watch 3 matching up stainless steel cases with trim titanium bezels. You’ve still got that flatter edge on the right side of the case to break up a full circular case design, and it now hosts a rotating crown that sits more prominently on the watch. Mike Sawh On the caseback, there’s a pretty similar-looking sensor setup that has been reworked to unlock the ability to monitor temperature, heart rate and blood oxygen levels. The electrodes needed to unlock its new ECG powers are built into the bottom physical button. If you were hoping for something radically different from the Watch 2, that’s not the case here. The Nordic Blue edition of the OnePlus Watch 2 feels like the direction OnePlus needed to take its next watch in, but that hasn’t materialised. The Watch 3 is undoubtedly well made, but it still lacks a bit of wow factor for me. Screen & Audio Larger AMOLED display Offers Bluetooth calling No LTE version OnePlus is going bigger with the screen on the Watch 3. It’s moving from a 1.43-inch display to a 1.50-inch LTPO AMOLED screen that sticks to the same 466 x 466 resolution and now spreads that across the larger screen estate. The display is covered in Sapphire crystal to give it some of the best scratch protection you’ll find on a smartwatch and keeping a 2.5D display gives the screen a nice sheen to it when you view it from all angles. Mike Sawh Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 processor remains, but it’s now matched to a new BES2800BP processor, moving on from the BES2700 chip used on the Watch 2 and Watch 2R. Using a combination of processors means turning to one for more demanding

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