Payment methods have evolved and changed dramatically over the years. Gone are the days when payments through cash or physical cards were the only options. Even small shops now accept mobile payments via Google Wallet, which is now expanding in more countries. The app is now available for Android and Wear OS devices in 60 […]
Read MorePayment methods have evolved and changed dramatically over the years. Gone are the days when payments through cash or physical cards were the only options. Even small shops now accept mobile payments via Google Wallet, which is now expanding in more countries. The app is now available for Android and Wear OS devices in 60 […]
Read MorePayment methods have evolved and changed dramatically over the years. Gone are the days when payments through cash or physical cards were the only options. Even small shops now accept mobile payments via Google Wallet, which is now expanding in more countries. The app is now available for Android and Wear OS devices in 60 […]
Read MoreDuring the ongoing MWC 2023 expo, Google announced a few new features for Android smartphones and tablets, Wear OS-based smartwatches, and ChromeOS-based laptops. However, most of these new features are not platform-level upgrades. Instead, these are updates to Google’s products and technologies. Google Keep gets a new widget on Galaxy smartphones and shortcuts on Galaxy […]
Read MoreGoogle introduced the Material You design language to smartphones and tablets with Android 12 and improved it further with Android 13. Samsung introduced its own Material You-inspired Color Palette feature with One UI 4/0 and offered even better UI customization with One UI 5.0. In the future, Google plans to bring Material You to Wear […]
Read MoreSamsung has announced a new update for the stock Calendar app. It adds many new features, including better drawing support, improved shared calendar management, and improved dark/light mode settings on Samsung’s smartphones and tablets. The new version of the Samsung Calendar app was announced on the Samsung Community forum in South Korea. The new version […]
Read MoreAndroid comes with many handy features, one of which is Smart Unlock. It allows you to keep your smartphone unlocked when you have connected it to a Bluetooth accessory and have it with you at a trusted location. The security of the Smart Unlock comes into question when you use it with a smartwatch, as […]
Read MoreLast week, Samsung announced that it would roll out an update to the Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 4 that would allow the watches to remotely control the zoom on a paired smartphone’s camera. The software update has now started rolling out to the Galaxy Watch 5 in the US. The latest update […]
Read MoreFollowing last week’s announcement, Google is rolling out phoneless navigation support in Google Maps to Galaxy and other Wear OS smartwatches. This means Wear OS-powered smartwatches won’t require a paired phone for turn-by-turn navigation when using Google Maps just as long as the watches have built-in LTE connectivity or are connected to a Wi-Fi network. […]
Read MoreGoogle has just announced that Google Maps will now work on Wear OS smartwatches with LTE connectivity even when they are not paired with a smartphone. That means Google Maps will now offer turn-by-turn navigation on Samsung’s LTE-enabled Wear OS smartwatches—Galaxy Watch 4, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, Galaxy Watch 5, and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro—even […]
Read MoreAt Google I/O 2021, Google announced a refershed version of Wear OS (Wear OS 3), implementing the insights it got from its partner Samsung. Samsung also ditched its long-standing Tizen OS and adopted Wear OS 3 for its Galaxy Watches. Well, as per the data shared by Google at the ongoing CES 2023, Wear OS […]
Read MoreGoogle improved Wear OS immensely when it collaborated with Samsung. It looks like the company wants to improve Wear OS even further. It has acquired KoruLab, a Finland-based company that has expertise in making user interfaces for smartwatches (and low-power devices like wearables and IoTs) that run smoothly even with limited resources and consume extremely […]
Read MoreSamsung Internet is the only well-known web browser for Wear OS. Last week, however, it disappeared from the Play Store, leaving people with no option to install a reputed web browser on their smartwatch. Fortunately, Samsung’s web browser for Wear OS is now back on the Play Store. But why did Samsung remove it in the […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to updates, Samsung phones always lead the way. They are among the first ones to receive major firmware updates and also the leading ones to receive security updates. Well, Samsung phones aren’t the only ones receiving updates at the moment. The best Android smartwatches, i.e., the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch […]
Read MoreGoogle reinvigorated Wear OS with the help of Samsung. The companies worked to improve the operating system’s speed, power efficiency, and apps. While Samsung ships its Galaxy Watches with a full-fledged Calendar app, Google doesn’t do the same with the Pixel Watch. Now, it looks like the company is making full-fledged Wear OS apps for […]
Read MoreAlongside new features like Reading Mode and Digital Car Key sharing for Android phones and tablets, Google also unveiled new and improved features for Wear OS-based smartwatches. The company is bringing new Tiles and improved first-party apps to wearables. These new features will come to Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 series. Google […]
Read MoreApart from crowning the best Android apps and games for 2022, Google Play has also named the best Wear OS, Chromebook, and tablet apps for 2022. Thanks to the app redesign, which brought one central list with the Add Task button at the top, sorting options, and a favorites list, Todoist won the ‘Best for […]
Read MoreDeezer has launched an update to its Wear OS 3 music streaming app that brings some cool new features to compatible smartwatches, including the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 lineup. The company has redesigned its Wear OS 3 app, mainly retooling its app’s design and experience. According to the latest blog post, Deezer announced that […]
Read MoreA few days ago, we highlighted an issue reported by multiple Galaxy Watch 4 users where a firmware update carrying version number R8xxXXU1GVI3 messed up the smartwatch. Apparently, once the update was installed, if you turn off the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic or if their battery ran out, it couldn’t be turned on […]
Read MoreGoogle’s Wear OS has a huge collection of watch faces that have been developed over the years. However, you might want to stick with the newer ones because, as per 9To5Google, watch faces not using the latest development practices trigger a rather unusual error on smartwatches running Wear OS 3. Apparently, older watch faces turn […]
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