Google Wear OS Platform (Formerly Android Wear)

[SVK]

It's 'almost time' for a 'brand new' version of Google's Wear OS (which Samsung approves of)

Pretty much out of nowhere, Google has started teasing what sounds like an exciting "new version" of Wear OS for this week's I/O event ahead of Samsung's probable Galaxy Watch 4 adoption.

www.phonearena.com

 

[Sushubh]

What’s new for Wear

We\u0027re driven by the impact of wearables on people\u0027s lives. Today, we’re sharing the next chapter of Wear with updates later this year.

blog.google

 

[Nishant]

Wear OS 4 to get a fall release and new Wear OS Watch Face Format with improved creation tools

 

[Sushubh]

5 ways you can personalize your smartwatch with Wear OS

Make your smartwatch yours with these 5 ways to personalize your smartwatch: watch faces, tiles, complications, apps and more.

blog.google

 

[SVK]

Wear OS 4 'hybrid interface' will ‘dramatically' boost battery on OnePlus Watch 2

The OnePlus Watch 2 touts "dramatically extended battery life" thanks to a “substantially expanded” Wear OS hybrid interface...

9to5google.com

Interesting concept. 1 processor and OS for smart watch functions, another processor/OS for basic watch functions.

In recent years, Wear OS watches have featured both an application processor (AP) and the low-power co-processor, or microcontroller unit (MCU), for what Google calls a “dual-chipset architecture.”
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looking at a Calendar alert in the notification feed keeps you on the MCU. Tapping to open the full Google Calendar Wear OS app triggers the AP.

Pixel watch also has this kind of feature?

'Google Pixel Watch Services' released on Play Store

Google has various "services" apps on the Play Store, and the latest today supports the Pixel Watch's health capabilities...

9to5google.com

“Pixel Watch uses a combination of on-device machine learning and deep optimization, down to the processor level, to give you an accurate measurement of your heart rate continuously at once per second.” As a reminder, that’s the Exynos 9110 SoC and a Cortex M33 co-processor.

 

[Sushubh]

tbh, it is a normal thing these days. almost all multiprocessor architecture have separate chips for low power and high performance requirements. especially on mobile devices.

 

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[Nishant]

Ticwatch has been doing this since ages.