Wear OS is a type of the operating system, amazingly designed for smartwatches and other wearables. Google keeps releasing updates for Wear OS similar to other applications or major Android OS with many new facilities and improvements for enhancing the user’s experience. The US tech giant has offered various new features and changes for the betterments that have arrived to Wear OS smartwatches in the past few months. Let’s come up with a look at all its new features.
Wear OS features you should know if you’re using a Wear OS-based Watch:
In the past couple of months, Google released various updates to the Wear OS smartwatch, all with many new features and improvements. With these updates, smartwatches get the eligibility to show even more information on Google Maps, stream podcasts on YouTube Music, and be able to Pin important notes in Google Keep and so on. The top vital improvements or and new features are as follows below;
- Pay For Public Transit Right: The compatible Wear OS watches allow the users to add their Clipper or SmarTrip transit cards to Google Wallet. There is no need to pull out any physical card or Android smartphone while commuting.
- Google Wallet On Wear OS Is Available In More Countries: Now, the brand has made the Google Wallet features available worldwide, by which the users, with just a tap on the smartwatch, can pay. The new regions that get the support of Google Wallet include Albania, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Isle of Man, Greenland, Faroe Islands and so on.
- Google Assistant Comes In More Languages: Now, the users on their smartwatches can ask for the help of Google Assistant in new languages, including Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Polish and more.
- Just Say “Hey Google” on Fossil’s Gen 6 smartwatches: Google Assistant on Wear OS 3 features a new design, which provides faster than-ever response times and more helpful answers by just saying “Hey Google” to get started. This helps the users to get their things done, such as sending an instant message, playing music and many more. Also, the users can explore various things with Google Assistant on a FossilGen 6 smartwatch.
- Listen To Podcasts On YouTube Music: The most exciting feature that arrived with the recent update is that now the users are allowed to stream their favourite podcasts right from their wrist through their Wear OS smartwatches.
- Google Maps Provide More Information: With the recent update, Google Maps has improved, which now offers more detailed information about the places, for instance, visiting hours or rating information. Also, the users can find places around them, such as hospitals, schools, and stations, by searching or clicking on pins on the map.
- WhatsApp On Wear OS Anytime – Anywhere: Now, users can get their notifications, receive phone calls, and see messages from their smartwatches without pulling their smartphones. They can also send messages directly from their watch with end-to-end encryption, along with voice, emojis, or quick replies.
- Keep Notes Close: This facility allows users by which they can get quick access to their most important notes and lists by pinning them with a Keep tile on their smartwatches.
- Send Voice Messages Through Google Messages: The users can send voice messages without needing phones. The users with the new update can send voice messages by speaking into their watch.
- Spotify Get Enhanced: The brand, with recent updates, provides three new tiles, which help users to listen to their favourites from their smartwatch more efficiently than ever. It also allows Spotify’s DJ to do the job of delivering a personalised lineup of music. Apart from this, the DJ can also do commentary around the tracks and artists, doesn’t it sound fantastic!
With all of these new changes and features, the Wear OS smartwatches get improved, which offers more smooth and seamless performance and enhances the user’s experience.
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