Google Wallet available on your Galaxy device in 60 more countries

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 […]

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Google Wallet available on your Galaxy device in 60 more countries

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 […]

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Google Wallet available on your Galaxy device in 60 more countries

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 […]

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Galaxy phones, watches, and Chromebooks are getting new features

During 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 […]

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Galaxy Watches could get Color Palette with future One UI Watch update

Google 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 […]

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Samsung Calendar update brings a bunch of new features

Samsung 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 […]

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Google Smart Unlock won’t be replaced by Wear OS Watch Unlock

Android 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 […]

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Galaxy Watch 5 update brings phone camera zoom controls

Last 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 […]

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Phoneless Google Maps navigation rolls out to Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches

Following 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. […]

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Google Maps now works on LTE versions of Galaxy Watches without a phone

Google 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 […]

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Thanks to Wear OS 3, there are now 3x more active Wear OS devices

At 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 […]

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Google’s latest acquisition could make Galaxy Watches even more efficient

Google 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 […]

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Samsung Internet web browser for Wear OS returns to Play Store

Samsung 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 […]

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Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 4 receive new updates on Verizon

When 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 […]

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Wear OS-based Galaxy Watches to soon get Gmail, Google Calendar apps

Google 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 […]

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Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5 will get new Tiles, improved Google Keep app, and more

Alongside 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 […]

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Here are the best Wear OS, Chromebook, and tablet apps of 2022

Apart 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 […]

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Music streaming on Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5 gets better with revamped Deezer app

Deezer 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 […]

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Galaxy Watch 4’s new update solves bricking issue for some, makes it worse for others

A 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 […]

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Older watch faces turn off the AoD mode on Wear OS 3 smartwatches

Google’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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