It was two months ago when Google, during the Google I / O announced the new version of the operating system for smartwatches: his name is Wear and it is nothing but one merging the previous firmware with Tizen. Today, after poco, the company has officially named Wear OS 3, which is the heir of the current operating system. With this announcement, in addition to leaving a smile on users' faces, as there is confirmation that the support will continue, the company has shyly given two news, one good and one bad. There is a list of smartwatches that will receive the update, but it is short, very short.
Here are the smartwatches that will receive Wear OS 3, the next version of the smartwatch operating system: Google, will you enter more names?
After completing a series of rumors about the new operating system, the company shared information on its availability on various smartwatch models. Apparently, the list will be very modest: only the owners of the latest models based on the Qualcomm chip Today's high-end will count on an upgrade.
According to the company, all smartwatch models based on the Snapdragon Wear 3100 mobile platform will remain without an update. The list of firmware supported devices includes smart watches equipped with a Snapdragon Wear 4100 processor: Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 GPS e LTE, as well as TicWatch E3.
Previously, Samsung and Fossil announced Wear OS 3 support for their products, but users of compatible devices will be able to count on the update no earlier than mid-2022. The procedure for installing a new operating system will also require a mandatory reset device to factory settings.
Google has already promised to release Security updates for Wear OS within at least two years of the manufacturing date smartwatches, which will not be able to update to the latest firmware. Qualcomm's plans to introduce a new processor for wearable electronics were also previously known. That's it for now: there are no other smartwatch names besides those mentioned above. No doubt the list will be expanded, but we don't know when.
