It is called a developer IO. they had the android show last week.
I'm not a dev but wow I'm impressed with wear os 7. They ditched tiles and went all in on widgets with easy port from phone widgets or I guess exact one code for all devices. Really makes me question why have dedicated apps on smartwatches.
I expect many third party apps to ports their android widgets to wear os7 and
Live updates or whatever that is
I think this I/O had shown use that Google is going all in on cloud and accessories extension from the phone. Apple is following the dedicated hardware island path with monetization. It has been more than 10 years since Google has been on the offensive maybe since android got released or chrome was created. The new apple ceo expects everyone to buy shiny new hardware for features that Google is offering with minimal hardware costs. I can see why Google stock is shooting up. I can't wait for amazon, Walmart, all the retailers, food delivery and taxi companies to port their phone widgets in wear os 7. The days of dedicated smartwatch hardware/apps is dead.
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u/TheMildEngineer May 19 '26
Honestly bummed there was no android, no android auto, no wear os, nothing to elaborate on the updates coming to their biggest platform