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Wear OS 5 coming this year shows Google is finally hitting its stride with smartwatches


The days of Wear OS uncertainty are over as Google appears to be shifting toward an annual release schedule.

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Surprisingly, Google gave a little bit away about Wear OS 5 in the description for its preview session. It shifted much of the burden of creating a custom watch face — such as optimization, updates, and bug fixes — off of individual developers and onto the Wear OS platform. (Image credit: Nick Sutrich / Android Central)Forget specific features — it's a massive achievement that we're getting a Wear OS 5 upgrade this year at all.

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