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OPPO Watch X in Singapore: Price, availability

OPPO’s latest flagship smartwatch

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OPPO is releasing the OPPO Watch X in Singapore. The company’s latest flagship smartwatch will be available island wide from March 2.

The OPPO Watch X runs on Wear OS by Google. It has an industry-leading 100 hours of battery life, and up to 12 hours on Power Saver Mode.

With Wear OS 4, the Watch X comes with smart connectivity, and is able to support apps from Google Play.

Smart personal trainer

OPPO Watch X

OPPO’s newest smartwatch features dual-frequency GPS, able to receive both L1 GPS and G5 GPS signals. It uses two separate antennas for each GPS signal to improve the precision and reliability of positioning. Users will benefit from this especially when running, cycling, or even hiking and exercising where GPS coverage is poor.

The Watch X comes with multiple sensors, including a high-precision accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer for more consistent tracking. Runners will also love the watch’s added running posture recognition function.

This detects aspects like a runner’s ground contact time, balance between the left and right foot, step frequency, stride length, and more. This will allow runners to improve their posture in real-time.

Moreover, the device comes with exclusive sports modes, like a dedicated badminton mode developed by OPPO. Under this mode, the watch provides a deep post-match analysis, giving users more insight into aspects like their swing speed and strength.

Smarter health management

The OPPO Watch X is accompanied by more accurate 8-channel heart rate and 16-channel blood oxygen sensors. These can monitor sleep breathing rate, blood oxygen level, heart rate, body movement, and more.

When used over time, the Watch X can give users in-depth weekly sleep tracking reports accessible through the OHealth app.

Furthermore, the Watch X and OHealth app now support Health Connect by Android. This allows a central hub in Android 14 to manage data permissions from multiple apps and devices.

Versatile apps, seamless sync

Since the OPPO Watch X runs on Wear OS 4, users can benefit from various Google apps, including Assistant, Maps, Wallet, and Play. Google Maps has been optimized for Wear OS so users can navigate effortlessly.

They can also manage transportation-related tasks with Google Wallet passes for Wear OS. With Google Play, they can even download Gmail and WhatsApp and stay connected.

Using Fast Pair, users can also pair the wearable with an OPPO or another Android smartphone. When paired, they will be able to answer or reject calls, control music, and reply to messages from their wrists.

Industry-leading endurance

Lastly, the Watch X features a 1.43-inch AMOLED 60Hz display. This screen is protected by a 2.5D sapphire crystal cover for scratch and fingerprint resistance.

The device carries a large 500mAh battery and supports Flash Charging for multi-day use. It lasts up to 100 hours on Smart Mode, and up to 12 hours on standby time. It can be fully recharged in just an hour, and provide an additional day in just 10 minutes of charging.

Inside the watch are two separate chipsets: A Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SOC and a BES2700 MCU. These two work in tandem with Wear OS. The Snapdragon chip takes care of high-performance operations. Meanwhile, the counterpart is utilized for tasks like notification display or answering phone calls.

Price, availability, offers

The OPPO Watch X is available in Platinum Black and Mars Brown starting at SG$ 499.

It will be available for purchase starting March 2 on the OPPO online store, concept stores, authorized partners, and iShopChangi. Customers may also visit the brand’s official Lazada, Shopee, TikTok, and Qoo10 shops.

OPPO is likewise offering an instant rebate of up to SG$ 50 with every purchase, and a Watch X Nylon Strap.

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Samsung releases teaser with Spider-Man: Brand New Day Easter eggs

Spot also teases upcoming Galaxy foldable devices

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Samsung has just premiered a new spot that showcases clips directly from Spider-Man: Brand New Dayjust a few weeks before the movie hits cinemas later this month.

The clip showcases Spider-Man as he fights crime and puts his phone through the wear and tear of superhero life.

In the spot, the Fabricator creates a number of devices for Spider-Man built to stand up to the pace and unpredictability of life behind the mask. This includes what clearly looks like a Galaxy Z Flip phone.

This provides a behind the scenes look into how Peter Parker ultimately landed on a Samsung phone — as fans speculated from the first trailer.

Meanwhile, Ned can also be seen using the Spidey Tracker to try and catch Spider-Man throughout the city on his Samsung phone.

The campaign pretty much formalizes Jacob Batalon — who plays Ned Leeds — as Samsung’s Team Galaxy’s newest ambassador.

The clip ends with the text “A brand new shape for a Brand New Day”, which is also a callback to what the brand has been teasing regarding the future of its Galaxy foldable devices.

Samsung to release latest devices at Galaxy Unpacked

Next week, Samsung is set to launch its latest devices at Galaxy Unpacked 2026.

Ahead of the launch, customers who wish to reserve as early as now can get a US$ 30 credit during pre-order, for a total of up to US$ 1,230 in savings.

Customers can also enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win one of 10 US$ 500 Samsung.com gift cards towards their purchase.

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iOS 27 public beta gives us our first taste of Siri AI

You can access the beta for free.

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Normally, public betas come and go with nary a peep from anyone but dedicated fans and testers. After all, why care about a beta when the final release is likely just around the corner? This one, however, is special. Today, Apple launched the iOS 27 public beta, and it’s our first taste of the redesigned Siri AI.

Recently, WWDC 2026 unveiled Apple’s latest attempts at entering the AI segment. Whereas previous iterations to incorporate AI failed to make an impact, Siri AI promises to provide users with helpful feedback that’s actually helpful.

Now, in the public beta for iOS 27, users all over can finally access the new assistant. To get to the beta, you need to be a part of the beta program, which you can easily sign up for on beta.apple.com. Once signed up, you can get the update from Software Update in Settings. You’ll see options for a developer beta and a public beta. Choose iOS 27 Public Beta.

At face value, Siri AI offers much of what you’d get from a traditional AI-powered assistant. However, it does slightly differ because it integrates the entire phone. The assistant contextualizes your information (including emails, messages, and photos) to give you the most accurate feedback that you might need.

If that’s not enough, Siri AI also has its own chatbot app. If you’re more used to ChatGPT, the assistant should give you that bit of familiarity.

Now, if you don’t want to go for a beta, Apple is expected to launch iOS 27 in its final form sometime in September.

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Most of the world’s PlayStations will be officially useless by 2028

PlayStation’s disastrous no-disc policy is now a lot worse than you thought.

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Last week, we lamented the loss of the PlayStation disc. As we described, the loss isn’t just a major blow to nostalgia for aging gamers, but it also puts a huge question mark on game ownership. Well, there’s another wrinkle that the world is slowly realizing. By deleting physical discs, PlayStation has effectively blockaded their entire service from countries without an official online store.

If you haven’t heard, PlayStation is ceasing the production of physical discs for new games starting 2028. The console will become an all-digital platform. Now, we can blather on and on about how this sucks for ownership, but all gamers will still have access to games online at the very least. Right?

Wrong.

Not every country has an official PlayStation Store or the ability to create a PSN account. In fact, a staggering amount don’t; 121 countries (or 62 percent of the entire world) don’t have official access to the online storefront.

If you live in any of these countries, you’re likely familiar with some unofficial solutions: that is, setting your country elsewhere where the store exists. But, because it’s an unofficial solution, doing this is technically against PlayStation’s policies and can result in bans.

That being said, as noted by users on Reddit, this means that, on a very technical and legal level, these 121 countries will no longer be able to buy physical or digital games starting 2028. Because of a clarified policy, you can still play older games, but if you want to play the latest Call of Duty or NBA 2K, you are out of luck.

There’s no official list of affected countries, other than those collated by others manually. But if you’ve never been able to set your own country on the PlayStation Network, you’re a part of it.

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