Wear OS 7 is official!

Google has introduced a major update of Wear OS, which is Wear OS 7. This new version is a very promising version, because it brings a new era of power efficiency that lets you get up to 10% battery life improvement for watches upgrading from Wear OS 6 to Wear OS 7, along with new features that make your experience more seamless.

Wear OS 7 introduces flexible and dynamic Wear OS widgets that provide users with essential information on a glance with instant updates. Those new widgets are powered by Compose, which offers greater expressiveness. Two card layouts, which are small and large, align perfectly with 2×2 and 2×1 formats on your phone, enabling cohesiveness across devices.

As if that’s not enough, Wear OS 7 now provides you with Live Updates, which allows you to take a look at real-time information or progress, such as the delivery status, right from your watch.

Additionally, this version of Wear OS provides developers the ability to connect their watch apps to agentic systems:

• AppFunctions: This API lets developers integrate their apps with agentic systems, such as AI agents and assistants. This provides users the ability to use their voice to complete tasks, such as tracking runs.
• Task Automation: Users will be able to invoke and track their automated tasks for select phone apps, such as DoorDash.

Wear OS 7 provides users with enhanced system media controls, which are the following:

• Auto-launch media player per app: When playing a media on your phone, such as Spotify and YouTube Music, and auto-launch is enabled on your watch, the media controller will automatically show up on your watch.
• Seamless audio routing: Audio output management is now easier than ever. You can seamlessly change your audio output device to another device, such as your headphones, your bedroom speaker, and so on.

The next version of One UI Watch will use Wear OS 7 for eligible Samsung smartwatches, starting from the Galaxy Watch5 series, with the stable release landing to the Galaxy Watch9 series that is expected to be unveiled in this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked event.

For more information, consult this page.

Alpina Startimer Pilot Chronograph Automatic IFR – a mechanical aide for the holding pattern

Alpina teams with Watch Angels to debut the Startimer Pilot Chronograph Automatic IFR, a limited run of 300 pieces that claims a world-first mechanical aid for IFR holding entries. It is a pilot's watch that tries to earn its wings rather than just wear them. #alpina #watches #novelties #hodynnykar

https://hodynnykar.com/alpina-startimer-pilot-chronograph-automatic-ifr-a-mechanical-aide-for-the-holding-pattern/

WHC x Selten Jui Bauhinia Purple to celebrate the Kickstarter launch of @seltenwatch sister brand’s first watch, the @orphicwatches Project 0

#seltenwatch #seltenjuibauhinia #purpledial #hasnoboundstraps #watches

New daily

https://lemmy.world/post/47164105

Introducing: Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Heliotourbillon Perpetual Platinum (Live Photos) — WATCH COLLECTING LIFESTYLE

https://lemmy.zip/post/64740031

What Are 10 Of The Best Field And GADA Watches Under €1,000?

https://lemmy.zip/post/64739977

Omega Introduces The Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light

https://lemmy.zip/post/64739831

Venezianico Arsenale Moissanite – controlled light, considered design

Venezianico introduces the Arsenale Moissanite, a compact 37 mm jewellery-watch that treats light as architecture rather than ornament. Mother-of-pearl dials and lab-grown baguette moissanites are employed with intent, not excess. #venezianico #watches #novelties #hodynnykar

https://hodynnykar.com/venezianico-arsenale-moissanite-controlled-light-considered-design/