Now that the Pixel Watch is finally a reality, at least in a few select countries, we see how Google the smartwatch market is finally starting to be taken seriously, and it will affect how fast your operating system Wear the operating system You will start receiving updates.
Wear the operating system was reborn last year with the release of Wear OS 3, the new unified platform for Google there Samsungand that we now officially know when new versions of this operating system for watches will arrive.
Annual Wear OS updates
Bjorn Kilburndirector of product management for Wear OS, in an interview on Wired was requested by how often Wear OS will be updatedto which he replied:
“Our goal is, from a platform perspective, release a new version of Wear OS usually every year similar to mobile, partly because we need mobile compatibility”
In the interview, he informs that if the new features added to Android are essential for watches and hearing aids, they must also add them to watches. So every year there will be a new version of Wear OS. Last year they released Wear OS 3 and this year Wear OS 3.5. What is a mystery is whether next year there will be Wear OS 4 or if on the contrary there will be a new Wear OS 3.X.
Björn Kilburn has confirmed that there will be Wear OS quarterly updates bring “new experiences” throughout the year, although it seems to be more focused on its Pixel Watch
He also clarified that unlike Wear OS 2, in Wear OS 3, manufacturers are responsible for system updatesthey will therefore have to update their clocks every year. Google offers three years of updates on its Pixel Watch while Samsung offers four years of updates.
Finally, when asked when will wear OS 2 watches will wear OS 3, said they expect Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+ watches to start updating to the new version later this year. This update will force a factory reset of the watch, which will cause all data to be lost after the update.
Through | wired
