Article 5TYKA Wear OS will work better for lefties... eventually

Wear OS will work better for lefties... eventually

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Victoria Song
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dbohn_211105_4864_0002.0.jpg Unfortunately, us reviewers also tend to snap photos exclusively on the left wrist. | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Good news for Wear OS southpaws: Google is adding the ability to rotate the screen on Wear OS watches 180 degrees. There is, however, a catch - you might have to upgrade to get the feature.

The news was initially spotted on Reddit by journalist Mishaal Rahman and picked up by Android Central. In a Google IssueTracker thread requesting customizable screen orientation, a developer wrote, Our development team has implemented the feature you have requested and will be available on future new devices." That prompted some mixed responses. On the one hand, the feature exists. On the other, it's implied the feature may not make its way to all Wear OS smartwatches.

Should this be the case, it's understandable why Wear OS users are cheesed. It's...

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