The Oppo Watch was the Chinese phone
maker’s latest announcement into the wearable space and according to a set of
patent renders submitted to the intellectual property office of China, Oppo
might be announced another wearable very soon.
It’s not quite a fully featured smartwatch
like the Oppo Watch, but as per these renders, Oppo appears to be planning to
release a new fitness band. The renders in question show a long, pebble-shaped
device with a small display on top, and charging pins and sensor cut-outs at
the bottom, likely denoting a heart rate sensor.
The design is certainly unique to a
fitness band. This one has a metal ring that goes all the way around and a
wrist strap is supposed to loop into the metal ring. There also appears to be a
button on the side, as seen by the indentation on the side of the screen, on
the metal ring.
We can only speculate that the fitness
band would support incoming notifications from a smartphone, workout and sleep
tracking, and multi-day battery life. There is no shortage of inexpensive
fitness trackers from the likes of other Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi,
Samsung, Realme, and Huawei, so we wonder why Oppo would decide to re-enter
this business. After all, the last fitness tracker it released was the O-Band
back in 2014 alongside the Find 7 – the first smartphone with a QHD screen.
