This is an early take a look at how you may use your Apple Watch with OxygenOS 16

We already knew that the OxygenOS 16 replace could be bringing Apple Watch connectivity to the OnePlus ecosystem by means of the OHealth app. Now, a teardown of the most recent OHealth launch offers us a greater take a look at how this cross-platform pairing would possibly truly work. Past that, it additionally hides a separate function that would flip your OnePlus watch into an NFC entry card.

In response to strings and screenshots we noticed in model 4.40.7_6a8017d_251002 of the app, OnePlus appears to be getting ready a full pairing setup movement for Apple Watch customers. The strings reference syncing incoming calls, messages, and notifications out of your telephone to the watch, in addition to transferring exercise information and well being stats to OHealth. You’re prompted to “Set up app on Apple Watch” and scan a pairing code displayed on the watch’s display, suggesting a reasonably direct pairing course of.

Listed here are the strings in query:

The screenshots we noticed are beneath and seem so as to add weight to this course of, at the very least on the subject of pairing an Apple Watch and syncing incoming calls.

This matches neatly with what OnePlus already revealed about OxygenOS 16. Apple Watch customers will be capable of management the telephone’s digital camera, find their telephone, and sync well being information by way of the OHealth app. These clues simply give us a greater concept of the way it may look in follow.

The identical OHealth replace additionally hides an unrelated however attention-grabbing addition — a brand new “Cardless entry” function. This would possibly allow you to copy the mandatory NFC alerts out of your bodily entry card to your watch, presumably permitting the wearable to behave as an NFC key for doorways or work methods. The strings comprise references like “Open doorways with a easy contact” and “Maintain the cardboard in opposition to the NFC detection space on the entrance of your wearable machine.”

Try the strings beneath to see what we imply:

Whereas the strings use the phrase “pockets,” the function seems to repeat NFC credentials from suitable entry playing cards. There’s no suggestion that it entails Google Pockets, which already handles some entry playing cards on Put on OS. It seems that OnePlus could also be constructing its personal system for safe entry, doubtless restricted to sure card varieties and OnePlus watches.

The screenshots beneath present additional perception into this potential new function. The setup display reveals an choice to “Enroll bodily playing cards in your wearable machine.” On failure, one other display instructs you to “hold the cardboard on the detection space till your watch vibrates.”

Technically, these options are nonetheless in testing, and our teardowns are by no means a assure that the discoveries will roll out broadly. That stated, we may be pretty assured that the Apple Watch setup is on the best way, primarily based on the introduced integration, and the NFC entry would make a pleasant addition.