OnePlus has announced that it plans to add new features such as an always-on display mode, a 12-hour watch face and more to its new smartwatch with future software updates. The news came with the announcement of the watch’s first post-release software update, which OnePlus says is starting to roll out. This release aims to fix the issues we have encountered with heart rate and activity tracking, among other things.
The lack of an always-on display was one of the ways we found the Watch was missing when we reviewed it, so it’s a standout feature among the scheduled updates. While that feature alone doesn’t make the device a great smartwatch, it will at least make it more useful as a timepiece. However, it will be interesting to see how always having the screen on affects the battery life of nearly two weeks.
Some of the other planned improvements include allowing the user to control their Android phone’s camera, use new languages, and enable all training modes (OnePlus says it will have 110-plus, it currently has just over a dozen ) and the AI dial. OnePlus does not provide a timetable for when these updates will be released. But when they do, they will certainly be a bit more exciting than the current update, which mainly seems to fix some of the bigger bugs rather than adding new features.
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