OnePlus Watch 2 to Arrive With Support for Improved Battery Efficient Notification System on Wear OS 4

OnePlus Watch 2 is going to get a big upgrade about battery life. In fact, it is reportedly stated for Wear OS 4 that it will increase the battery life of the smartwatch running on Google’s operating system to a great extent. It has also been asked to modify the processing of notifications as it will send them to a separate system, which will improve the battery life of the device. OnePlus Watch 2 was launched by the company in Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025. This smartwatch will be the first to be equipped with this upgraded function.

The notifications have been processed and managed by the application processor (AP) so far in Wear OS. This causes more power of the device to show the notifications. On the other hand, many types of low battery consumed tasks such as step counting, and heart rate monitoring etc. are handled by Microcontroller Unit (MCU) separately. The verge Report According to, Google will now allow manufacturers to shift to the notification system, MCU. After which the battery consumed in showing notifications will be reduced to a great extent.

The report says that this function is especially designed for OnePlus Watch 2. But now it will also be expanded for other smartwaches. Bjorn Kilburn, Voice President of Google’s Wearos, told the publication that other companies would also be able to use this capacity. This means that showing notifications, decishes them, or replying to them immediately, all these works will be handled by MCU.

However, users may not see some difference between the notifications about this change. But with the increase in battery life, they will definitely see the difference. OnePlus Watch 2 has been introduced in MWC 2025. OnePlus Watch 2 has a 1.43 -inch AMOLED display. It has Snapdragon W5 chipset. It is equipped with 500mAh battery and comes with 7.5W charging. Its price is Rs 24,999. SAIL will start from March 4.