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December 24, 2025

4 Essential Android Smartwatch Apps You Should Always Install First

Google Gemini's Wear OS app is a successor to Google Assistant, offering voice control, AI-driven reasoning, and automation for tasks like checking the weather, sending messages, and managing smart home devices. It enhances fitness app management, allowing users to control workouts without touching the device. Gemini integrates with Google services for real-time health inquiries and improves email productivity by summarizing and drafting responses. Google Keep is a note-taking app that allows text and voice input for capturing ideas and creating lists on an Android smartwatch. It features quick access through watch tiles and complications but lacks full editing capabilities. Strava is a fitness tracking app that allows users to monitor activities directly from their smartwatch, using built-in GPS to log routes and metrics. It syncs data to the mobile app after workouts, though social features are limited on the watch. SleepisolBio is a sleep management app that tracks heart rate and sleep patterns, offering therapy options and personalized recommendations. It operates on a freemium model, providing many features for free, but requires smartphone setup for effective use on a smartwatch.

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December 19, 2025

Androidify for Wear OS: turn yourself into an Android bot for your Pixel Watch

Google's Androidify app has been updated to allow users to create an Android bot version of themselves for their smartwatches. This feature, which is being rolled out on December 18, enables users to transform selfies into unique Android bots that can be displayed as Wear OS watch faces. The app leverages Gemini and Imagen technologies for customization and allows users to download it from the Play Store. Users can capture a selfie, customize their digital doppelganger, and transfer it to their smartwatch easily. The updated app can dynamically generate a watch face within the phone app, facilitating a seamless transition to the smartwatch. Androidify was initially introduced in September, focusing on personalization, and allows users to reimagine themselves as various characters by uploading images and providing prompts.

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October 27, 2025

How to change your Google Pixel Watch theme

Wear OS 6 introduces ten distinct color themes for the Google Pixel Watch, enhancing its visual appeal and allowing for extensive customization. The available color options are Moonstone, Ivy, Porcelain, Iris, Lemongrass, Jade, Indigo, and Peony. Users can change their watch theme through the Settings app by selecting Display and then Color theme. The update applies to Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4, featuring a new domed display that enhances the vibrancy of the color themes.

AppWizard

September 12, 2025

Google is phasing out the Wear OS Weather app, but for something better

Google will discontinue its Weather app for smartwatches running Wear OS 6 and newer versions. Owners of Pixel Watches on Wear OS 6 will receive an upgrade to the new Pixel Weather app. Users with devices on Wear OS 5 or earlier can continue using the existing Google Weather app. Google encourages users to use weather applications from their smartwatch manufacturers or third-party options from the Play Store. The Weather app will remain functional for users of Samsung, OnePlus, or Mobvoi smartwatches after upgrading to Wear OS 6. Users can also use Gemini or Google Assistant for weather updates.

AppWizard

September 4, 2025

Google is expanding the Pixel Weather app to Wear OS

The Pixel Weather app will launch on Wear OS, expanding from its original phone and tablet versions. It features a layout similar to the existing Weather app but incorporates Material 3 Expressive design elements. The app retains familiar iconography, including a yellow sun on a blue background, and presents weather information in a pill-shaped card that displays current conditions, temperature, daily highs and lows, and a "Feels like" metric. It also includes a detailed hourly forecast, supports watch face complications, and organizes information into three bubbles: temperature, precipitation, and daily highs and lows. Additional tiles for sunrise/sunset times and UV index are part of the new design. The app is expected to launch with the Pixel Watch 4 next month, and Google has started sharing screenshots on the Play Store. The future of the existing Weather app is uncertain as the Pixel Weather app prepares to take prominence in Wear OS.

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July 25, 2025

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

The Facer app has integrated Wear OS 6 as of July 24, introducing Watch Face Format (WFF) faces that enhance battery efficiency and support Always-On Display modes. The update includes the "Rosetta Stone" tool, allowing creators to design watch faces compatible with both WFF and Apple Watches. Facer has launched a social feature called "Looks" for users to share their watch styles. The Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic now support custom watch faces, with a dedicated storefront for easy access. WFF-compatible faces include designs from popular franchises like Fallout, Star Trek, and NASA. Facer offers a limited-time promo for new Premium members at .99 for the first year. The app aims to support future Wear OS 6 devices, including the Pixel Watch 4, while other applications like WatchMaker and TIMEFLIK are also becoming compatible with Wear OS 6.

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June 16, 2025

The Fitbit app just got a quiet Pixel Watch-inspired makeover

Google has updated the Fitbit app, introducing a redesigned Device Settings page for smartwatches and fitness trackers that resembles the Pixel Watch companion app. The update includes a large image of the connected device, essential information like battery level and last sync time, and a "Sync now" button. Below the device image, there are cards for Watch faces, Apps, and Tiles, leading to the same management options as before. The settings menu now includes options for managing notifications, device preferences, Google services, Fitbit reminders, tips and support, system management, and smart features. This update is part of Google's ongoing effort to enhance the Fitbit app's interface and functionality, with plans for further changes using the Material 3 Expressive design.

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June 9, 2025

Cool Pixel Watch features keep trickling in from the Wear OS 6 dev code

Recent insights from the Wear OS 6 developer preview and an APK teardown have revealed new features for the upcoming Pixel Watch 4, including an Adaptive Charging tool that stops charging at a predetermined percentage (likely around 80%) and a rebranded Water Lock mode. The Pixel Watch 4 may also automatically lock your phone if it is left behind. The official rollout of Wear OS 6 is expected to begin in late summer. Additionally, the update will introduce a new Material 3 Expressive UI, dynamic color theming, and a third-party watch face storefront. The Pixel Watch 4 may be thicker than its predecessor to accommodate a larger battery, enhancing the battery life with the new adaptive charging feature.

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May 22, 2025

I got an early look at Wear OS 6 on the Pixel Watch 3 at Google I/O

Wear OS 6 was announced at I/O 2025, featuring a Pixel Watch 3 with a new Material 3 Expressive design and revamped Tiles. The update includes a 10% battery boost and improved performance over Wear OS 5, despite a more complex user interface. The redesigned Tiles are more dynamic, maintaining visual consistency with a 3-slot layout. Developers can customize the main content slot for various functions. Wear OS 6 introduces dynamic theming that integrates colors from watch faces, although some limitations exist with older faces. The Pixel Watch 3 is described as more engaging and dynamic compared to its predecessor, with further optimizations for apps and watch face stores pending.

AppWizard

May 22, 2025

Wear OS 6 will bring Facer back onto Android smartwatches; we asked Facer what to expect

Wear OS 6 will support third-party watch face stores like Facer, which were restricted on Wear OS 5. Facer collaborated with Google to ensure watch faces feature "instant syncing" with Pixel Watches. Third-party faces must utilize the Watch Face Format (WFF), but many older animated and 3D watch faces will not sync. The rollout of Wear OS 6 is anticipated to begin in late summer or early fall 2025. Developers are encouraged to create watch face marketplaces using WFF, addressing previous challenges in promoting watch faces through the Play Store. Facer, TIMEFLIK, WatchMaker, Pujie, and Recreative will be among the first to offer their watch faces on Wear OS 6 devices. The WFF format uses cached sensor data to minimize battery consumption. Facer is preparing to unveil thousands of watch faces for Wear OS 6, available for free or through a premium subscription model. Some legacy faces will be adapted to the WFF standard, but not all previous favorites will be available. Facer aims to equip developers with tools for creating WFF-compliant watch faces and plans to introduce new features and partnerships this summer.