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Samsung will show off the new Wear OS experience on June 28th Samsung is one of the biggest names still taking part in this year's Mobile World Congress (albeit not in-person) and it'll have something significant to reveal about the future of smartwatches. The company teamed up with Google earlier this year to work on the upcoming version of Wear OS. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/samsung-wear-os-google-smartwatch-mobile-world-congress-165403913.html

New Wear OS can run on existing smartwatches after all, but there's a catch Qualcomm has confirmed that the new version of Wear OS developed by Google and Samsung can run on existing smartwatches with the Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset. In a statement to XDA Developers, the chipmaker said, “We are working with Google on bringing Wear OS 3. Continue Reading . . . https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-3-smartwatches-1236122/

Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen In yet another sign of the growing alliance between Google and Samsung, today both companies announced that they are essentially combining Wear OS — Google’s operating system — and the Tizen-based software platform that has been foundational to Samsung’s wearables for many years. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch

Google remembers Wear OS long enough to add a new keyboard In what feels like an increasingly rare occurrence, Google announced that it’s updating Wear OS with a new feature today — but don’t get too excited, it’s just a keyboard. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22423707/google-wear-os-gboard-swipe-type

The most powerful Wear OS watches are held back by Wear OS For the past month, I’ve been testing the two most powerful Wear OS watches you can buy: the TicWatch Pro 3 from Mobvoi and the Fossil Gen 5 LTE. They’re not spec-for-spec identical, but they do share a basic shape: big, chunky, round, and black. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/7/22314135/ticwatch-pro-3-fossil-gen-5-lte-review-smartwatch-wear-os

Google says it’s working to get ‘Hey Google’ working on Wear OS again Activating the Google Assistant by saying “Hey Google” has been broken for months, according to a report from 9to5Google. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/24/22300211/google-responds-wear-os-hey-google-not-responding

I know that most people are in agreement that Wear OS is trash and the watch options aren’t great, but I’m foolishly still holding out hope that it will one day be good. Because of that foolishness, here is a bit of news: Google Play on Wear OS is now slightly better. from https://www.droid-life.com/2019/11/13/wear-os-gets-a-redesigned-google-play-store/ https://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wear-OS-Google-Play.jpg

According to a report by WinFuture, Qualcomm is planning another new chipset for Wear OS devices, — even though the existing Wear 3100 has barely materialized. from https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/07/09/qualcomm-may-finally-deliver-a-smartwatch-processor-that-doesnt-suck/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png