Articles tagged "Wear OS"

In time for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), Samsung wants to remind us that its Galaxy Watches are suitable for everyone, thanks to the so-called Universal Gestures. The feature enhances accessibility and allows you to...

Google's recently unveiled Pixel Watch 2 has been running the new Wear OS 4 from the get-go, and now it's finally time for its predecessor to join the Wear OS 4 party. Starting today, Google is sending out the update to Wear OS 4 to the original...

Google is rolling out the latest update to its Messages Wear OS app, allowing users to record and listen to voice messages. That's one of those functionalities that should have been implemented a long time ago with other messaging services, given...

Introduction The best way to compete in the premium smartwatch market is to join Google’s Wear OS (or be an Apple Watch), or so Xiaomi thought as it was designing the Watch 2 Pro. The move opens up the Play Store and all of its apps, while the...

The Pixel Watch 2 was announced this week and it brings with it the new Wear OS 4. There should be an asterisk next to “new” – we’ve already seen Wear OS on the Galaxy Watch6 series, though that was the heavily customized Samsung interpretation of...

Google released its first-ever smartwatch last year and while it was promising, it had some flaws. Time for take two – here is the new Google Pixel Watch 2. It looks the same, but that goes for the new Pixel 8 series too. And it’s actually more...

Samsung launched a new FE series for 2023 that consists of one phone, two tablets and new TWS buds. The phone is, of course, the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, which offers a larger display and battery than the S23 while costing less than the S23+. Then...

Xiaomi held its global September launch event in Berlin today where we got the Xiaomi 13T series but they weren’t the only new devices on stage. We also got the latest smartwatch from the brand dubbed Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro and the global release of the...

With the One UI 4.1 Watch Samsung introduced two helpful features for runners – sweat loss tracking and VO2 Max estimation. Now the company has set out to improve the accuracy of these functions by partnering with researchers at the University of...

Last week the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and Watch4 Classic started receiving the One UI 5 Watch update, which is based on Wear OS 4. In India this update enabled Samsung Pay support on the older watches. However, users are reporting issues with...

Google is hosting the "Made by Google" event on October 4 to unveil the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. Google recently confirmed the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro would be launched in India a day after their unveiling, and now, the brand has...

As we said yesterday, Google just doesn't seem to be able to contain its excitement for its upcoming Pixel device releases. Whether by leaking them on its own website, or publishing very revealing teaser videos. There were two of those yesterday, of...

Just as previously teased by the company itself, today Samsung has officially announced the Thom Browne Editions for the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Watch6. The new, dressed up Galaxy Z Fold5 is "an homage to Thom Browne's signature design elements...

Samsung announced One UI 5 Watch back in early May, and then Google made the Wear OS 4 platform official about a week later. Samsung's latest Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic both launched last month with Wear OS 4 and One UI 5 Watch...

Oppo unveiled a new flip foldable today along with a couple of watches – one with an advanced sensor suite and one affordable model. We already covered the Find N3 Flip, now let’s have a look at the watches. Oppo Watch 4 Pro The Oppo Watch 4...

Samsung unveiled a new special edition of the Galaxy Watch6 Classic dubbed the “Astro Edition”. It is inspired by the astrolabe, an ancient tool that helped scientists and travelers tell the time and navigate their way. This will be the first...

YouTube Music for Wear OS just received a new update and it's a bit of a mixed bag. It does fix a long-standing issue when browsing tracks in albums, but it also introduces an interesting solution to playing order, to put it mildly. The new...

The Pixel Watch 2 from Google is expected to arrive later this fall and we’ve already seen a few leaks and rumors but we now have a more detailed leak thanks to a new listing on the Google Play Console. Pixel Watch 2 is seen bearing the eos codename...

During this year's CES, Google showcased its Watch Unlock feature, which is essentially just another way to unlock your phone apart from the fingerprint scanner or the face unlock. The feature relies on an existing Active Unlock API baked into...

Introduction At first glance, Samsung was very docile with the upgrades to its Galaxy Watch6 series. But you could argue that there was very little wrong with the Galaxy Watch5 series and that all the upgrades we got were useful or...