OnePlus Set to Launch its First Smartwatch Alongside the OnePlus 9 Series on March 23rd

You asked for it, now you’re getting it. As we’d expect from OnePlus at this point, the march to a new product release includes a steady drip-feed of information. That includes its first smartwatch, which we will see on March 23rd at the same time its new OnePlus 9 series of phones launches.

Late last year CEO Pete Lau said “Wishes do come true” while informing fans a watch was in the works, and after OnePlus canceled its first effort in 2016, we’ll be able to see if they have anything special and different to bring to your wrists.

Droid-Life points out that the reveal tweet links to a forum thread inviting wrong answers only about possible features for the new device. While we can figure it will have the usual suite of sleep and activity-tracking abilities, showing a little imagination could make you a winner of a free watch, so realistic projections can stay in the comments here while any wildly off-base “drawings, renders, descriptions, videos” should go in that thread.

Fans have waited years for the company to introduce the OnePlus Watch. Something nearly came to fruition years ago, but the project was ultimately put on the back burner. Reports of OnePlus making a smartwatch surfaced again last year, prompting the company to confirm one would arrive in early 2021.

“Many of you said you wanted a watch, and as you might have heard over the weekend—we’re making one, to be released early next year,” said OnePlus CEO Pete Lau.

Lau’s confirmation followed a report that claimed OnePlus was working closely with Google to “improve the connectivity between the Wear OS ecosystem, Android TV, and Android smartphones to create this ability for better device interoperability across the ecosystems.”

OnePlus offers a robust ecosystem of devices, including smartphones, TVs, earbuds, and a fitness tracker. One of the biggest missing pieces right now is the OnePlus Watch, and it’s going to be a matter of days before we get it.