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Google Wallet on your Galaxy Watch now supports PayPal

So far, Google Wallet for Wear OS has allowed you to make payments using credit or debit cards. Well, Google is now adding a new payment option to its digital wallet app for wearables. Google has announced that Google Wallet for Wear OS now supports PayPal. Currently, the feature is live only in the United […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Google Wallet on Galaxy Watch asking for PIN to make payments is just a bug

Earlier this week, 9To5Google reported that Google Wallet on Wear OS had started asking for the PIN to make tap-to-pay transactions for some users. While the change offered increased security, many people were disappointed with it as they would now have to go through an additional step on their Galaxy Watch to make payments. Well, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

App permission syncing between Galaxy Watch and Android phone coming soon

Since Google and Samsung merged Wear OS and Tizen, Google has been rapidly improving Wear OS by adding new and useful features to it, such as introducing new applications for the platform, including Google Calendar and Gmail, improving existing apps, including Google Home and Google Maps, introducing new Tiles, and offering new watch face and […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

Apple Watch Series 10 could borrow old Galaxy Watch feature

Apple Watches have always been ahead of Samsung Galaxy Watches in many aspects, including performance, software experience, connectivity options, and ruggedness. However, Apple Watches lack one feature that Galaxy Watches offer, and that is blood pressure monitoring. But that might be changing soon. According to Mark Gurman in the Bloomberg Power On newsletter, the upcoming […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Exclusive: Samsung going back to square design for Galaxy Watch

Over a decade after the company launched one of its first smartwatches, it appears that Samsung's bringing back the squarish design for its Galaxy Watch. Some of you have followed its journey in the smartwatch market since 2013 when the Samsung Galaxy Gear was first launched. It had a 1.6-inch square-shaped Super AMOLED display, similar […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

Five-year-old Galaxy Watch gets surprise update to improve sensor accuracy

Samsung has released a new software update to its five-year-old smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch. It is surprising that the South Korean firm is supporting its wearable devices even five years after the device's release. This is seldom seen in other smartwatch brands. Galaxy Watch gets software update for improved tracking accuracy The latest software update […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Galaxy Watches could soon get Samsung Pay in South Korea, thanks to Apple

As lame as it sounds, Galaxy Watch users in South Korea can't make mobile payments using Samsung Pay on their smartwatch. Although those smartwatches feature NFC, Samsung Pay isn't available to them in Samsung's home country. However, that could change soon, thanks to Apple. Apparently, Samsung is thinking of activating the Samsung Pay feature on […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Popular podcast app to soon make its way to Galaxy Watches

Popular podcast app Pocket Casts is arriving soon on Galaxy Watches and other Wear OS smartwatches. Pocket Casts app offered a smartwatch app during the Android Wear days. Now that the world has moved on to Wear OS, the multi-faceted podcast app will be available on Wear OS smartwatches soon. According to the latest report, the […]

By Sagar Naresh
1 year ago

Samsung patent hints at Galaxy Watch with built-in projector

Samsung might be working on a Galaxy Watch with a built-in projector. The patent filing by the South Korean firm (spotted by Wareable) reveals that the projector could be used for a good usecase. The filing of a smartwatch-related patent by Samsung says that “a projection display on a side portion of the housing and […]

By Sagar Naresh
1 year ago

Huawei again shows how Samsung can be scared to take risks

There was a time when Huawei was really unsettling Samsung. It was before the Chinese giant ran into troubles with the United States. Huawei was pushing the envelope, making bold decisions, and trying to think outside the box to capture Samsung's market share. The strategy was working, particularly in emerging markets where Huawei could also […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 year ago

Google Keep gets richer notes feed on Samsung Galaxy Watches

If you own a Wear OS 3-powered Samsung Galaxy Watch or any other Wear OS 3 smartwatch, then you are in for a treat. Google is rolling out updated notes feed for the Google Keep app. Recently, Google Keep picked up three new tiles for sunset, sunrise, and favorite contacts. Also, the Material You makeover […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Google Pixel Watch poses next to old Galaxy Watch in leaked photos

Samsung was the first OEM to release Wear OS 3 for smartwatches last year, thanks to its partnership with Google in developing the new OS. Now, Google is building its own hardware to match the software, and in a bizarre turn of events, the wearable nicknamed “Google Pixel Watch” leaked recently in live photos after […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Latest Galaxy Watch and Watch Active update is live in more regions

Samsung released a surprise firmware update for a few of its older smartwatches earlier this month, but the roll-out was staggered. The Galaxy Watch 3 and Active 2 were the first to get the new update featuring improvements to fall detection. On the other hand, the changelog for the original Galaxy Watch and Watch Active […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Surprise update brings Watch 4 features to older Galaxy smartwatches

Galaxy S21 owners aren't the only Samsung customers who can enjoy new software features starting today. Along with the first public One UI 4.0 update for the Galaxy S21 series, today Samsung's releasing new firmware for a handful of its smartwatches. It adds almost a dozen new watch faces and improvements to Fall Detection. Samsung's […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Reminder: Wear OS is not coming to Galaxy Watch 3 and older Samsung smartwatches

Samsung unveiled its first smartwatches running Wear OS during the Galaxy Unpacked event yesterday. With the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, Samsung has ditched Tizen OS in favor of Wear OS 3. So, what does that mean for older Galaxy Watches running Tizen OS? Will they be updated to Wear OS […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 years ago

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