Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch 5 (and its rugged sibling the Watch 5 Professional) at Unpacked 2022, and after listening to about all the tepid, ho-hum new options coming to the next-gen smartwatches (sure, that was somewhat shade), a Google rep hopped on to debate one thing extra thrilling: the cool enhancements headed to Put on OS.
Your Galaxy Watch permits you to do plethora of cool stuff past health-focused options. Your smartwatch can double as a distant, permitting you to manage your TV out of your wrist. You possibly can play video games on it (e.g., Wordsearch Put on). Heck, you possibly can even use your Galaxy Watch as a shutter button whereas capturing images along with your cellphone. Fairly sick, proper? However Google is kicking it up a notch this yr.
New options coming to Put on OS
Google introduced that Galaxy Watch customers could have the choice so as to add SoundCloud and Deezer to their Put on OS app library, unlocking new listening experiences for smartwatch house owners.
The search-engine large additionally boasted about its current Google Assistant integration with the Galaxy Watch collection. You may have the chance to invoke Google to play your favourite Spotify playlists instantly in your watch. And frequent vacationers will love this one: later this yr, you possibly can solely use your look ahead to Google Maps navigation. This fashion, you possibly can pocket your cellphone and never stick out like a sore thumb. Passersby will merely assume you are checking the time.
On prime of that, Google is making it simpler for Galaxy Watch customers to find their subsequent favourite apps. The search-engine large is rolling out curated collections of area of interest apps, so you possibly can peruse via libraries that matter probably the most to you.
Lastly, Google says that it’s going to enhance the house web page, which can carry personalised Google Play suggestions to customers based mostly on their exercise. Save for the just lately launched Google Assistant integration, Google stated that the aforementioned options will arrive “later this yr” (it didn’t give a selected date).
The updates to the Galaxy Watch 5 are somewhat too lukewarm for my tastes, so I will be sticking with my Galaxy Watch 4 and luxuriate in the brand new perks Put on OS has to supply.
