As Curry points out, it could depend on how the watch’s physical buttons are arranged.

Since the inversion is compulsory for complete efficiency, Google cannot implement it on its older watches."

This doesn’t necessarily mean that a digital fix for all current WearOS smartwatches would be impossible, however.

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And as Curry stated, Google hasn’t officially stated that itwouldn’toffer some form of update for existing users.

In fact, WearOS' biggest rival, the Apple Watch,supported UI inversionsince the beginning.

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