Despite these promises, experts say the biggest thing holding back Wear OS is its fragmented user experience.
“The problem with Wear OS is its splintered.
“People buying Android phones still cant be sure Wear OS will work for them.
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They cant be sure the apps they want to try will work.”
United We Stand
Wear OS originally was introduced in 2014 as Android Wear.
Despite the rebranding, not much about it has changed when it comes to overall support.
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Wear OS still feels like a side project and no-one really knows what devices it works well with.
That could also change, though, asQualcomm in 2020 announcednew chipsets designed just for Android smartwatches.
This should bring better performance and allow for more app implementation on the devices, themselves.
Google implementing these features in a future Wear OS version could finally lead to Android smartwatches becoming more unified.
