Realme has recently launched the Realme Band fitness tracker in India. Past reports have claimed that the Chinese firm will be also announcing its first smartwatch soon in the country. Around a month ago, Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth gave a glimpse of the upcoming Realme Watch in one of the #AskMadhav episodes on YouTube. Sheth has once again teased the Realme Watch’s arrival in the latest episode of #AskMadhav at 5:30 mark.
In the above video where the Realme Watch can be seen for few seconds reveals that it has a square-shaped display and a black colored band. Sheth only said that it will be coming “very soon,” but did not reveal any specific timeframe. Also, the company is yet to share any details on the specs of the Realme Watch.
XDA Developer’s community member revealed some key information on the Realme Watch. The leaked renders of the Realme Watch show that the phone has rounded corners and there is a “realme” branding below the display. It has a 1.4-inch TFT LCD touchscreen display that supports 320 x 320 pixels resolution. It has an IP68 rated dustproof a waterproof body. There is a physical lock/unlock button that can be also used for navigating across its different functions.
The Realme Watch does not seem to feature user-replaceable bands as the clasp is not visible in the image. The polycarbonate back of the device has charging pins which indicates can be charged using a magnetic charger. The device has a 160mAh battery that can last for up to 7 days with 24-hour heart rate tracking on a single charge.
Apart from heart rate sensor, the Realme Watch has other sensors like acceleration sensor and blood oxygen sensor. The Realme Watch does not support GPS but comes with Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. It won’t run on Android Wear OS. The leak states that it will be running on a proprietary OS that will offer users with five preloaded watch faces and it may allow users to download more watch faces.
The Realme Watch will come with limited storage that can store data for 7 days before it begins deleting older data. The other features that will be only the smartwatch include step counter, date and time functions, weather, stopwatch, alarm, Find My Phone, ability to control music on the paired phone, sedentary reminder, water reminders, and more. The Realme Watch can also trac various fitness activities like outdoor running, walking, swimming, indoor running, outdoor riding, aerobic capacity, strength training, football, basketball, badminton, table tennis, indoor riding, yoga, elliptical machine, and cricket. There is an Activity Pane that shows some important data like weather, heart rate, step count and sleep.
One of the major features of the Realme Watch is that it will support Hindi language apart from English. The leak has no information on the pricing and availability of the Realme Watch.
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