Samsung’s new watches were revealed today and they are coming with Wear OS 4, ahead of Google’s own Pixel Watch.
For Google Pixel Watch users, Wear OS 3.5 can be hit or miss when it comes to keeping things in sync with your phone. Some of the pain points of Wear OS have been shown to be addressed in the next iteration of the OS, Wear OS 4. However, it appears that Google is not prioritizing their own smartwatch getting this update in favor of Samsung’s newly unveiled Galaxy Watch 6.One of the biggest annoyances to being a smartphone enthusiast, and running a Wear OS watch at the same time, is the hurdles one must jump through to set up a watch with a new device anytime we switch. The version of Wear OS running on the Pixel Watch right now, for example, will not allow you to simply unpair your watch from an old device and easily pair it with a new device. Instead, you have to go through the process of completely resetting your watch in order to unpair it, and going through the setup process again on your new phone as if your watch is brand new.This is, of course, terribly inconvenient if you’ve already spent the time to set up your watch faces and tweaked your settings just the way you want them, as this isn’t backed up anywhere or can be restored.
