The first is reducing the screen timeout. By default, most Wear OS watches keep it at about 15 seconds, which can be longer than needed. Lowering it can help squeeze out more battery. Go to Settings > ...

If you have an original Pixel Watch or Pixel Watch 2, good news: Wear OS 5 will begin rolling out today and, with it, a handful of new features. The most interesting one is the Recorder app.

The Xiaomi Watch 2 is receiving Wear OS 5, a welcome update that keeps our top-recommended budget Wear OS watch relevant for longer.

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 7 and Watch Ultra are the first smartwatches to get Wear OS 5. It won’t be available on other devices until Google’s Pixel Watch 3.

The Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic are the first smartwatches to ship with stable Wear OS 6. Samsung’s new wearables run One UI 8 Watch based on Google’s latest platform. It’s unclear if ...

Galaxy Watch 4 gets fourth One UI 6 beta update, AOD now works everywhere Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch FE are now getting Wear OS 5 updates Follow Ben: Twitter/X, Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram ...

A leak suggests the OnePlus Watch 2 will instead run on Wear OS 4. The more complex OS should give the OnePlus Watch 2 more functionality than its predecessor.

Ahead of the OnePlus Watch’s debut in 2021, OnePlus’ Pete Lau announced that the product would be running a custom “RTOS” instead of Wear OS.