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Here’s the OnePlus Watch 2 and It Runs Wear OS 4

Tim November 13, 2023 3

The original OnePlus Watch was not powered by Wear OS. When asked why, OnePlus said it wanted to offer superb battery life, something that would be hard to do if the watch came powered by Google's wearable OS. According to the latest intel concerning a sequel,...

Original Pixel Watch Gets Wear OS 4 Update Today!

Kellen October 17, 2023 9

When the Pixel Watch 2 was unveiled a couple of weeks ago with Wear OS 4, Google wasn't that specific on when the original Pixel Watch would receive an update to the same software. They would only say that it was coming later in the year. Folks, I have good...

Original Pixel Watch Will Get Wear OS 4 Update “Later This Year”

Kellen October 5, 2023 6

There's a chance you watched the Pixel Watch 2 unveiling yesterday and said, "Cool, I'll stick with my original Pixel Watch." And that's fine! We don't all need to upgrade to the shiny new things whenever the shiny new things show up. But if you did decide to...

Verizon Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5 Lineups Get Big One UI 5 Update

Tim September 18, 2023 3

Samsung is now shipping out the One UI 5 update (aka Wear OS 4) to both the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 cellular model lineups. This is the same update that hit the Bluetooth/WiFi models earlier this month. Inside, the One UI 5 update includes new watch...

Galaxy Watch 4 Gets Its Big Wear OS 4 Update – Here’s Everything New

Kellen September 4, 2023 5

The Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro picked up an update to Wear OS 4 and One UI 5 Watch at the end of last week, bringing with it several new features that are found on the Galaxy Watch 6 line. To kickstart this week, the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch...

Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro Get One UI 5 Watch Update – Full List of New Features

Kellen August 31, 2023 4

Samsung told us a couple of weeks ago that it would soon start to upgrade some of its older watches to the new One UI Watch 5 build that is on the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic. Today, the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro are the first of Samsung's...

How to Switch Your Galaxy Watch to a New Phone Without Resetting It

Kellen August 17, 2023 17

We have been asking for at least 4 years now for the ability on a Wear OS or other smartwatch to pair it with a new phone without having to first factory reset the watch. We've even written and begged Google for such capability, because we have no idea why...

Google Killing Assistant Support on Old, Outdated Wear OS Watches

Tim August 16, 2023 5

Have a Wear OS smartwatch that's still running Wear OS 2? We have bad news for you, as it's being reported that sometime soon, Google will be killing off Google Assistant for devices not running Wear OS 3+. As discovered by the good people at 9to5Google, a new...