- Wear OS now offers a new hybrid interface that offloads more tasks to a low-power co-processor instead of processing everything on a more powerful main processor.
- The new OnePlus Watch 2 uses this new hybrid interface with a dual-chipset architecture to offer battery life that exceeds two days of heavy use.
If you’ve been a long-time Android user, you’d be aware of how the Android smartwatch experience has evolved over the years. In the early days of Wear OS (previously called Android Wear), the experience was laggy and a big drain on the battery. It wasn’t until recently that Wear OS became a practical recommendation for a wider audience, thanks in part to efforts from Samsung with its Galaxy Watch lineup.
Wear OS is on a path to even better experiences, as Google has now shed light on the new hybrid interface that Wear OS is leveraging. We see this hybrid interface on devices like the newly launched OnePlus Watch 2, which uses a dual-chipset architecture (Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip with BES2700 co-processor) to deliver more than two days of battery life without compromising on the user experience.