by dbadmin | Mar 23, 2024 | Features, Google Wear OS, smartwatches
For the past few years, I’ve been avoiding using third-party watch faces on my Galaxy Watch and Pixel Watch because they’re just frustrating all around. Most third-party watch faces are slow, heavy, and poorly designed, and it’s tough to find one that works well....
by dbadmin | Mar 13, 2024 | Google Wear OS, News, smartwatches, Wearables
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Wear OS landscape is gaining traction with more names in the field than ever, including Google’s own smartwatch line. We’re only a few months out from the next round of major Wear OS device launches (looking at you,...
by dbadmin | Feb 28, 2024 | Google Wear OS, News, Wearables
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google and Samsung introduced the new Watch Face Format as part of the Wear OS 4 update. This new method allows developers to create watch faces that involve no executable code, leaving the processing to Wear OS to handle. On...
by dbadmin | Feb 27, 2024 | Google Wear OS, News, OnePlus, OnePlus Watch, smartwatches
Wear OS now offers a new hybrid interface that offloads more tasks to a low-power co-processor instead of processing everything on a more powerful main processor. The new OnePlus Watch 2 uses this new hybrid interface with a dual-chipset architecture to offer battery...
by dbadmin | Feb 26, 2024 | Google Wear OS, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Wear OS is getting a couple of handy features. The wearable OS will now give users access to passes stored in Google Wallet. Users can finally view public transit directions on Google Maps for Wear OS. Back in January, Google...
by dbadmin | Feb 26, 2024 | Android Auto, Fitbit, Google, Google Docs, Google Gemini, Google Maps, google messages, Google Wallet, Google Wear OS, Health, News, Spotify
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority At MWC 2024, Google is announcing new features and official rollouts of some previously announced features. Google Messages is getting Gemini access, Android Auto is getting AI text summaries, and more. Boarding passes can...
