Exciting Changes Ahead for Google's Wear OS

Google is about to go through some exciting changes and their changes for the better, which we're looking at a demonstration version of the new version of Wear OS right now. We're going to have a closer look at some of those changes that are coming in to your wrist very soon.

One of the first things we notice about this new version of Wear OS is the notification sensor that pulls down from the top of the screen. It has had a complete redesign, and includes music settings which used to be hidden away under the Play Music app and other swipes, but are now right there with your quick notification and quick settings when you swipe down from the top of the screen. This is a really nice addition because one thing we've often had a problem with on Wear OS is notification strains.

We swipe up from the bottom screen just as before, but now it's been so well redesigned that we get more on the screen and this clever use of color, with the use of spacing in between the text and the lines means it's much easier on the eye. There's going to be a lot less scrolling and flicking through pointless notifications to get what you want to see, which is a huge benefit when you tap a notification. You get quick access to smart replies, and can refine them with just a swipe to dismiss.

One of the design changes that we're really excited about is this new version of Wear OS doesn't stop there. If you may have seen recently that Google Fit was updated, all of those updates now work on Wear OS. We get this activity ring system which is now much more focused on your activity during the day in two key ways: your heart health and your movement health. All of those tracks are directly on the watch, and they obviously link up with the Google Fit app on your phone.

This activity ring system is swiped in from the side rather than going through the menu system to find it. It's right there, and it shows how much Google is concentrating on sports wear for future watches. This is a really interesting feature if you think of it like some of the swiping screens you get on a phone where you'll have a list of the things you're going to do during the day and reminders. This works in a very similar way just on your wrist, increasing functionality and usefulness on a daily basis.

You can see all the usual things that we'd expect Google assistant to give us, like flight details, by simply adding a swipe but the screen which is really nice and paired with all of these additional design features. The other features are still there as usual: you've got assignable buttons for the crown and you've got music and of course your app system which looks very similar to before in the same places that they were before.

This new version of Wear OS is going to be compatible with both iOS and Android, but one thing to note is that iOS notifications will be the big change because they don't work in the same way. Everything else will be there as you see here, Google tells us that it's going to be compatible with all Wear OS watches. If you've got a Wear LS on your watch on your wrist already, you'll be getting this update and it's coming from September onwards. We're expecting to see various different new watches over the coming months with this pre-installed, so we're pretty excited about the new Wear OS.

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changes for the better we're looking at a demonstration version of the new version of where OS right now we're going to have a closer look and some of those changes that are coming in to your wrist very soon so the first thing is the notification sensor that will pull down from the top here you'll see that it's had a complete redesign and includes now your music settings which used to be hidden away under the Play Music app and other swipes but instead they're right there with your quick notification quick settings when you swipe down from the top of the screen really nice addition you're wondering why dingo strains the notifications on you which is something that we've often had a problem with on where OS but they are considerably better in this new version so you swipe up from bottom screen just as before but now it's been so well redesigned then you get more on the string and this clever use of color have use of spacing in between the text and the lines means it's much easier on the eye and there's gonna be a lot less scrolling and flicking through pointless notifications to get what you want to see and that is a huge benefit when you tap a notification you get quick access to smart replies you can refine which itself needs a swipe to dismiss just as it was before of crucially it's that design change that we're really excited about with this new version of where OS it doesn't stop there you may have seen recently the Google fit was updated and all of those updates now work on where OS you get this activity ring system which as you may remember from the release is now much more focused on your activity during the day in two key ways your heart health and your movement health and all of those tracks directly on the watching this attractive new way and they obviously links up with the google fit app on your phone so that's it's swiped in from the side rather than again going through the menu system going through the different action finding it it's right there it also shows how much google is concentrating on sports wear for future where our s watches google assistant is the final major change here pressing down the crown won't bring up toys control just as it did before but swiping in from the side here brings up all of your assistant driven reminders and activities for the day this is a really interesting if you think of it like some of the swiping screens you get on a phone where you'll have a list of the things you're going to do during the day and reminders this works in a very similar way just on your wrist really increasing functionality and usefulness and a daily basis you can see there we've got your flight details you can understand how far it is from getting to work all the usual things that we'd expect Google assistant to give us just simply add a swipe but the screen which is really really nice and again paired with all of these additional design features that's a very different looking we're less than what we're used to the other features are still there as usual you've got assignable buttons for the crown and you've got music and of course you've got your app system which looks very similar to before in the same places that they were before so this new version of where OS is going to be compatible with iOS and Android the iOS notifications will be the big change because they don't work in the same way but everything else will be there as you see here google tells us is going to be compatible with all where OS watches so if you've got where LS on your watch on your wrist already you'll be getting this update and it's coming from September onwards and we're expecting to see various different new watches over the coming months with this pre-installed so we're pretty excited about the new wear OS but you've had a quick look at right\n"