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Wear OS 5: New features, eligible watches, One UI 6 Watch, and more


Wear OS 5 arrives "later this year," and we know it'll improve battery life, watch faces, and fitness tools.

Announced at Google I/O 2024, the update will focus on three key areas: Battery life improvements, new watch faces, and a horde of new fitness features. A Samsung Wear OS 5 test build was spotted in early May, but we don't know any specifics except that it'll be based on Android 14 and arrive alongside the Galaxy Watch 7 this summer. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)These are the current Wear OS watches confirmed to receive the update, plus our best guess of the release month:

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