OPPO Band (1.1 inch AMOLED Screen, SpO2 Monitoring, Heart Rate Monitoring, 50m Water Resistance, 12 Workout Modes) - Black

Full disclosure, I got this on sale for 15 quid but even if I'd bought it for full price I'd be pleased with it. Up until now I was using a Galaxy Watch 4 which while very nice and premium feeling, it had a bunch of head scratching issues like a very inconsistent connection and being surprisingly unresponsive at times.I primarily use my smart watches for fitness tracking and controlling media playing on my phone. I work in an office environment and often have just the one headphone and it's not always the one with the pause button so it's really useful to have a smart watch that can quickly pause the audio for when someone comes over to talk. I used to find the Galaxy Watch was quite unresponsive and awkward when trying to pause music which got really frustrating but the Oppo band just does it without any fuss. It recognises the audio from all the sources I use frequently like YouTube and Audible and you can have the media controller open for a quick pause or it's just two quick taps from the home screen and boom! You're good to go.It also has all the fitness tracking features I want like rowing, swimming etc and takes notifications like a champ. It's also nice and responsive when tilting your wrist to turn the screen on which hasn't been the case with some other watches I've had experiences with.The app that works with this oppo band seems fine too. It's probably not the most fully featured app out there, but it does the job and has been reliable for maintaining a good connection between my phone and the watch.Honestly, if there's no specific apps or functionality that you can only get from a higher end device that you care about then you are not missing out in the slightest by going for something like this. If anything, you might find you like it better and you don't have to charge the damn thing every night for the privilege of a mediocre experience.Lastly, it's comfortable enough on my wrists and doesn't feel like it's creating pressure points.I can highly recommend this device for most users.

This Oppo Band is paired with my Oppo A54 5G ColorOS/Android 13. The display is easy to see even for the subject of messages and emails but I would recommend viewing the body of messages and emails on the phone which will be easier. Has everything I wanted such as heart rate, steps, workouts, sleep tracking, SMS messages, Gmail messages and it buzzes when the phone rings. Overall amazing for the price and highly recommended.

I got this for £28, rather than the original price. It's so worth it.Not only is it decent for work out modes, (could be better though) it has some good tracking for heart rate and sleep, and step count. It's quite accurate, for the price you pay you get a decent way of seeing your average, no device is insanely accurate anyway.On top of that, the media controls, the notifications, and other cool benefits work really well. Once you get the app it works near flawlessly.There are updates to the watch needed but that works well, too.Only issue I had was that the weather wasn't syncing but this was fixed overnight, literally.Honestly if it's on sale, it's worth it!Edit: step count ain't exactly accurate, some other things aren't either. but that's what you get for the price.I mainly use it for the notifications, music control, and ease of use.

I have the oppo Android RX17 pro phone and when I saw the oppo band ad on Twitter I clicked through out of curiosity and the mention of oxygen monitoring which my Fitbit didn't have. The low price took me by surprise and as having to use an oximeter due to heart and lung disease I thought 'it is worth trying even if accuracy is only of indicative value' .I have never made a health product purchase that has been of more value to me, readings match the oximeter so confidence and peace of mind are priceless, simple taps take you to the pulse and oxygen readers on the screen for reassurance when I am out (much more discreet than a monitor on your finger) and a full record on your phone.I have set it for constant oxygen monitoring when I am sleeping and 24/7 pulse recording (settings are easily set up on the phone app) exercise recording is accurate and I have it set to give me a gentle buzz if I have been sitting still for an hour , I can assure you that function deactivates when you are sleeping.I have it connected by Bluetooth 24/7 and tend to charge every five days the battery hasn't run down yet and it's usually around the 30% mark when I put it on the charger.The wrist band is so light you are not aware of it and it's very secure but so easy to fasten/unfasten.The HeyTap app is brilliant, like the oppo phone it is totally intuitive and you can sync as many of as few of your phone apps to the watch as you choose, myself I just have the notifications synced to the watch I will maybe try some others but I got the band as,I hope, a health monitor and it has more than met my expectations.After five years of oppo phones I can't understand how the brand hasn't caught on here , Thailand, New Zealand, Malaysia it is a top seller

Initially I was quite pleased with this. Worked ok, app was ok and it paired. Then it all went doolally on me and absolutely nothing got it functioning again. Installing/uninstalling the app, re-pairing etc etc etc. Now it wont allow me to reset it and it wont even function as a basic watch. I gave it a couple of stars for the few weeks it fully worked but really its hardly worth a star now. Such a shame.Well I persevered and got it paired and up and working again. No idea how. More luck than judgement. I hope I dont have this issue again. Upped it to 3 stars and wont be going any higher.