Five things Wear OS could do to become the Android of the smartwatch world

It’s an exciting time for Wear OS – Google’s smartwatch operating system is getting overhauled, with a new version that’s been made in collaboration with Samsung set to land later this year.

We don’t know all the details yet, but from what we’ve heard so far it could be a big improvement, offering better performance and battery life while melding the best bits of Tizen and Wear OS of old.

But even if this new Wear OS fixes all of the software issues we have with the current version (which is a big ‘if’) we’re still not convinced that will be enough to make this the Android equivalent of the smartwatch world.

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