by dbadmin | Aug 26, 2025 | Google, Google Play Store, Google Wear OS, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Google Play Store will now show warnings on Wear OS watch face listings that may drain battery life. Watch faces with heavy animations, dynamic data, or constant phone interaction are the likely culprits. The update is...
by dbadmin | Aug 20, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel Watch 4, Google Wear OS, News, Wear OS 6
The Pixel Watch 4 has just launched, and it will be Google’s first repairable smartwatch. Previously, Google would simply replace broken or faulty watches. With this generation, Google is opening up repairs for the Pixel Watch 4’s display and battery. Update, August...
by dbadmin | Aug 18, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel Watch 4, Google Wear OS, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
It’s a damn good time right now to be a smartwatch fan. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 series recently launched, the Pixel Watch 4 is right around the corner, Wear OS 6 is chock-full of impressive changes, and Gemini has finally replaced Google Assistant on our wrists. The...
by dbadmin | Aug 10, 2025 | Google Wear OS, Reviews, smartwatches, Wear OS 6, Wearables
After going quiet for a while due to compatibility issues with Wear OS 5, Facer’s finally back with full Wear OS 6 support, and it’s a notable upgrade. The app supports Google’s Watch Face Format (WFF), which means faces sync directly from the phone app to your watch,...
by dbadmin | Aug 9, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Gemini, Google Wear OS, smartwatches
About a month ago, Google started doing something long overdue for Wear OS: it finally began replacing Google Assistant with Gemini. As imperfect as it may be at times, Gemini is a really powerful tool. More importantly, Google Assistant on Wear OS has been showing...
by dbadmin | Aug 8, 2025 | Google Wallet, Google Wear OS, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Some Wear OS watches are starting to show Google Wallet photo passes with patterns like QR codes or barcodes. Standard photo-only passes still don’t appear, based on our testing. This may be an early test of limited support...
