by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Google Wear OS, News, Polls
Smartwatches didn’t just happen overnight, and we’ve seen a lot of different attempts at making them work in the years leading up to what we have now. Some of those very early efforts were basically just tiny phones that would awkwardly strap to your wrist, but...
by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Features, Google Gemini, Google Wear OS, smartwatches
It’s official: Wear OS smartwatches are set for a significant voice assistant upgrade soon. Although it’s one of Google’s worst-kept secrets, Gemini will soon replace Assistant on various Google platforms, including Android smartwatches. The prospect of having...
by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel Watch, Google Wear OS, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Supplied by Google Google is silently rolling out new Material 3 Expressive design elements to the Pixel Watch. A Reddit user has noticed a new, display-hugging tile layout for the Google Calendar app. The changes seem to be a part of a server-side update....
by dbadmin | May 14, 2025 | Features, Google, Google I/O, Google Wear OS
Wear OS 6, Google’s next major smartwatch update, is official. We’ve been speculating and talking about Wear OS 6 for the last few months, but the update was (surprisingly) shrouded in secrecy. We knew it was likely coming at some point this year, but we weren’t sure...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google Gemini, Google Wear OS, News, Samsung Galaxy Watch, Samsung One UI
Raise to Talk will let you summon a voice assistant with a flick of your wrist. Code related to the feature has been found in the leaked settings app from One UI Watch 8. The feature should be a part of Wear OS 6, which could be announced at The Android Show. Google...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2025 | Android 16, Google Wear OS, News, smartwatches
Credit: Supplied by Google Google has revealed a revised UI for Wear OS 6 on smartwatches. The changes are broadly in line with Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive design. Expect color theming based on your watch face, smoother transitions/scrolling, and larger...