OnePlus Watch 2’s battery lasted even when I forgot the charger

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I took my first journey to Europe this week and, whereas packing, uncared for to seize the charger for the OnePlus Watch 2 I deliberate to put on. Fortunately, the OnePlus Watch 2 is meant to have superb battery life, however how lengthy are you able to actually stretch that out?

Right here’s my dilemma. I flew to Europe this week for MWC and deliberate to place the OnePlus Watch 2 by its paces on the journey.

The issue? I forgot the charger.

My journey was set to final from Friday by Thursday, properly past the OnePlus Watch 2’s 100-hour promise for helpful battery life. Then once more, what higher solution to see how lengthy this factor truly lasts?

The torture take a look at began at 8am ET on Friday, February 23, with a protracted journey day forward of me. The OnePlus Watch 2 can be tasked with monitoring my steps and coronary heart fee whereas delivering a whole lot of notifications throughout a 7-hour layover earlier than my jaunt throughout the pond. It was about midway by that layover that I’d realized my mistake of forgetting the charger again at house. So the stress was on for the battery to final.

By boarding time for my flight to Barcelona, the battery had reached 88%. Not too shabby, however there’s loads of time to go.

At this level, let’s have a look at some background for my settings. I’m on OnePlus’ default “Good Mode” which hits a most of 100 hours. My always-on show is turned off, and the watch face getting used is the “Gravity” face that has roughly 4 information factors coming in, all OnePlus’ that means the very best endurance.

All through the flight, the OnePlus Open the Watch 2 was by no means linked to Wi-Fi, so I didn’t count on the Watch to dip very far by the flight. Actually, all I did with it in the course of the flight was verify in on my coronary heart fee by the measurement app a few occasions. By some means, although, I acquired off the 6-hour flight with simply over 50% left. Not a fantastic signal.

By means of Saturday, February 24, the Watch 2 stored delivering notifications greater than something and had extra power than I did by the tip of the day. By Sunday morning, it was at roughly 25%, and that was with out sleep monitoring the evening earlier than. By mid-day, the battery had hit 20% and the watch prompted me to activate Energy Saver mode. This nonetheless promised two days of use, and it actually opened up a complete different manner to make use of this watch.

Whereas different Put on OS watches have a mode to get a few additional days out of the previous couple of %, the OnePlus Watch 2 simply turns off Put on OS to do that. Whenever you activate this mode, RTOS takes over totally. The profit to that is that you just nonetheless get a virtually absolutely useful smartwatch. It will probably nonetheless monitor well being information, ship notifications, and even present a coloration watch face, all whereas sipping energy. There are downsides, like dropping all Put on OS apps, not with the ability to reply to notifications, and different random little tidbits like, bizarrely, not with the ability to see the present battery proportion, however the expertise is remarkably related.

RTOS and Put on OS visually look nearly the identical, to the purpose the place switching to Energy Saver feels similar till you have a look at the nearer particulars.

That final 20% ended up getting me by the remainder of Sunday in addition to by the day on Monday, all with none actual battery anxiousness. In fact, I’d miss issues on this mode like Pockets or Maps directions, however the truth that I can squeeze a lot performance out of that final 20% is fairly superb.

Monday evening is the place the journey ended. Fortunately, being at a tech commerce present, it wasn’t too exhausting to seek out somebody to mortgage me a charger for a fast top-off (thanks, Nick!). On plugging within the Watch 2, it was proven to have 13% left within the tank after roughly 24 hours on Energy Saver mode. Which means I may have made it round one other full day, if not shut to 2 left on RTOS. Not unhealthy in any respect!

OnePlus’ method to battery life on the Watch 2 managed to maintain this factor alive longer than some other smartwatch I may have introduced with me. Had I been sporting a Pixel Watch 2 and forgotten its charger, I might have had no selection however to simply go and purchase a charger someplace (although, to Google’s credit score, at the very least that’s a standard possibility in retail shops, which undoubtedly shouldn’t be an possibility for OnePlus). The twin-OS technique meant that, not solely did I’ve a totally useful Put on OS look ahead to a few days, however I additionally had a still-useful smartwatch for fairly some time longer.

In the end, the OnePlus Watch 2 lasted about 83 hours earlier than I lastly charged it up, with rather less than half of that being within the restricted RTOS mode.

The OnePlus Watch 2’s endurance is spectacular, to say the least, nevertheless it’s additionally clearly not proof against Put on OS weirdness as evidenced by the sudden 30% drop on my flight, however as talked about, I’m undecided this example may have labored in any respect with any different succesful smartwatch.

The OnePlus Watch 2 is launching for $299. Keep tuned for our full evaluation, coming quickly (and drop a remark beneath with any questions you may need!).