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Latest Wear OS news
Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the Wear OS, with regular updates and all the information you need.
New Samsung Health feature lands on Galaxy Watch 5 LTE through firmware update
The Galaxy Watch 5 series is getting a new firmware update. Or, to be precise, the LTE variants are now getting the same update the Bluetooth-only Watch 5 series received about a month ago. The update carries firmware version R9x5FXXU1AWDA. And the most significant addition mentioned in the changelog is the skin temperature-based cycle tracking […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 weeks ago
One UI Watch: Lock your Galaxy Watch with a PIN or pattern
Galaxy Watches are not equipped with fingerprint scanners, but did you know you can set up a lock screen PIN or pattern for your Samsung smartwatch? Indeed, you can. But the question is, should you do it? And why would you? The short answer is “better security.” If you enable a lock screen pattern or […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 weeks ago
One UI Watch feature focus: Set up a Quick Launch gesture
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 are some of the cleverest smartwatches on the market, partly because they use the new BioActive sensor, which the company has designed to read vitals and fitness data more accurately than ever. In addition, Samsung’s wearables also have simpler sensors you’d usually find on mobile devices such […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 3 weeks ago
Wear OS 4 will bring Material You to Galaxy Watches
The Wear OS 4 update was announced during the Google I/O 2023 event. Wear OS 4 is based on Android 13, a significant upgrade from Android 11, which formed the base for Wear OS 3.5. Wear OS 4 will be released to the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5, bringing battery life improvements […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 3 weeks ago
Samsung One UI 5 Watch update: When will your smartwatch get it?
In the coming months, Samsung will be releasing major new One UI updates for both its smartphones and its smartwatches. Samsung is currently testing One UI 6.0 for Galaxy smartphones (and tablets) and will eventually let customers try it through a beta program around the time Google releases the Android 14 update in the second […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 3 weeks ago
WhatsApp is now available for Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5
With Wear OS 3, the landscape of Android smartwatches changed, and now more third-party developers are on the platform. And according to the latest report, WhatsApp, the instant messaging giant, has now released the official Wear OS app that will allow users to use the messaging app right from their Wear OS-powered smartwatches. Thanks to […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 3 weeks ago
Galaxy Watch 6 will bring FDA-approved heart-rate monitoring feature
Samsung announced today that the IHRN (Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification) component of the existing ECG (Electrocardiogram) feature on Galaxy Watches received FDA clearance. Galaxy Watch users will soon be able to use the BioActive Sensor on their Wear OS wearables to look for signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib). Samsung says the FDA-cleared IHRN feature will […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 4 weeks ago
Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches could get new Google Keep Tile
Google has been continuously bringing new features to Wear OS smartwatches. A few months ago, it released a new Tile for Google Keep, allowing users to quickly create new lists/notes and browse existing ones from their wrist. The company is now working on a new feature that lets users pin notes to view them quickly. […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 month ago
Make Bixby say whatever you want it to say, because why not
Samsung’s conversational virtual assistant, Bixby Voice, is (artificially) intelligent enough to answer various queries about the phone and the outside world. It can also be voice-controlled to perform tasks such as playing a song in Samsung Music, connecting Galaxy Buds to your mobile device, ringing your phone, and more, and it can do all this […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 month ago
Samsung gives Bixby Voice a better ear for music on Galaxy Watches
Bixby Voice for Wear OS Galaxy Watches has received a new update. It’s a pretty major release coming out of nowhere, and through this new update, Samsung not only changed some UI elements but also gave Bixby Voice a better ear for music. The new update pushes Bixby Voice on Wear OS to version 3.0.09.12. […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 month ago
Google beats Samsung to the May 2023 update for Wear OS
By now, it’s probably widely known that Samsung owns other Android brands and even Google in terms of firmware support for smartphones. But as far as Wear OS smartwatches are concerned, it looks like Google still has the upper hand on the Korean tech giant, and the Galaxy Watch 5 series is now lagging behind […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 month ago
Facer brings amazing 3D watch faces to Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5
Unlike the Apple Watch, Galaxy Watches have access to thousands of watch faces. If you don’t like the ones from Samsung, you can turn to the Google Play Store to find and install third-party watch faces. Facer, an app that offers an additional library of thousands of watch faces for Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches, has […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 month ago
Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches get Adidas Running integration via Google Assistant
A few months ago, Google announced some new features for Wear OS-based smartwatches. Those features included new Tiles for favorite contacts, sunrise time, and sunset time. It also brought voice command shortcuts for Adidas Running through Google Assistant. The feature is now rolling out to Samsung’s Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches. Galaxy Watches can start run […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 month ago
The Galaxy Watch can alert you if your heart rate is too low or high
Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watches are chock-full of health and fitness features backed by a wide array of sensors. One such sensor can monitor the Galaxy Watch wearer’s heart rate. Galaxy Watch 5 users can disable automatic heart rate monitoring or set the HR sensor to perform scans at regular time intervals. Or, they can enable […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 months ago
Samsung pushes bug-fixing update to Galaxy Watch’s Voice Recorder
Samsung has its own set of apps for Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches. And all of those apps get frequent updates for feature additions and bug fixes. The company has now released a new update to its stock Voice Recorder app on Galaxy Watches running Wear OS. The latest update for Samsung’s Voice Recorder app comes […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 2 months ago