Samsung’s new Google-based smartwatch software addresses a lot of old annoyances
Samsung has taken the wraps off it and Google's new unified smartwatch platform at MWC 2021 - sort of. The company isn't announcing a new Galaxy Watch today, or even what the new platform will be called (it's unofficially referred to as Wear); those announcements will come later this summer at a proper Galaxy Unpacked event. But what Samsung did show off was a first look at what its new One UI Watch software will look like, and it elaborated on just what the new Google / Samsung partnership could mean for future Galaxy Watches.
To be clear: what Samsung is showing of One UI Watch won't be what all smartwatches built on the new unified Google / Samsung platform look like - it's an added layer on top specifically for Samsung devices. It's...