Google announces Wear OS 7 with Live Updates, widgets, more
The update adds Live Updates, widgets and a standardized workout tracker, while Google says battery life will improve by 10% over Wear OS 6.
- Google unveiled Wear OS 7 at I/O 2026, introducing a redesigned interface with new elements that display glanceable information in innovative ways for smartwatch users.
- Replacing traditional 'tiles,' new Wear Widgets align with Android's 2x1 and 2x2 widget layouts, offering developers dynamic, customizable blocks for app information display.
- Enhanced power efficiency promises an 'up to 10 percent improvement in battery life for average users' upgrading from Wear OS 6, while Live Updates track deliveries and sports scores.
- Select watches will receive Gemini Intelligence later this year, providing proactive and personalized AI assistance that Google says helps users focus on what matters.
- Starting today, developers can access the Wear OS 7 Canary Emulator, using new AppFunctions APIs to integrate app features with Google's Gemini assistant system.
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Wear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wrist
A Pixel Watch 4 running Wear OS 6, not Wear OS 7. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amid the flurry of today's Google I/O announcements, Google shared details about Wear OS 7, the next major update to its smartwatch platform. To help you keep track of things like deliveries and sports scores, Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that were introduced on Android last year - which can appear on your watch or your smartphone…
Operating system gains artificial intelligence and customizable screen so you can leave your phone at home.
Google has announced Wear OS 7 (based on Android 17). The update will launch later this year. The seventh generation of “Android on the wrist” is a major update to the smartwatch platform that brings improved battery life, Gemini integration, and a number of new features for users and developers, as well as an improved interface. Better battery and Gemini on the wrist with Wear OS 7 The most tangible promise is power efficiency, something we nev…
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