Google Pay and Messages updates are coming to current Wear OS watches

Today’s smartwatch information has been dominated by Samsung’s new Wear OS 3-powered wearables, however Google desires you to comprehend it hasn’t forgotten about smartwatches running Wear OS 2. Updates to Google Pay, Messages, and different third-party apps can be coming to present units in addition to Wear OS 3, giving current house owners one thing to sit up for as they roll out over the approaching weeks.

For starters, Google Pay’s assist for contactless funds from smartwatches is increasing to 16 new nations: Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates. It’s beforehand been potential to make use of Google Pay from smartphones in these countries, however not from smartwatches.

Next up, Google says that its Messages Wear OS app could have improved efficiency so you may simply use it with out taking out your telephone. The messages will sync together with your paired telephone so all the things that occurs in your wrist continues to be up to date in your pocket.

Finally, there are additionally “new experiences” on the best way from third-party apps like Calm, Komoot, Period Tracker, Sleep Cycle, Spotify, and Strava. Google says that “many” of those apps will embody assist for Tiles, Google’s glanceable widgets that supply fast tidbits of data from supported apps.

As properly as Google’s current Wear OS 2 working system, these options are additionally coming to approaching Wear OS 3 watches. Here, they’ll be joined by a brand new YouTube Music app, with assist for offline downloads, and a redesigned Google Maps app.