Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed that Android 16’s Live Updates are headed to Wear OS. The feature will be introduced on Wear OS wearables in 2026. Google could integrate Live Updates with Wear OS Tiles ...

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google has officially rolled out the first Developer Preview of Wear OS 6 based on Android 16. This early release introduces the new Material 3 Expressive design language to smartwatches, bringing dynamic theming, fluid animations, ...

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Facer announced it will be returning to Wear OS devices this fall. Wear OS 6 will support compatibility with the app’s custom watch faces in Watch Face Format. The updated Facer experience will ...

TL;DR Google has released the first Wear OS 6 Developer Preview, allowing developers to test apps with its new theming system and UI changes. This update, based on Android 16, introduces a Material 3 Expressive design with dynamic coloring from ...

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Smartwatches didn’t just happen overnight, and we’ve seen a lot of different attempts at making them work in the years leading up to what we have now. Some of those very early efforts were basically ...

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority It’s official: Wear OS smartwatches are set for a significant voice assistant upgrade soon. Although it’s one of Google’s worst-kept secrets, Gemini will soon replace Assistant on various Google platforms, including Android smartwatches. The prospect ...

TL;DR Google is silently rolling out new Material 3 Expressive design elements to the Pixel Watch. A Reddit user has noticed a new, display-hugging tile layout for the Google Calendar app. The changes seem to be a part of a ...

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google is bringing a fresh coat of paint to the Wear OS platform with Material 3 Expressive. The design is loaded with dynamic theming and fluid animations, but one thing is clearer than ever to ...

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Wear OS 6, Google’s next major smartwatch update, is official. We’ve been speculating and talking about Wear OS 6 for the last few months, but the update was (surprisingly) shrouded in secrecy. We knew it ...

TL;DR Google has confirmed that Wear OS 6, based on Android 16, will launch later this year. The company says Wear OS 6 will be available on the Pixel Watch series and on new watches from partners in the “coming ...