Wear OS 6 brings media controls, other UI to the always-on display (AOD)

Wear OS 6 brings media controls, other UI to the always-on display (AOD)

With Wear OS 6, Google is finally addressing how most parts of the interface, like media controls, lack an always-on display (AOD). more…

Google will put the always-on display to good use in Wear OS 6

Credit: Google Google has confirmed that Wear OS 6 will offer media controls on a smartwatch’s always-on display. This will allow you to control your music playback without turning on your watch’s screen. It seems like the always-on display could support more than just media controls, though. Google announced Wear OS 6 earlier this month, bringing some visual changes in line with its Material 3 Expressive design language. However, it looks like…

Google introduces a new watch software and brings many obvious improvements with Wear OS 6 this time. Not only a fresh design with more accessible buttons, optimized designs, but also an improvement of the existing functions, including the Always-On display. Google plans to implement a consistent AOD experience from Wear OS 6, which simply means that significantly more functions and apps can bring their content to the AOD. For example, the media…