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Google's newest WearOS is here

2018-09-30
Google doesn't have its own pixel SmartWatch instead there are a lot of Google where OS watches and a lot more coming this fall with updated features like NFC payments and heartrate google also has a whole new version of where OS that's available to download and if you have a wear OS watch or Android wear watch you should definitely check it out I downloaded it on a fossil cue explorers HR and this is what it does it's basically a bunch of easy to swipe gestures that really help you access a lot of key features on the watch a lot faster and it feels a lot easier to use than it did before everything new and where OS is all about gestures and they're all off the main watch face so if you swipe down now instead of getting settings you actually get a number of little widgets and controls which is a lot like Apple watch allows you get to things like google pay and other features faster and even play music from here which is great if you swipe up you get your notifications and now they're all compressed they're not nested like Apple watch OS 5 but still there are a lot more compressed than they were before and they're a lot easier to swipe and scan and you can use a digital crown if your watch has that then if you swipe over here down to the left you get google fit Google fits been redesigned it now has activity rings based on move and heart points which look for more active activity and everyday activity all this is a lot more like a regular fitness tracker it's a lot easier to scan not only is the Fitness better but it's easier to access and then if you swipe to the right you get Google Assistant this gives you basic little things you could search google assistant with it it has a lot of recommended shortcuts that are pretty random like interesting fact or recite a limerick what is the interesting fact Google as of 2017 Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world so with all those basic swipe gestures and if you want to access watch faces now you press and hold to get to them it basically allows you to do a lot of quick swipe interactions on the watch which save a lot of time and on this watch actually they feel pretty fluid where our West watch faces can be always on like you see here in a dimmer mode and then they activate when you touch them and watch faces can be changed by tapping and holding and selecting different ones some of them with complications which add information some of just which have interesting funky designs each watch and wear OS has its own selection of watch faces you can also download others to get to all of your apps in where OS nothing's changed you still click on the side button and bring up your list of apps to scroll through if you're looking to buy a Google watch and you have an Android phone there are a lot of choices out there including Samsung Galaxy watch which runs a totally different set of software and has different Fitness features but if you already have a Google wear OS or Android wear watch download this update I think it's gotten a lot better and I think the improvements are really noticeable
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