Tag Archives: WEAR

Earlier this fall, Google finally launched the Pixel Watch. It wasn’t a perfect smartwatch, but it was a respectable first attempt in a category that Google notoriously neglected for years. Even so, it’s hard to shake off the idea that Google might prematurely abandon its revived wearable ambitions if it doesn’t do “well enough.” This is why the company has been quietly chugging away at Wear OS improvements in the background. The latest is a round of “holiday” Android updates… Source link

Enlarge / The Pixel Watch colors and their default bands. There are three watch body colors here: black, silver, and gold. Google recently launched the Pixel Watch and breathed new life into Wear OS after years of neglect, but how serious is Google about its second swing at the smartwatch market, really? Getting its flagship apps up and running on the platform would be a good sign of support, and a new report… Source link

In recent months, Google has rolled out a Material You redesign and tile for Keep on Wear OS. Around that time, Google Keep looks to have dropped support for older Wear OS 2 devices. Update 11/25: Google Maps is another big app that now “Does not work on your device” running Wear OS 2/Android 9. This is more of a problem for owners resetting their watches, with existing downloads continuing to work. These old devices also never got the new Google Home or Contacts, while the… Source link

The Google Play Store is notorious for making it difficult to find apps optimized for non-phone devices —you’ve often had to guess and hope for the best. Now, however, it just involves a couple of taps. Google says it recently added Play Store home pages to its Android app with recommendations for Android Automotive, Android TV and Wear OS apps. Visit “other devices” and you can find a health tracker for your Galaxy Watch 5, or a video service for your Chromecast. New search filters also… Source link

Users previously criticised the company for making them carry out a factory reset on the smartwatch when migrating to a new device Users previously criticised the company for making them carry out a factory reset on the smartwatch when migrating to a new device An analysis of strings on the Google Play Services v22.32.12 beta on August 19 has led developers to believe that Google might be working on correcting a feature many smartwatch users have criticised. (Sign up to our Technology… Source link

A teardown has revealed that you might soon be able to back up and restore Wear OS data through Google One It’s not something most users run into very often, but moving a Wear OS device from one phone to another is pain. There’s no mechanism to transfer your watch from your old phone to your new one; you just have to reset it and set it up again from scratch. A teardown by XDA Developers has revealed that Google’s working on a way to make that process slightly more… Source link

You have to give the Wear OS believers a little credit: they have survived through Google’s start-and-stop investment patterns into the platform for nearly a decade with half-baked native apps and features left broken for longer than anyone is willing to admit. But if it’s been that way for the users, just think about how much crap third-party developers have had to suffer to serve them. Today, as the Pixel Watch and Jetpack Compose for Wear OS are due to reinject some relevance back into… Source link

During yesterday’s Google I/O keynote, there was a moment that stood out to me that may have been lost on a lot of folks. While giving examples of new apps featured on Wear OS 3, Google took the time to call out KakaoTalk. I won’t lie. I stood up, pointed my finger at my computer monitor, and screeched some version of “AHA! I was right!” If you already know what KakaoTalk is, you likely are Korean, Korean-American, have a ton of Korean friends, love K-pop and K-dramas, or have lived… Source link

It’s been a little under a year since Google and Samsung announced a joint wearables effort aimed at taking on Apple’s utter dominance of the category. It’s been clear from the beginning that such an effort wouldn’t happen overnight. Back in August, we got the first glimpse at “the new Wear OS Powered by Samsung,” as part of the Galaxy Watch 4 launch. The company’s wearable line didn’t get a lot of love at today’s Unpacked event — the company had more than enough to… Source link

The volatile but never boring market for Bitcoin (BTC) has been whipsawed in recent days, as investors ponder whether there are better returns to be had in other cryptocurrencies, even as a new COVID-19 variant and the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook shake up the landscape. With news of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 unsettling investors, Bitcoin shed over 2% on Tuesday as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell dropped several hints that the central bank is growing more attentive to inflationary risks,… Source link