The OnePlus Watch 2 won't get Wear OS 5

Android 15 is finally hitting Pixel Watch models with Wear OS 5.1 update
Select variants of the Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Watch 3 are now receiving the Wear OS 5.1 update as part of the March 2025 Pixel rollout.
The OnePlus Watch 2 won't get Wear OS 5 until Q3 of this year, and the news for the OnePlus Watch 3 is even worse
To begin with the latter announcement, OnePlus has essentially confirmed that OnePlus Watch 2 owners will get Wear OS 5 fully one year after it launched on leading models from Samsung and Galaxy. Just to rub it in, Wear OS 6 will likely debut in the meantime.
The OnePlus Watch 2's Wear OS 5 update is not coming anytime soon
OnePlus will roll out the Watch 2's Wear OS 5 update in Q3 this year. This would be almost a year after Google officially released Wear OS 5. The OnePlus Watch 3 will receive one fewer year of security patches than its predecessor.
OnePlus has some weird update plans for the Watch 2 and 3, and you might not like them
OnePlus has confirmed a couple of less-than-ideal details about its update strategy for the Watch 2 and Watch 3.
OnePlus's plan for Wear OS software on the Watch 3 needs discussing
We couldn't be sure how OnePlus would handle Wear OS updates, given the platform's history. Now we have good and bad news about what to expect.
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OnePlus Watch 3 sports a 1.5-inch (460x460 pixels) LTPO AMOLED screen with a peak brightness of 2,200 nits. It has a sapphire crystal glass cover and titanium alloy bezels for enhanced protection. The smartwatch is MIL-STD-810H certified and gets IP68 rating against dust and water ingress. It is water resistant up to a depth of 5 ATM.
OnePlus Watch 2 won’t get a Wear OS 5 update for months, Watch 3 gets cut short
In a twist of events, the OnePlus Watch 2 won't be getting Wear OS 5 for months, while the OnePlus Watch 3 will get fewer updates in general.
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We were concerned when OnePlus told us that the Watch 3 would only get two years of support. Now it seems to have been a misunderstanding.
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