Google Wear OS 5: Features, release date, and more

by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2024 | Google Wear OS, Guides, smartwatches, Wearables

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority It’s officially launch season and that means a newly upgraded Wear OS. The latest platform, Wear OS 5, delivers a handful of efficiency updates and other improvements to fitness tracking and more. Though there are only...

Ahead of the Pixel Watch 3, offline Google Maps rolls out to Wear OS

by dbadmin | Aug 19, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel Watch, Google Wear OS, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google Maps for Wear OS is now rolling out an update that adds offline map support. Offline maps will be automatically synced to the device during charging or when connected to Wi-Fi. The update so far has been confirmed to...

Google is already testing Wear OS 5.1, could be based on Android 15

by dbadmin | Aug 8, 2024 | Android 15, Google Wear OS, News

Android Authority has learned of test builds of Wear OS 5.1 for the Pixel Watch 2. These builds are based on the upcoming Android 15 release. This is noteworthy because Wear OS 5.0 is based on Android 14. We’re merely days away from the expected unveiling of the...

Older watch faces may soon show an incompatibility warning on the Play Store (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Jul 15, 2024 | Google, Google Play Store, Google Wear OS, News

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Play Store will soon alert users of incompatible watch faces that don’t support the Watch Face Format. Users will see a warning message within the details section on watch face listings stating that the watch face may not...

I’ve already ditched the new Google Home widget and watch tile

by dbadmin | Jul 15, 2024 | Features, Google Home, Google Wear OS, Widgets

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury There’s an Arabic saying that goes something like, “You fasted and fasted, only to break your fast on an onion.” English doesn’t have a real equivalent to this, though “much ado about nothing”...

Wear OS 5 could improve your watch’s music streaming battery life with Bluetooth LE Audio

by dbadmin | Jul 12, 2024 | Bluetooth, Google Wear OS, News

Google is preparing to add Bluetooth LE Audio support to the upcoming Wear OS 5 release. Bluetooth LE Audio enables streaming music over Bluetooth Low Energy, which requires less power than streaming over Bluetooth Classic. The feature might be supported by upcoming...