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Google finally launches its own WearOS smartwatch, the Pixel Watch

The rumors and leaks have been many, but today Google finally pulled back the curtain on its very first smartwatch. The Pixel Watch combines aspects of the Google universe with health and fitness smarts from fellow family member Fitbit for a best of both worlds wearable.Starting at the top, the Pixel Watch features a 41-mm (1.6-in)-diameter scratch-resistant circular Corning Gorilla Glass dome atop a stainless steel body. The 320-ppi AMOLED always-on display supports the DCI-P3 color gamut and can get up to 1,000 nits of…

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro Review: Android’s Finest Smartwatches

The market for smartwatches built to work with Android smartphones is quite a vast one, particularly with the relatively recent entry of brands such as Oppo and OnePlus. Other brands such as Fossil and Amazfit have been around for a while, and have a strong presence as well. However, one name stands out for a number of reasons, with an established presence in the high-end smartwatch space — Samsung. The South Korean company recently launched its latest smartwatches in India, the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5…

Google Maps Coming to WearOS With Offline Navigation: Details

Google Maps is coming to WearOS and users will be able to use it without an active connection to their handsets, the American tech giant announced during Samsung's Unpacked event recently. The feature will be introduced to WearOS sometime later this year. Google Maps had added aerial and immersive views of around 100 of the world's most popular landmarks towards the end of last month. In June, a report stated that Vodafone joined hands with Google to extend the battery life of a smartwatch by reducing the "chatter"…

Google Pixel Watch might have its own companion app

Google’s Pixel Watch will arrive later this year, and you might need a different app to pair it with your smartphone. Yes, instead of the WearOS app, users need to install the Pixel Watch app to pair it to their smartphone. It would be similar to how Samsung and Apple have a dedicated companion app for Galaxy Watch and Apple Watch.9to5Google managed to somehow enable a new settings page for the ‘Smart Unlock’ in the latest Google Play Services beta marked version 22.22. The ‘Smart Unlock’ is a recently announced feature…

Google needs to convince us WearOS isn’t dead (again)

If Google needs to achieve one thing during Google I/O this year, it’s to convince us that WearOS isn’t dead. To be saying this in 2022, a year after Google showed WearOS 3 to the world at Google I/O 2021, is hugely depressing. What was seen as a transformational moment, a moment of hope for Google’s wearable tech platform, has turned out to be nothing more than the status quo, as WearOS gets sidelined once again. Where are you WearOS? During the past 12 months, there’s been almost no evidence whatsoever that WearOS…