This year could be very important for Wear OS. After a few years practically on “stand-by” with new products and watches arriving with eye drops. Today, Google announces a novelty that will reach watches in the coming days and reports that they are eager to share any news coming to Wear OS in 2021.
Google hadn’t launched a new app for Wear OS in years, so today it surprised us with the announcement of Gboard for Wear OS
Gboard for Wear OS
The current Wear OS keyboard has been around for over four years. Its last renewal was in April 2017 with Android Wear 2.0, and during that time it hasn’t received any changes.
With the new Gboard for Wear OS it will be easier to write from the small screen of our clock to reply to a message, search for new apps on google play or enter a password.
GboardAs with the previous Wear OS keyboard, it supports various input methods. You can write with the QWERTY keyboard and gesture input or use the voice input to dictate your texts.
The QWERTY keyboard will now display direct access to the microphone and the list of Emojis, which is now more extensive and organized by categories as in the mobile version.
Now you will have improved tips and fixes to be able to write quickly without error. As we write, he suggests words to us. In addition, your preview screen will allow us to review and modify your message with your correction suggestions.
Finally, Gboard for Wear OS also brings multilingual support. You can now quickly switch languages by holding the space bar to any language supported by Wear OS.
The Gboard update for Wear OS will arrive in the coming days on all watches that are compatible with Android Wear 2.0 or Wear OS 2.0.
Via | Google