Samsung has The Galaxy Watch 4 has been officially unveiled And in a few weeks it will be the first smartwatch with Google’s new operating system Wear OS 3 The launch now speaks to Google and highlights five new features that all new owners of the Samsung smartwatch can expect in the future: Google Maps, Google Pay and many more.
As soon as the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 goes on sale, Google will use the new root OS, Samsung The root OS is powered by Samsung Announced, thus showing where the trip is going. But users are not only given a new operating system, but also many new features with updated or newly redesigned applications and additional options. We present them clearly here.
Go with Google Maps
Samsung users can now use Google Maps Navigation, which has been given a completely new code paint: navigation instructions are provided in classic text format, but are also displayed in a smaller map section, as you can see in the screenshot above. In addition, the Google Maps application on the smartwatch is synced with the smartphone so that saved locations and routes are available directly and without further input.
Write messages with Google News
With Google Messages, you can read incoming messages, call chat history and respond. On the small display it is not so easy, but thanks to the Gear for Wear OS and the intelligent responses that are displayed automatically, the most important things about communication can be done without the smartphone.
Pay with Google Pay
Samsung users can now use Google Pay on their smartwatch to make payments in all supported countries. Set up Google Pay on your smartphone, save your credit card or another payment option and use the smartwatch at brick and mortar retail. With the Play Store, Google Pay is one of the most important arguments in favor of a Google operating system.
YouTube Music
You can download the YouTube Music Processor on the Galaxy Watch 4 and access the same music list on your smartphone. You can access over 80 million songs and premium subscribers can stream everything without advertising on their smartwatch. Premium subscribers can download songs and playlists for offline use without having to be near a smartphone (if you have an LTE version)
New Google Play Apps and Tiles
Google has made it very easy for app developers to create new tiles for Wear OS, so the selection has grown significantly over the last few months. Tiles are comparable to fullscreen widgets that make quick options available with a swipe from the home screen. In addition to the big app world from Google Play, Samsung users can expect many new tiles first.
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These applications are not fundamentally new to Wear OS users, but they have been given new features or a completely new interface. Some of them were initially Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 – exclusive to Google Maps and YouTube Music. Anyway, this list is welcome for Samsung users to the world of Google, while owners of older Wire OS smartwatches have to be patient.
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