#Wear OS
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Wear OS has taken off in the last few years and its market is now bustling with great smartwatches. From the Galaxy Watch 7 to the OnePlus Watch 2 and Pixel Watch 3, there are lots of options. Some of the others notable Wear OS watches include the TicWatch Atlas, Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5, and Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro.
After Forcing Apple Watch Ban, Masimo Now Partners with Google for Health Features
Abubakar Mohammed
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Modern Wear OS smartwatches excel in health tracking and they might get even better thanks to Google partnering with Masimo, the same company that forced Apple to ban Blood Oxygen monitoring feature in Apple Watches.
Enough is Enough: Google, This Wear OS Feature Needs a Fix ASAP
Abubakar Mohammed
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Wear OS is cut for my usage but one thing I despise about the smartwatches is the unresponsive or excessively responsive tilt-to-wake features. It not only affects the battery life but could be quite annoying when it doesn't work. However, one of the best solutions to this is to add a tilt-to-wake sensitivity setting to Wear OS.
The first Wear OS 5 Developer Preview has been released and is based on Android 14. It brings improvements to battery life, new watch face development guidelines, and new guidelines for larger displays. Besides, it brings a bunch of new developer-centric features to help easily test apps on Wear OS.
Mysterious Google Wear OS Watch Spotted; Could It Be Pixel Watch 2a?
Abubakar Mohammed
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A new FCC spotting suggests that Google could launch a Wear OS-powered smartwatch at Google I/O 2024. The watch in question could be the Pixel Watch 2a or a Fitbit, more so the latter because we never heard of any rumors of the Pixel Watch 2a. The model G4SKY appears to be equipped with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and LTE connectivity.
Anshuman Jain
Android Wear or WearOS has been out for a decade now and still no sign of a smartwatch in the budget segment. Keeping it out of reach from most enthusiasts and users who would actually want to buy one. In this read, I discuss why it is high time Google should consider making a budget Android smartwatch.
If you own a Wear OS device and want to set it up from scratch, you can do it from your Watch's Settings app or its companion app on your phone. The process may differ between the plain version of Wear OS found on the Pixel Watch and Samsung's version but it's nothing too complicated. You can also move data from your old watch to the new one using the Transfer watch feature.
Like Android, Wear OS also comes with a Google Play Store to download apps. If you're new to the platform, this post will show you some of the best apps you can try on your wearable device. These apps include Google Maps, Keep Notes, Todoist, Spotify, and SimpleWear among many others.
WhatsApp Now Reaches Wear OS Smartwatches
Vanshika Malhotra
Dwaipayan Sengupta
YouTube Music Can Now Let You Stream Music from Wear OS Watches
Vanshika Malhotra
Beebom Staff
10 Best Wear OS Watch Faces You Can Use
Arjun Sha
Wear OS Fall Update to Add New Weather App, Improved Performance
Kishalaya Kundu
Anmol Sachdeva
IANS
Akshay Gangwar
Karthik Iyer
Beebom Contributor
Android Wear Officially Rebranded as ‘Wear OS by Google’
Kishalaya Kundu