Wear OS 7 brings iPhone-style Live Updates for deliveries and sports scores, with updates that can appear on a watch or a smartphone. The platform also enables tracking automated tasks handled by AI directly from a watch. Wear OS Tiles are upgraded into Wear Widgets, which resemble Android widgets and support small and large layouts aligned with Android’s 2x1 and 2x2 formats. AI features include Gemini Intelligence, offering personalized and proactive Gemini capabilities on select watches launching later this year. Google also promises up to 10% improved battery life for average users when upgrading from Wear OS 6 to Wear OS 7 through power optimizations, with real-world results pending.
"Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that were introduced on Android last year - which can appear on your watch or your smartphone - and you'll also be able to track automated tasks that an AI is working on right from your watch."
"Wear OS is also getting an upgrade from its widget-like Tiles for glanceable information. With the new update, Google is adding "Wear Widgets" to the platform, which look more like Android widgets and can appear in small or large layouts that "align perfectly" with Android's 2x1 and 2x2 widget formats."
"There are some AI-powered features coming to Wear OS 7 as well, including the introduction of Gemini Intelligence, Google's catch-all branding for personalized and proactive Gemini features, on "select watches" launching "later this year.""
"Google is also promising an "up to" 10 percent improvement in battery life for average users if you're upgrading from Wear OS 6 to Wear OS 7. The company says that it's investing in "power optimizations" so that users can "do more with their favorite apps," but we'll have to wait and see how battery life actually shakes out when Wear OS 7 is actually available."
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