Wear OS Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/tag/wear-os/ Pure Android Passion Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:11:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://androidkenya.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-ak_ico-32x32.png Wear OS Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/tag/wear-os/ 32 32 123899007 9 out of the top 10 paid Wear OS apps trending in Kenya are watch faces https://androidkenya.com/2024/04/top-10-paid-wear-os-apps-trending-in-kenya/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:11:24 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=23829 If you’re a Wear OS smartwatch user in Kenya, chances are you’ve given your device a fresh look lately. Kenyan smartwatch owners are fueling a trend for highly customized watch faces, with dedicated watch face apps dominating the Google Play Store’s paid Wear OS apps chart this week. Out of the top 10 paid Wear […]

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]]> 23829 You can now download Google Calendar app on Wear OS 3 smartwatches https://androidkenya.com/2023/10/download-google-calendar-on-wear-os-3-newer/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:59:30 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=22035 The wearables market in Kenya doesn’t get the most attention, but this hasn’t stopped Samsung and other vendors from availing a few of their smartwatches and wearables in the local market. While it remains to be seen whether Xiaomi will release the Watch 2 Pro to Kenya, you can already get your hands on several […]

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]]> 22035 Xiaomi 13T series launched alongside Watch 2 Pro & Smart Band 8 https://androidkenya.com/2023/09/xiaomi-13t-13t-pro-launched-alongside-watch-2-pro-and-smart-band-8/ https://androidkenya.com/2023/09/xiaomi-13t-13t-pro-launched-alongside-watch-2-pro-and-smart-band-8/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:57:36 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=21945 Xiaomi has today announced the new Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro family of smartphones at an event in Berlin, Germany. The event also witnessed the launch of the company’s first ever Wear OS smartwatch – the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro – as well as the Smart Band 8 to take over from last year’s Smart […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2023/09/xiaomi-13t-13t-pro-launched-alongside-watch-2-pro-and-smart-band-8/feed/ 0 21945 WhatsApp comes to the wrist with new Wear OS app https://androidkenya.com/2023/07/whatsapp-wear-os-app/ https://androidkenya.com/2023/07/whatsapp-wear-os-app/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:00:57 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=21558 Users of Wear OS smartwatches can now go a step further from just receiving WhatsApp notifications on their wrists to doing a lot more with the popular messenger app. This is after the official release of the WhatsApp app on Wear OS, the platform for wearables from Google (based on Android) that was once known […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2023/07/whatsapp-wear-os-app/feed/ 0 21558 Google working on Pixel Watch, expected launch in 2022 https://androidkenya.com/2021/12/google-pixel-watch-expected-launch/ https://androidkenya.com/2021/12/google-pixel-watch-expected-launch/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:45:46 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=17311 Google is working on a smartwatch that it plans to launch next year according to an exclusive report from Business Insider. The device, should it see the light of day, is internally code-named “Rohan” and should showcase the latest version of Google’s smartwatch software to customers and partners. This is in accordance with internal documents […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2021/12/google-pixel-watch-expected-launch/feed/ 0 17311 Google locks yet another app from users with older devices https://androidkenya.com/2021/08/youtube-music-wearables/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:15:39 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=16695 Google has at last released a Wear OS app for YouTube Music, which is definitely welcome news for those who have been waiting for an official way to play their music from Google’s streaming service after the company shut down Google Play Music on Wear OS back in August 2020. First… What is Wear OS? […]

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]]> 16695 Samsung ditching its Tizen wearables platform for Google’s Wear OS https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/samsung-google-wear-os-partnership-announced/ https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/samsung-google-wear-os-partnership-announced/#comments Wed, 19 May 2021 18:45:34 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=15803 Samsung and Google are joining forces to bring the best of both worlds (i.e. Tizen and Wear OS) to users of wearable devices around the world. This was, perhaps, the surprise announcement of the Google I/O 2021 keynote. Sure, rumours had swirled about it but some of us were still taken aback when it became […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/samsung-google-wear-os-partnership-announced/feed/ 1 15803 Gboard for Wear OS gets a new look, several other updates https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/gboard-for-wear-os-updates/ https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/gboard-for-wear-os-updates/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 11:50:20 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=15723 Popular keyboard app Gboard has picked up a new update over the last few days that is rolling out targeting users of Google’s wearables platform, Wear OS. The new update brings with it a new look and several other enhancements meant to make the user experience better. The other enhancements include support for multiple languages, […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2021/05/gboard-for-wear-os-updates/feed/ 0 15723 Samsung tipped to return to the Wear OS fold with new Galaxy Watch https://androidkenya.com/2021/02/samsung-wear-os-rumours/ https://androidkenya.com/2021/02/samsung-wear-os-rumours/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:05:11 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=15325 Samsung has, over the years, released one smartwatch after the other powered by its own Tizen platform. That, according to word on the grapevine, is about to change. The Korean device maker is tipped to introduce a new smartwatch, a follow up to the Galaxy Watch 3 it unveiled last year, that is powered by […]

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