At last! Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 owners are finally getting Wear OS 5 after months of testing
Got a Galaxy Watch 6, 5 or 4? You’re about to get a Wear OS 5 update
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 6owners, and later users of the Galaxy Watch 5 and 4 series, are about to get a Wear OS 5 update after months of beta testing.
This update for some of thebest Android watchescomes from a recent Reddit post (first spotted viaAndroid Police) with a screencap fromSamsungto a beta tester, notifying them that the beta testing process has finished. Android Police reports that a new Wear OS 5 firmware update should arrive “in the next few days” for Galaxy Watch 6 owners who are not part of the beta program.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5and 4 owners can also expect a Wear OS 5 firmware update, although that will reportedly not be available for another few weeks.
Wear OS 5 will be launched, as usual, with Samsung’s One UI Watch interface. One UI Watch 6 is the latest version of Samsung’s interpretation of Wear OS, and Galaxy Watch 6 owners will be prompted to switch over via a software update.
The newSamsung Galaxy Watch 7is already using One UI Watch 6. It’s receiving very good reviews, thanks to new features such as the Energy Score that’s also used by theSamsung Galaxy Ring.
Analysis: Samsung succeeds where Google is struggling
Samsung has completed its testing and rollout of Wear OS 5, butGoogleis having a few problems with its ownoperating system. While Wear OS 5 is running on thePixel Watch3,Google has halted the rollout for the original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2.
Users were reporting their devices being bricked by the new operating system, so Google is still working out the kinks there.
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Nevertheless, we imagine the update will be rolling out to older Pixel Watch users before the end of the year.
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Matt is TechRadar’s expert on all things fitness, wellness and wearable tech. A former staffer at Men’s Health, he holds a Master’s Degree in journalism from Cardiff and has written for brands like Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Men’s Fitness, LiveScience and Fit&Well on everything fitness tech, exercise, nutrition and mental wellbeing.
Matt’s a keen runner, ex-kickboxer, not averse to the odd yoga flow, and insists everyone should stretch every morning. When he’s not training or writing about health and fitness, he can be found reading doorstop-thick fantasy books with lots of fictional maps in them.
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