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The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (left), Garmin Fenix 8 (middle), and Google Pixel Watch 3 (right) sitting on a chair.

Every feature Wear OS watches should borrow from Garmin

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly Our staff regularly uses Wear OS watches, but Garmin watches have tricks that tempt us away that Google and Samsung should borrow and make their own.

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Camera Viewfinder on Pixel Watch 3

Wear OS watches have a real problem with slow updates

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly This six-week Wear OS 5 delay on last-gen Pixel Watches isn't that long (yet), but Wear OS has a long history of painful waits for new features.

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A close up of an info-packed watch face on the Google Pixel Watch 3, held above a pond

Future Pixel Watches have three potential hardware paths, but I hope Google doesn't go with the most likely one

By Michael L Hicks published

RISC factor Arm, RISC-V, or Oryon. Google has a few options to consider when developing future Pixel Watch models.

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A Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear chip inside of a smartwatch with a bokeh background

Qualcomm VP discusses its 'next' chip for Wear OS watches

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly I spoke with Qualcomm VP of Wearables Dino Bekis about the future of Wear OS watches, including the next Snapdragon SoC coming "next year."

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A custom Facer watch face showing two Pokemon cheering for you on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic

Wear OS 5 blocks one of the best watch apps and it's high time Google fixes things

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly Watch Face Format helps the Galaxy Watch 7 and Pixel Watch 3 last longer, but it also makes Facer obsolete and their watch faces distressingly basic.

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