OnePlus Watch Users Flag 5 Common Problems, Including IP68 Water Failures
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Updated · Boy Genius Report · Oct 16
OnePlus Watch Users Flag 5 Common Problems, Including IP68 Water Failures
3 articles · Updated · Boy Genius Report · Oct 16
Summary
Five recurring complaints dominate user reports on OnePlus smartwatches: pairing problems, inaccurate swim tracking, water-damage failures, region-locked ECG and weak after-sales support.
Wear OS limits the watches to Android, and some users say global models still fail to pair with phones from Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Google and even Oppo, sometimes without a reliable fix.
Swim tracking is a repeated sore point, with users reporting indoor distance errors of hundreds of feet on both the 2024 Watch 2 and newer Watch 3.
IP68-rated Watch 3 units have also drawn water-resistance complaints after light exposure, while ECG remains unavailable in the U.S. and Canada because OnePlus lacks FDA clearance.
Those hardware and feature gaps are amplified by support complaints, with some users saying OnePlus denied replacements or only acted after outside escalation.