After revealing that Wear OS grew its user base by 40% in 2023, Google has just announced Wear OS 5, along with a slew of new watch face updates and health-tracking features. Here’s what’s new ...

Wear OS 5 is the latest major update to Google’s smartwatch platform, marking the brand’s first release of major new smartwatch software in consecutive years. However, ...

Wear OS 5 is on its way, and with it, Google says Android smartwatch users ought to see even better battery life. Running a marathon, for example, will purportedly consume 20 percent less battery ...

Wear OS 5 officially hit shelves via Samsung’s latest lineup, the Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra.The devices debuted during the company’s summer Unpacked event on July 10, 2024, and ...

As with every major software update, we’re hoping for a speedier rollout, fewer bugs, and improved battery efficiency with Wear OS 5. Then there are the more obvious things we know Google is ...

If Wear OS 5.0 is based on Android 14 whereas Wear OS 5.1 is based on Android 15, then that means that Google has finally fully decoupled the underlying Android version from the Wear OS version.

Wear OS 5, based on Android 14, introduces enhanced developer features and more complications for Watch Face Format. Fitness apps on Wear OS 5 will access new data types, promising longer battery ...

However, if you get a new watch that has Wear OS 5 on it or you update an older watch to Wear OS 5, some older watch faces simply won’t be available any longer and will drop from your watch.

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Today, Google took the wraps off of Wear OS 5, the primary focus of which is improved battery life. As a prime example, Google says that “running a marathon consumes up to 20% less power on Wear ...