About a year ago, Samsung and Google solemnly announced their in-depth cooperation in wearable device software and hardware in response to Apple’s absolute dominance in this field. For consumers, the market reversal obviously won’t happen overnight. Even so, we saw a “new Wear OS experience powered by Samsung” at the Galaxy Watch 4 launch event last August.
Since then, the two tech giants have continued to improve the hardware and software experience of Wear OS. Although Samsung didn’t get too far at its Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday.
However, Google has announced that Samsung’s latest wearable device is expected to receive a new assistant “within a few months.”
It is reported that Samsung has been trying to avoid too much dependence on Google, and this move may mean that the company’s Bixby smart assistant will gradually fade out and embrace Google Assistant, which is widely used by other manufacturers.
For Galaxy Watch 4 users, in the future, they may be able to control music playback or set timers through the “Hey Google” voice command, and related apps can provide wider access through the Google Play Store.
As part of the integration, when the app is downloaded on the connected paired Android smartphone, the watch can also receive asynchronous push, so that the user can complete the software installation on the two terminals with one click.
The device currently supports streaming YouTube Music Premium online, but one day, even if some content needs to be updated while connected to a Wi-Fi/cellular data network, users can temporarily leave the phone at home and wear only the watch Continue to go out and listen to music.
Finally, 2022 could be an interesting year for the wearable market, with the joint efforts of Samsung and Google.