We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. At the end of last week, Google announced a noteworthy change to Wear OS 6+ and its built-in weather app. In ...

Wear OS smartwatches could soon support message reactions and a Mark as read button in Google Messages, making quick replies ...

Google Messages on Wear OS could soon support emoji reactions and bring along a "Mark as read" button for notifications. Here ...

Google is launching the first developer preview for Wear OS 6. This is going to be our first look at Material 3 Expressive on our wrists. Google has just officially announced Wear OS 6 at Google I/O ...

After first revealing Wear OS 6 in May at its annual I/O conference, Google’s latest operating system update is now available for most of the best Android smartwatches. As ever, the upgrade promises a ...

Google is preparing to issue a fix for the current AOD mode in Wear OS. Rather than simply blurring the screen for unsupported apps, the Wear OS 6 AOD mode will dim the screen while keeping the ...

Emoji reactions and Mark as Read ...

After years as a power-draining setting with significant limitations, the always-on display on Wear OS smartwatches is finally getting a glow-up. Hitting wrists via Wear OS 6, a redesigned always-on ...

Wear OS is unsurprisingly going all-in on the Watch Face Format introduced two years ago, with support for all other “legacy” types going away in early 2026. The Watch Face Format is a declarative XML ...

Google introduced its revamped Androidify app earlier this month, but it seems the company is going to follow that up with the ability to use characters created in the app as a Wear OS watch face.