Tag: Wear OS

April 22, 2024

A useful feature for Android and Wear OS smartwatches seems to be in the works, reports Android Central. The feature will allow you to sync app permissions between phones and smartwatch apps. Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2 introduced the feature, […]

November 4, 2022

Having a Googley gadget on your wrist can be a great way to stay on top of stuff — but with Google’s Pixel Watch in particular, the best productivity-boosting possibilities are the ones you can’t see. A smartwatch, after all, […]

October 6, 2022

The Pixel Watch was announced in May during Google’s I/O presentation. It was introduced alongside the Pixel 6A and Pixel Buds Pro, though, unlike those devices, it was left up in the air as “coming this fall.” Now, after an […]

June 18, 2021

It became clear how uncertain the future of current smartwatches is with the new Wear OS by Google and Samsung. We initially thought that the wearables we have now are not equipped with the horsepower to support the update. In […]

June 16, 2021

The reveal of a new Wear OS fully supported by Samsung was a big surprise for the wearable industry. In fact, it was such as surprise that many smartwatch manufacturers don’t know whether or not their products support the platform […]

May 18, 2021

The next Google I/O developer conference is happening today and Google is expected to make some pretty major software announcements. It will be an entirely virtual event, like Apple’s WWDC 2021, and everyone can watch the keynote live and participate […]

April 1, 2021

Casio’s long line of G-SHOCK watches has just become bigger with a brand-new model that’s powered by Google’s Wear OS, the mobile platform that breathes life into many so-called smartwatches. Dubbed GSW-H1000, Casio’s newly unveiled smartwatch, is part of the […]

March 17, 2021

Where is the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 3? It’s been well over a year since the Watch Active 2, and we thought a successor would be here by now, but clearly the company isn’t putting its watches out in yearly […]

August 14, 2020

Released all the way back in 2014 aboard smartwatches from Samsung, LG, Motorola, Asus, and Sony, the aptly named Android Wear platform never really took off, constantly playing catch-up in recent years to Apple’s younger watchOS. Even Tizen, Fitbit OS, […]

October 12, 2018

Remember the Google Pixel Watch? The wearable that was supposed to elevate Wear OS (née Android Wear) to the peerage of Samsung and Apple smartwatches? The device that was supposed to usher in a new era of Android-powered wearables that […]

October 9, 2018

The rebranded Wear OS software may soon be shown off in its full capacity with the release of the long rumored Google Pixel Watch. Previously some had expected Google to make its own smartwatch to show off everything Wear OS […]

September 28, 2018

Google’s big fall hardware event is coming on October 9, but there’s no new Google Pixel Watch on the horizon. Instead, a flurry of new Google Wear OS watches are arriving to try to capture more of the wearable market. […]

July 10, 2018

By now, you might have heard the rumor that Google is working on its very first smartwatch. According to Evan Blass, the device will be unveiled alongside the Pixel 3 and the second generation Pixel Buds sometime in early fall. […]

June 27, 2018

So you want a smartwatch… but you don’t want one of those gadgets that looks like a smartphone strapped to your wrist, and which is constantly lighting up and pinging you notifications. You’re in luck: a new trend over the […]