During the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, Google announced some major improvements to its Better Together initiative for Android, Chrome OS, headphones, speakers, smart home devices, and more. As the number of connected devices in our houses and in our lives increases, the company has found that … [Read more...] about Google announces major improvements to Android Better Together at CES 2022
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Wear OS 3 shows up in the wild, offers a completely revamped user interface
We've seen what Wear OS 3 looks like when skinned to match a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, but not yet what it looks like stock from Google. This is because it's not due out on other devices until this next year. Over on Reddit, however, someone has uploaded a handful of screenshots of a completely … [Read more...] about Wear OS 3 shows up in the wild, offers a completely revamped user interface
Google is factory resetting its Wear OS efforts, details upgrade eligibility and devices
Over on the Wear OS by Google Help center, a community manager detailed what Wear OS 3, the company's big upgrade to its struggling smartwatch operating system, will mean for users. We heard back in May that a new version of the OS would be released, but we had not heard details on exactly when or … [Read more...] about Google is factory resetting its Wear OS efforts, details upgrade eligibility and devices
Google and Samsung team up to reimagine WearOS with Fitbit in tow
On this week's episode of The Chrome Cast, we finally had a chance to sit down and digest some of the awesome announcements that came out of Google's 2021 I/O developer conference. There weren't a lot of consumer-facing products unveiled but the list of new software and platform features is a long … [Read more...] about Google and Samsung team up to reimagine WearOS with Fitbit in tow
