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Google reveals Wear OS 7’s Wear Widgets, renaming Tiles to Wear Widgets, introduces 2×1 and 2×2 layouts and a Remote Compose framework designed to reduce background activity for better battery life; early partners include Spotify, WhatsApp, Peloton, and Todoist, with backwards compatibility to Wear OS 4+, and plans to bring widgets to Android Auto and Samsung Galaxy Watches via Multi-Info Tiles.
Google's Wear OS 7 update adds iPhone‑style Live Updates for deliveries and sports scores, replaces Tiles with Wear Widgets in Android‑like layouts, brings AI features under Gemini Intelligence on select watches later this year, and promises up to 10% better battery life over Wear OS 6.
Google unveiled Wear OS 7 at I/O 2026, adding Gemini Intelligence integration, Wear Widgets for dynamic, customizable glanceable info, Live Updates on the watch face, a default workout tracker with built-in media controls, and a Remote Output Switcher, plus an AppFunctions API to enable Gemini-powered task automation. A Canary Emulator is available ahead of the full release later this year.