OnePlus is getting back into the smartwatch game

A promotional image showing the black and silver OnePlus Watch 2 against a rendered blue disc on a black background. — *The OnePlus Watch 2 sounds like a standard smartwatch.* | Image: OnePlus

OnePlus is making another run at a smartwatch with its Watch 2. The company claims in an announcement that the new watch will have up to 100 hours of battery life and said it will come in black and silver colors. It says it will share more at Mobile World Congress this Sunday, February 25th.

The new watch has a stainless steel chassis and sapphire crystal watchface and will feature “meticulous health monitoring.” The 100-hour battery life claim requires what it’s calling “Smart Mode,” which presumably is just a weird way of saying “low-power mode.”

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