In recent years OLED technology has emerged as the leading display technology for wearable devices - for fitness bands, smartwatches and VR headsets, due to the great image quality, the low power consumption and to the design possibilities enabled by flexible OLEDs. For more information on OLED displays for wearables, and the latest industry news, click here.
Following is a list of wearable devices with OLED displays:
Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 features a 1.36" 450x450 Super AMOLED display or a 1.19" 396x396 Super AMOLED on the smaller variant. It uses Samsung's new One UI Watch operating system (based on Wear OS), bioactive sensors (PPG, ECG, BIA),Exynos W920, LTE, 1.5GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage.
There is also a Galaxy Watch 4 variant, with similar specification but a slightly different design - a rotating bezel and stainless steel body (instead of the rubber band and the so-called digital bezel).
Apple's sixth-generation Watch wearable sports a 40 mm LTPO 324x394 AMOLED display (or 44 mm 368x448 on the larger edition). The Watch Series 6 features Apple's latest S6 processor, 32GB of storage, and a heart rate, blood oxygen and ECG sensors.
The Watch SE has the same displays, but features a slower processor (Apple S5), and doe not include the blood oxygen and ECG sensors.
The Realme Watch T1 sports a 1.3" 416x416 round AMOLED display, NFC, 4GB of storage and heart rate and blood oxygen level sensors.
The Realme Watch T1 will start shipping in November 2021 for 699 Yuan (around $110).
The TicWatch Pro X is a Google Wear smartwatch that features dual displays - there is a 1.39" 454×454 AMOLED display (likely produced by BOE), and on top of that there is a transparent FSTN LCD display. The watch uses the LCD (which can last up to 45 days) to conserve power over the AMOLED display (which lasts for up to 4 days).
Other features include a Qualcomm Snapdragon SD4100 , 1GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage and several sensors.
Amazon's Halo View is a fitness tracker that sports a color AMOLED display (Amazon does not disclose the size, but it looks to be around 1.5-inch), haptic feedback, optical heart rate monitor, and skin temperature sensor.
The Halo View costs $79.99, with an optional $4 monthly subsciption for many added features such as body composition, activity intensity, fitness and nutrition programs and more.
The Oppo Watch Free is a smartwatch that features a 1.64" 280x456 (326 PPI) AMOLED display, sport tracking (over 100 sport types), heart rate monitor and a 14-days battery life.
The Oppo Watch Free will ship by the end of September 2021 starting at around $85.
Apple's Watch Series 7 smartwatch features an 448x368 1000-nits LTPO AMOLED display, 1 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage and a range os sensors, including heart-rate,SpO2 and VO2max.
The Watch Series 7 will ship by the end of 2021, starting at $399.
The Oppo Watch 2 is a smartwatch that comes in two variants, 42 mm with a 1.75-inch 372x430 AMOLED and a larger 46 mm (1.91-inch 402x476 AMOLED).
The Watch 2 features a Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset, 1GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, heart rate tracking and a blood oxygen monitor.
The Meizu Watch is a smartwatch with a 1.78-inch 368x448 (326 PPI) AMOLED display, snapdragon wear 4100, wear OS, LTE eSIM, 1GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, heart rate monitor, SpO2 sensor and a battery that lasts for 36 hours.
The Meizu Watch is now shipping in China for 1,500 CNY (around $235).
Huawei's Watch 3 smartwatch features a 1.43-inch 466x466 1000-nits round AMOLED display, 2GB of RAM, 16 of storage and Huawei's own Harmony OS. The watch offers LTE and GPS connectivity, and has heart rate, thermometer and SpO2 sensors.
The Watch 3 Pro is similar but is built from higher-end materials. Both devices are expected to ship by the end of June 2021.
