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Code Points to Return of Select Gestures for Pixel Watch Models

Tim December 4, 2025 1

Code in a new build of the Pixel Watch app points to return of select gestures for Wear OS users. Pixel Watch already has quite a few gestures to play with, such as Raise to Talk and Tilt-to-Wake, but the addition of these new gestures put Pixel Watch on par...

Galaxy Watch 6, Watch 6 Classic Gets Wear OS 6 (One UI 8) Update

Tim December 3, 2025 3

Samsung is sending out the Wear OS 6 (One UI 8) update to the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic. Once updated, these watch users will be able to create their own tiles, enjoy the new low light mode for specific watch faces, and have access to new mood...

DEAL: Galaxy Watch Ultra for $349 Thanks to Super Boosted Trade-ins ($300 Off)

Tim November 26, 2025 4

Samsung's week of deals continue to roll on. For anyone still using an older Galaxy smartwatch, we really want to stress the latest deal for the Galaxy Watch Ultra. For a limited time, Samsung has boosted the trade-in values on older Galaxy Watch models. For...

Google Pulls Its Wear OS Clock App From a Bunch of Watches

Kellen October 30, 2025 1

About a month ago, Wear OS users who owned smartwatches from Samsung, OnePlus, and others, noticed that the Google Clock app was no longer available. Google hadn't said anything about the disappearance at the time, but today, they went ahead and confirmed that...

Galaxy Watch 7 Gets One UI 8 Update in US

Kellen October 13, 2025 2

Samsung is rolling out One UI 8 to the Galaxy Watch 7 in the US as of today. The update is hitting Verizon units with LTE, but the Bluetooth/WiFi version should be seeing the build as well. It's not often that Samsung only updates its cellular models. The...

Wear OS 6 Update Arrives on Pixel Watch 2 and 3

Kellen October 8, 2025 15

Google not only pushed out a fresh update to Pixel phones today, it is giving Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Watch 3 owners a huge update to Wear OS 6 with Material 3 Expressive. The update went live without mention from Google, but we spotted the factory images. The...

Wear OS 6 Loses Google’s Built-in Weather App

Kellen September 15, 2025 3

At the end of last week, Google announced a noteworthy change to Wear OS 6+ and its built-in weather app. In short, they said that the built-in weather would soon go away, but it's also a bit confusing depending on your device. They have since pulled the news,...

More Pixel Watch 4 Renders: Which Color is Best?

Tim August 6, 2025 5

Additional Pixel Watch 4 renders have been extracted directly from Google Store. The renders detail every color of the device, which provides us with a question: Which color is best? There are two sizes for Pixel Watch 4, 41mm and 45mm. That's the same as...