Galaxy Watch
Google’s latest initiative to improve app updates for WearOS-based Galaxy Watches
The South Korean firm Samsung is using Google WearOS in its new-generation Galaxy Watches, including the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 series. Consequently, the Galaxy Watch blesses Samsung and Google both’s novelties. Recently, Google has brought a new helpful service for WearOS, which will increase WearOS utility even more. This new service will provide us with a wear-specific release track. Let’s a look at this new service.
Informatively, in March 2023, Google Play Console introduced this new service, which will provide the wear-specific release track. With its help, we will get a separate release track from Android, which helps to make WearOS independent. Previously, the developers used a default track to manage it, but now it has been changed. As an ability of this service, all Galaxy Watch users will get a specific track for the app updates.
Samsung Galaxy Watch’s app quality to be improve with WearOS
For information, it will be based on three major components- The addition of the WearOS form factor to Advanced Settings, the Preparation of the release according to the WearOS app quality, and Managing it on a default track. For app developers, this will surely be proven beneficial to differentiate various form factor releases, and now they will be able to provide frequent updates. For smaller developers fixated on WearOS only, it’s a win-win.
The Korean brand ‘Samsung’ is actively working to expand its wearable smartwatch family by introducing a next-generation watch, the Galaxy Watch 7, which is expected to have a blood sugar monitoring feature.
Samsung is now appearing to introduce a new convenient functionality on the Galaxy smartwatch, as it may offer blood sugar monitoring with the Galaxy Watch 7. This is being speculated by a new report in South Korea.
We have already reported that Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked Event will be scheduled for July 10th, 2024, at which it will unveil the Galaxy Watch 7 and many other devices, including the Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and Galaxy Ring.
The Vice President and head of digital healthcare at Samsung Electronics, Hon. Pak, highlighted the brand’s work on achieving noninvasive blood sugar monitoring through its wearable devices early this year. Apart from this, he also pointed out that Samsung was putting in ‘ asignificant investment” to make them happen.
Pak recently met with the advisory board members of the Samsung Health platform at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul to discuss blood sugar monitoring, diabetes, and the application of AI to Samsung Health. It is expected that the Korean giant will offer blood sugar monitoring for the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series.
However, the giant probably decided to classify the smartwatch as an electronic device instead of a medical device, largely due to regulatory considerations. It could also happen that this feature may be made available on the Samsung Galaxy Ring.
Google I/O 2024 is scheduled for May 14, 2024, on Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. At an event, Google will reveal what major update Wear OS 5 will bring.
Google has already made Android 15 Beta 1.2 available to download, but the exact new features are yet to be officially announced. Now the brand is setting up to unveil Android 15, Wear OS 5, and Android TV at the Google I/O 2024 event.
Google finally unveiled a noteworthy portion of the I/O 2024 schedule, which includes quite a few hints at major announcements regarding Wear OS 5. On the other hand, Samsung is also expected to unveil the next-generation smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch 7, at the Galaxy Unpacked Event in July. It will likely run Wear OS 5-based One UI Watch out of the box. The Galaxy Watch 7 is expected to have three variants, and one of those is expected to have a square screen.
Here’s the question: When Can We Expect to Wear OS 5 Beta Updates for Samsung Galaxy Watches?
Last year, Google’s Wear OS 4 was released on August 11, 2023, with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic. As per the previous schedule, it is expected that nearly around the same time, this year also, the giant could officially release Wear OS 5.
Once Wear OS 5 becomes stably available, Samsung will start rolling out the Wear OS 5 beta update to its eligible Galaxy smartwatches. Noticeably, the Wear OS beta will be available only in two regions:
- Korea and the U.S.
Previously, it was reported that the upcoming Wear OS 5 update, which is set to be based on Android 14, Google has shared attention on the “Watch Face Format,” designed to make watch faces more efficient and dynamic, and designing watch applications to adapt to more “device sizes.”
Samsung has rolled out the April 2024 security patch update to several units of the Galaxy Tab S9 in many countries, and now the fan edition devices have also started getting the same update and were initially spotted in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is getting updates for both WiFi and 5G variants. More specifically, the 5G variant of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is receiving the update with the firmware version X518USQS3BXD2. It is spotted on several networks, including Verizon, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, and US Cellular. Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi variants of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ are grabbing the update with the firmware version numbers X510XXS3BXD6 and X518USQS3BXD2, respectively.
The latest update for the Galaxy Tab S9 FE will be the April 2024 security patch, which doesn’t bring any significant changes but will provide some security-related changes that will enhance the overall security mechanism of the devices, so if you are concerned about your device’s security, you should keep your device up-to-date with the latest security patch.
Moreover, the latest update for the device may also bring some more improvements that could enhance the overall performance and stability of the devices. If you faced any issues in the last update, then you should also go for the update; it may fix that issue.
If you are using the Galaxy Tab S9 FE in the US, now you can check the latest update for the device by simply following these steps: Go to the system settings, then select software update. Here, tap on the download and install option and wait until it finishes searching to see if the update is available, then tap on the download button.