Double Pinch gesture brings One UI 6 Watch at your fingertips

The Double Pinch gesture is one of the new features introduced with the latest One UI 6 Watch update for Galaxy smartwatches. This new gesture lets you control various aspects of the Galaxy Watch UI by pinching your fingers. Here’s how you can turn it on and how it differs from Universal Gestures. Start by […]

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Galaxy Watch 5 finally gets stable One UI 6 Watch update

Samsung has finally released the stable Wear OS 5-based One UI 6 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. The beta version of this software was released five months ago, and it has taken Samsung quite a long time to push the stable update. Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch […]

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You could send RCS messages from your Galaxy Watch in the future

RCS has received a much-needed boost after Apple adopted it recently with iOS 18. However, it is still limited to smartphones, and Google plans to expand RCS to Wear OS smartwatches. It is being reported that the Google Messages app, which is now being pushed as Samsung’s default messaging app, could soon be able to […]

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Google upgrades Google Wallet with new features and expands its availability

Google has made five new announcements about Google Wallet and upgraded the digital wallet’s app for Wear OS with support for three new features. Let’s take a look at the announcements and features. Google Wallet app for Android now available in 9 more countries Google has announced that it has launched the Google Wallet app […]

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Samsung’s open-source project aims to improve health tracking on Android, Wear OS

Samsung’s smartwatches aren’t among the top devices in terms of health-tracking accuracy. The company has been trying to improve the health tracking of Galaxy Watches through several joint research and development programs. One of those initiatives is Samsung Health Research Stack, which aims to improve data-based digital health research. Samsung Health Research Stack is an […]

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Galaxy phones, tablets, and watches to get five new features

Google has announced a bunch of new features that will be released to all Android smartphones and most Wear OS smartwatches. So, you will likely get these features on your Galaxy smartphone, tablet, and smartwatch. Two of those features are powered by AI, while one feature is very helpful but limited to the USA. Five […]

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Galaxy Watch can now show unknown caller info using Truecaller

Truecaller is one of the most useful applications for Android, providing you with names and other information about calls from unknown numbers, safeguarding you from spam, and saving you time and energy. Well, Truecaller is now also available on Wear OS, allowing you to check information about an unknown caller right on your wrist. Truecaller […]

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Your Galaxy Watch now shows more weather info in Forecast Tile

On your Wear OS-powered Galaxy Watch, the Google Weather app’s Forecast Tile shows you information about four things, location, current temperature, highest and lowest temperatures, and current weather conditions. Well, Google is updating it to show more parameters. Google is rolling out an update to the Google Weather app for Wear OS. With it, the […]

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Wear OS Galaxy Watches can now use Google Maps offline

Recently, during the launch of the Pixel 9 and the Pixel Watch 3, Google announced that it will soon roll out a new feature that would let users save Google Maps data for offline usage. Now, the company has started rolling out that feature, and Wear OS-based Galaxy Watch users can now use Google Maps […]

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Galaxy Watches to get School Time feature from Google

Google has announced some new features that can help parents keep track of their kids’ online activities. Android smartphones/tablets and Wear OS smartwatches will soon get a new feature from Google called School Time, which will limit kids’ interactions with their devices “to promote a productive learning environment.” Android phones and tablets and Wear OS […]

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Control favorite smart home devices more easily from your Galaxy Watch

You can now control smart home devices more easily from your Wear OS-based Galaxy Watch. Google announced this feature last month at the Google I/O 2024 event, and it is now available on Samsung’s recent and upcoming Galaxy Watches. Use Google Home’s complication and tile to control smart home devices easily The Google Home app […]

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Samsung Internet Browser for Wear OS gets back and forward feature

Samsung has released an update to the Samsung Internet Browser for Wear OS. It changes the web browser’s version to 3.2.00.8 and brings a much-needed feature, the ability to forward pages on Galaxy Watch models (and go to previous webpages and forward webpages on non-Samsung Wear OS smartwatches). Up until now, when you were browsing […]

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Wear OS smartwatch market share grows, thanks to Samsung

There’s some good news for Samsung and the Wear OS segment overall. A new report indicates that sales of Wear OS-based smartwatches will improve considerably this year. This will come at the expense of Apple’s WatchOS, which is quite interesting. Wear OS smartwatches sales to increase in 2024 According to a new report from Counterpoint […]

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Google Wallet on Galaxy Watch asking for PIN to make payments is just a bug

Earlier this week, 9To5Google reported that Google Wallet on Wear OS had started asking for the PIN to make tap-to-pay transactions for some users. While the change offered increased security, many people were disappointed with it as they would now have to go through an additional step on their Galaxy Watch to make payments. Well, […]

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App permission syncing between Galaxy Watch and Android phone coming soon

Since Google and Samsung merged Wear OS and Tizen, Google has been rapidly improving Wear OS by adding new and useful features to it, such as introducing new applications for the platform, including Google Calendar and Gmail, improving existing apps, including Google Home and Google Maps, introducing new Tiles, and offering new watch face and […]

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