Google, Pixel and Wear OS
Google Pixel Watch 3 vs. Pixel Watch: Should you upgrade your Wear OS?
The Pixel Watch 3 is powered by Qualcomm's W5 Gen 1 chip with a Cortex-M33 coprocessor, a significant upgrade over the original Pixel Watch's Exynos 9110 SoC. This newer processor, which already performs admirably, will certainly help with future software updates, ensuring a snappy and reliable performance.
Google pulled its Wear OS update for old Pixel Watches to fix a big problem
Google is working on a fix for a buggy Wear OS 5 update. The company says it paused the OTA update rollout on September 26th after people, including my colleague Richard Lawler, reported their Pixel Watch 1 and 2 devices were stuck on a blank screen due to the update.
Wear OS 5 blocks one of the best watch apps and it's high time Google fixes things
Facer is a decade-old watch face store with 500,000 faces and tens of millions of users that lets people get more creative with the most visible part of the Wear OS experience. And Google has basically killed it with Wear OS 5,
Facer is working with Google to bring its watch faces to Wear OS 5, some already available
Facer has confirmed it is in discussion with Google to find a way to bring its watch faces to Wear OS 5, with some already available.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 owners poised to get Wear OS 5 soon – as Google Pixel Watch still struggles
As the best Android smartwatches battle to bring Android's Wear OS 5 update to older generations of devices, mixed fortunes mean a rollout for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 could be close at hand. Not so for older Pixel Watch owners, who could have a long wait in store.
Pixel Watch owners: Brace for a longer wait as Google works on fixing Wear OS 5 update
Google has said that it's still in the process of fixing the broken Wear OS 5 update for the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2.
Wear OS 5 will eventually get Facer support, company confirms
Facer support on Wear OS 5 is basically non-existent at the moment, but it isn’t going to stay that way forever. If you’re not familiar with Facer, it’s an app for Wear OS devices that was launched all the way back in 2014 with Google’s first version of the smartwatch operating system.
Don't panic, Facer users, full Wear OS 5 support is coming – eventually
It's all because of Google's new Watch Face Format (WFF) tool, Facer explained in a blog post. Facer says the new format has more limited capabilities than Facer's, and as such co
After a year of using the Google Pixel Watch 2, these are my 7 favorite watch faces
The watch face comes with 30 color combinations for the outer ring, accent color, and time, so you can personalize it as you ...
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Best Google Wear OS smartwatches and Android alternatives
We found no bugs or issues during testing, unlike with the MIUI Wear OS skin on the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro, and its ability to tap into Google services is a huge tick in its favor. Another ...
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Google rolling out Wear OS 5 to original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2
Following the launch of the Pixel Watch 3 earlier this month, Wear OS 5 is now rolling out to the original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 with the September 2024 security patch. After ...
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Wear OS 5 rolling out to Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 starting today
When the Google Pixel Watch 3 launched in August, Google revealed it would come with Wear OS 5 out of the box. While this was great news, it left users of older Pixel Watch models ...