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A Chinese tech company you've never heard of made a smartwatch that looks identical to the Apple Watch — and it has a big feature Apple is missing

Oppo says that in addition to tracking various types of exercises, the watch can monitor heart rate and provide a chart showing how it's changed over the past 24 hours. It also provides reminders to breathe — a feature Apple launched back in 2016. Menstrual cycle monitoring will also be available on Oppo's watch, a capability Apple debuted in 2019 for its own smartwatch.

But it's the Oppo Watch's sleep tracking that really sets it apart from the Apple Watch. Oppo says it can provide a report outlining how much time you've spent in deep sleep, light sleep, and awake.Details on Oppo's sleep tracking are thin, but it doesn't sound as comprehensive as Fitbit's offerings. Fitbit sells devices that can issue you a sleep score that evaluates the quality of your sleep and compiles trends over time.

Apple has reportedly been testing sleep tracking for the Apple Watch at its headquarters with a plan to roll it out in 2020, according toOppo's smartwatch also supports cellular connectivity through an electronic SIM, so you can choose to either use the same number as your phone or a separate one. The Apple Watch also comes in a cellular model, and if you have a dual SIM for your iPhone it will support both phone numbers.

Overall, Oppo's smartwatch seems like a promising option for non-Apple devotees, and it could help the company boost its presence in the wearables space as it has done with smartphones.Oppo is the fifth-largest smartphone maker according to the International Data Corporation, but it hasn't established a substantial presence in the wearables market — which is largely dominated by Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and Fitbit.

 

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