Samsung and Google have entered into a collaboration with each other to manufacture a new smartwatch platform. The new OS was announced at the MWC 2021; however, the company made a new announcement recently.
But the new announcement isn’t related to a new Galaxy Watch or even what the new platform will be called. Instead, it will be something else that will be announced later this summer at a proper Galaxy Unpacked event.
What exactly the South Korean tech giant did show off was the first look at what its new One UI Watch software will look like. In addition, the company also elaborated on just what the new Google / Samsung partnership could mean for future Galaxy Watches.
According to sources, Samsung’s One UI Watch won’t look like the new unified Google / Samsung platform. Instead, it will be quite similar to Samsung’s One UI for Samsung’s smartphones. The goal is a consistent look and experience across all of Samsung’s hardware and software.
From the information and images displayed by Samsung, the Settings menu has been redesigned to look more like the phone’s menu, and the settings can also be synced from the Phone. Another feature is that if the users are using additional time zones set in their clock app, they’ll be there on the watch, and blocked callers on the phone will be blocked on watches, too.
The company also showed off a new watch face design tool, and it will also be available for Android developers later this year to easily create new watch faces for the platform. However, since the current watch faces for Wear OS seriously lacked in taste, let’s hope that Samsung does a better job with its One UI Watch interface.
According to the company’s official sources, the new One UI Watch experience will first appear on Samsung wearables at a Samsung Unpacked event later this year. For more info, stay tuned.
