Google’s Wear OS 7 update is starting to roll out today for the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4, adding a new Live Updates feature that tracks live events from your Android smartwatch. Live updates will now sync with Wear OS devices, so updates like sports scores or ongoing food delivery will appear on both your watch and phone.
Wear OS 7 will also introduce some new Gemini Intelligence features, but Google says these won’t launch “until later this year.” They will include Create My Widget, which you can use to generate custom Wear OS widgets using natural language prompts. Google says Gemini Wear OS 7 will also be able to handle multi-step app automation, such as making a reservation or placing a restaurant order from your watch. Wear OS 7 will update Gemini with Google’s new “Neural Expressive” design and add support for Personal Intelligence, which pulls data from connected Google apps to inform Gemini’s suggestions.
Controlling media from your watch is also easier with the new output switcher, where you can move the audio output from one connected device to another, like headphones or a Nest speaker. Google says smart glasses like the ones we saw at I/O last month will be able to connect to Wear OS 7 so you can preview photos taken with 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 the custom tiles launched in 2019. For devices that don’t get the update, Google says apps may also continue to support tiles, or widgets, that will be displayed as full-screen tiles on Wear OS 4, 5, and 6.
Last but not least, if your Pixel Watch detects a fall, loss of pulse, or car accident, Google’s Emergency Sharing feature can now automatically call a selected list of your emergency contacts in addition to emergency services.
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