Wear OS 7 brings Widgets and Live Info to Google’s smart watch

New features include Wear Widgets (above), Live Updates (below) for real-time information, an AppFunctions API to integrate apps with agents, the Wear Workout Tracker for fitness tracking, improved media controls and a number of UI updates.

Wear OS 7

The latest version of Wear OS is “Canary”. And the Android-based platform can be tried out via the Wear OS 7 Canary Emulator.

“We recognize that watches are essential, all-day companions to your users,” writes John Zoeller, Developer Relations Engineer at Google. “That’s why we’re continuing to invest in power optimizations so your users can do more with their favourite apps. For watches upgrading from Wear OS 6, average users can expect up to 10% improvement in battery life.”

“As part of a broader rollout to the Android ecosystem, select watches arriving later this year will come with Gemini Intelligence. [This will be] providing proactive and personalised help to our users so they can focus on what matters.”

You can read more about Wear OS update on the Google Developer blog.

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