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Wear OS 6: One UI 8 Watch, Material 3 Expressive, Gemini, & more

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Future of Wear OS Wear OS 6 may be Google and Samsung's most significant upgrade to Android watches since OS 3. Here are the highlights and the watches due to receive it.

Future of Wear OS
A close-up view of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and its default watch face.

Best Wear OS watch 2025

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Wear this If you want a feature-packed and stylish Wear OS watch, you have plenty of options from manufacturers such as Samsung, Google, Mobvoi, and more.

Wear this
Galaxy Watch FE with Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

Best cheap smartwatch for Android 2025

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Affordable wearables Looking for a solid cheap Android smartwatch? Check out these options, including Wear OS wearables, low-priced fitness watches, and stylish hybrids.

Affordable wearables
The Google Pixel Watch 3 showing the Weather tile, with an hourly forecast for the evening.

The Pixel Weather app is making its way to the Pixel Watch

By Sanuj Bhatia published

New app, new look Google is bringing the Pixel Weather app to the Pixel Watch 4 with Material 3 Expressive design.

New app, new look

Custom watch faces for the Galaxy Watch 8 and Pixel Watch 4 are fantastic — Here's where to find them

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly Wear OS 6 added custom watch faces, and apps like Facer, WatchMaker, and Pujie have hundreds of thousands available.

Wear OS Weekly
Best Android Smartwatches hero 2024

Best Android smartwatch 2025

By Michael L Hicks last updated

The best Out of dozens of options we've reviewed, our expert Android team has picked out the best Android watches available today.

The best
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 showing an athletic watch face on a plaque.

Is the Galaxy Watch 8 the most comfortable smartwatch? Here’s what we found

By Brady Snyder published

Comfortable cushion Samsung's cushion design makes the Galaxy Watch 8 slimmer than ever, and it's an even better companion for fitness, health, and sleep tracking as a result.

Comfortable cushion
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic resting on a blanket showing a custom Facer watch face of Spongebob Squarepants.

Facer officially returns to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 in massive update

By Michael L Hicks published

Fun faces Wear OS 6 brought third-party watch face apps back to Android watches. Now, Facer is officially compatible with the Galaxy Watch 8.

Fun faces
The Moto 360 smartwatch worn on a wrist, showing an analog watch face.

The Moto 360 (2025) has leaked, but will it use Wear OS or not?

By Michael L Hicks published

Classic killer? Long-time Wear OS fans turned off by the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic might turn to the leaked Moto 360 (2025), but only if it returns to Google's fold.

Classic killer?

Qualcomm allegedly working on new Snapdragon chip to supercharge Wear OS

By Nickolas Diaz published

Paying more attention A report claimed Qualcomm had started testing an all-new Snapdragon chip for Wear OS watches that could supercharge them.

Paying more attention
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