by dbadmin | Jul 24, 2025 | Google Wear OS, News, Wear OS 6
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Popular custom watch face distributor Facer is embracing Google’s latest Watch Face Format with hundreds of thousands of new compatible watch faces. With this revamp, Facer will regain support on smartwatches running Wear OS...
by dbadmin | Jul 22, 2025 | Google Wear OS, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, Samsung One UI, Wear OS 6
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2024) is receiving the One UI 8 update with Wear OS 6 earlier than expected. The rollout has started for T-Mobile, AT&T, and Google Fi models in the US, as well as in some overseas markets....
by dbadmin | Jul 11, 2025 | Google Gemini, Google Wear OS, News
Google Gemini is coming to replace Assistant on Wear OS smartwatches. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 series, which launched earlier this week, introduces Gemini, but updates are coming to existing hardware. Users have discovered that simply sideloading the Gemini APK works...
by dbadmin | Jul 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google Wear OS, News, Qualcomm Snapdragon
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Qualcomm is working on a new wearable chip, the “SW6100”, also called “aspena” The processor is not based on any previous Qualcomm product, unlike its previous wearable chips The specs include 1x Arm Cortex-A78 + 4x Arm...
by dbadmin | Jul 5, 2025 | Apple Watch, Features, Google Wear OS, smartwatches, Wearables
I rely on lists to keep my life running: grocery lists, packing lists, home improvement checklists, birthday gift ideas for my 19 nieces and nephews, and ongoing logs of thank-you notes for gifts for my own kid. My note-keeping apps aren’t just productivity tools;...
by dbadmin | Jul 3, 2025 | Features, Google Wear OS, smartwatches, Wear OS 6, Wearables
After years as a power-draining setting with significant limitations, the always-on display on Wear OS smartwatches is finally getting a glow-up. Hitting wrists via Wear OS 6, a redesigned always-on display (AOD) will now offer more functionality, adding key controls...