If you have a newer Wear OS watch, sometime in the coming month, you’ll get a software update that will change what happens when you swipe on your watchface. Alongside the new UI, Google is also adding a new feed of information from Google Assistant, faster access to Google Fit, and a more information-dense view of your notifications.
At least this means Wear OS isn’t dead – which is good news, because it really felt like Google was sunsetting the whole project.
Let’s hope Qualcomm or some other ARM vendor follows suit. Whatever the case, glad to know the Smartwatch form-factor isn’t dead. I have a 2nd gen Moto 360 and having an entire computer on your wrist is very cool from a nerdy perspective, and Google has done lots of work to make the interface usable, but they need to make the whole OS more normie-friendly if the form-factor is to survive commercially. Basically, give non-nerds a killer-app that will make them buy one.
Edited 2018-08-30 18:19 UTC