Smartwatches are now over 25 years old, but just over a decade ago, Apple helped kickstart the current smartwatch industry with the launch of the original Apple Watch. From a focus on fitness to a ...

After a few years of iterative updates, Wear OS 6 is shaping up to be a significant leap forward. For starters, Gemini will replace Google Assistant on the wrist alongside a big Material 3 Expressive ...

Google announced today that Gemini is now rolling out to Wear OS watches from several brands, so the end of Google Assistant is near. We knew this day was coming following an initial announcement of ...

Google is discontinuing its legacy Weather app for Wear OS 6 and newer versions. Wear OS 6 is the latest iteration of the software and is based on Android 16. Wear OS 6 users who already had the old ...

Like the Weather app, Google officially announced today that Clock for Wear OS is now only available for the Pixel Watch. Google’s Clock app encompasses the Alarm, Timer, and Stopwatch. It is “no ...

Google Maps for Wear OS has always been a handy tool, but countless times using it to navigate a city on foot or by bike has often led to a headache for me. That’s why I’m thrilled that Google Maps ...

Some Wear OS watches are starting to show Google Wallet photo passes with patterns like QR codes or barcodes. Standard photo-only passes still don’t appear, based on our testing. This may be an early ...

Google is launching the first developer preview for Wear OS 6. This is going to be our first look at Material 3 Expressive on our wrists. Google has just officially announced Wear OS 6 at Google I/O ...

Google’s Pixel Watch 3 is another really popular Wear OS smartwatch, even though it’s almost a year old at this point. One big reason for its popularity is that it finally comes in a larger size, ...

Google is bringing Gemini to more devices. During Tuesday's airing of The Android Show: I/O Edition, the company said its family of AI models would soon power the conversational experiences on Android ...

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