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Wear OS is still missing a major player, and now's the perfect time for a comeback
Instead of cheap squircle Moto Watches or wearable smartphone gimmicks, I just want the Moto 360 with modern hardware and Wear OS 5.
It had a chin bezel for the ambient light sensor, a lower PPI than other watches at that time, battery life that required nightly charges — a full day wasn't a guarantee — and the limitations of early Wear software across brands. The common thread is that Google's 2021 Wear OS partnership with Samsung — and much-improved Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 hardware — righted a sinking ship and brought OEMs back into the fold. Now, picture one with the new Snapdragon chip likely coming this year, enhanced with newer cores and AI capabilities, with battery life that consistently lasts a couple of days per charge.
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