Google launches Wear OS 7 with live updates and increased battery life

Google’s Wear OS 7 update is rolling out today for the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4, adding… New live updates feature Which tracks live events from your Android smartwatch. Live updates It will now sync with Wear OS devices, so updates like sports scores or ongoing meal delivery will appear on your watch and phone.

Wear OS 7 will also introduce some new features Gemini intelligence features, but Google says these won’t be released until “later this year.” It will include Create My Own Widgets, which you can use to create custom Wear OS widgets using natural language prompts. Google says Gemini will also be able to handle multi-step app automation in Wear OS 7, like making a reservation or placing a restaurant order from your watch. Wear OS 7 will update Gemini with Google’s new “neuro-emoji” design and add support for it Personal intelligencewhich pulls data from connected Google apps to provide suggestions from Gemini.

Controlling media from your watch is also easier with the new output adapter, so you can transfer audio output from one connected device to another, like headphones or a Nest speaker. Google says smart glasses are like The ones we saw at I/O Last month, it will be able to connect to Wear OS 7 so you can preview photos taken using the glasses on your watch.

Third-party app developers can now also add Wear OS widgets which should be easier for them to develop and more dynamic than custom tiles that It was launched in 2019. For devices that aren’t getting the update, Google says “Apps.” The tiles can continue to be supported Also, widgets will display as a full-screen panel on Wear OS 4, 5, and 6.

Last but not least, Google’s Emergency Share feature can also automatically call your designated emergency contact list as well as emergency services if the Pixel Watch detects a fall, loss of pulse, or car accident.