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Michael L Hicks

Google's new 'hybrid' Wear OS will enhance other watches besides the OnePlus Watch 2

A man climbing out of the water while wearing the OnePlus Watch 2.

What you need to know

  • Google has announced "fundamental design changes" to Wear OS 4 to improve its battery life longevity.
  • Specific to the new OnePlus Watch 2 (for now), the hybrid Wear OS optimizes the watch's "dual-chip architecture" to help it hit 100 hours per charge.
  • Google's method "intelligently switches" between the processor and low-power co-processor and could theoretically work with other Wear OS watches.
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