What is Wear OS? Standout features and how to use Wear OS

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What is Wear OS?

Wear OS (in full, Wear OS by Google) is the operating system on smart watches and is developed by Google. This operating system was launched in March 2014 with the initial name Android Wear, then changed to Wear OS in May 2018 .

Wear OS supports setup and interaction on both Android and iOS mobile devices (supports Android 6.0 and iOS 10.0 or later). This operating system can run on many chip platforms, including: 32-bit ARM, MIPS, x86 .

Outstanding Features of Wear OS

Connect with Android and iOS devices

Wear OS works with the latest Android phones (except Go versions and phones without Google Play) and iOS devices.

Get quick notifications from your phone

This operating system can help you get notifications from your phone with texts, emails, calendar reminders and all third party apps like Facebook, Messenger, or Instagram, etc.

When you clear notifications for apps on your watch, they disappear from your phone’s notification screen, showing that the devices are working and interacting with each other.

Google Fit Support

Wear OS watches all support Google Fit, which helps you record information such as: heart rate measurement, speed, pace, route of runs, walks and cycles, monitor sleep, measure body temperature… without having to carry your phone with you.

Google Assistant Support

With this feature, you can use your voice to control without having to manipulate the smartwatch. The watch will make life more convenient when it helps you to remind your schedule or navigate.

Support independent music player

Supporting this feature will make it possible to download and stream your favorite music right on your watch.

LTE support

When using Wear OS, you’ll make calls directly on your watch, which makes it convenient when you don’t have your phone with you.

Google Pay Support

Google Pay makes it easy to pay online whenever you go out without carrying a wallet or money, which saves time every time you use it.

Get the app through Google Play

You can install the app via smartphone from Google Play and then have a mini-icon displayed on the smartwatch interface.

This helps provide a separate library of apps that you can install directly on your smartwatch.

The number of current apps to set up on the watch is also very large, up to more than 5,000 apps for you to choose from.

Wear OS-enabled devices

Currently, there are many Wear OS-enabled devices from low-priced products like Moto 360 to high-end products like Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon, Diesel, Michael Kors, … and more famous smartwatches from the brand Fossil. In particular, the Fossil Sport line of watches is the most popular Wear OS smartwatch.

Current Wear OS versions

Below is a table of current Wear OS versions:

Version	Release time
Wear OS 1.0	March 2018
Wear OS 1.4	June 2018
Wear OS 2.0	September 2018
Wear OS 2.2	November 2018
Wear OS 2.6	May 2019
Wear OS 2.7	June 2019
Wear OS 2.9	July 2020
Wear OS 2.17	April 2020
Wear OS 2.23	December 2020
Wear OS 3.0	Year 2021

How to use the Wear OS watch

Wear OS smartwatches interact with the user through the touch screen , you can make settings directly on the watch screen. Some watches will have buttons or knobs to interact with the interface, and Google Assistant support also adds some hands-free features.

When starting the watch, the watch main screen will appear. Once unlocked, you can swipe up to see notifications, swipe down to open the quick settings menu for features like screen brightness and other function settings. You can swipe left to see more sections and apps.

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