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Google will let you select and dismiss with a gesture, but only on the newest watch.
Credit: Ryan Whitwam
Long ago, Google’s Android-powered wearables had hands-free navigation gestures. Those fell by the wayside as Google shredded its wearable strategy over and over, but gestures are back, baby. The Pixel Watch 4 is getting an update that adds several gestures, one of which is straight out of the Apple playbook.
When the update hits devices, the Pixel Watch 4 will gain a double pinch gesture like the Apple Watch has. By tapping your thumb and forefinger together, you can answer or end calls, pause timers, and more. The watch will also prompt you at times when you can use the tap gesture to control things.
In previous incarnations of Google-powered watches, a quick wrist turn gesture would scroll through lists. In the new gesture system, that motion dismisses what’s on the screen. For example, you can clear a notification from the screen or dismiss an incoming call. Pixel Watch 4 owners will also enjoy this one when the update arrives.
And what about the Pixel Watch 3? That device won’t get gesture support at this time. There’s no reason it shouldn’t get the same features as the latest wearable, though. The Pixel Watch 3 has a very similar Arm chip, and it has the same orientation sensors as the new watch. The Pixel Watch 4’s main innovation is a revamped case design that allows for repairability, which was not supported on the Pixel Watch 3 and earlier.
Limiting gestures to the Pixel Watch 4 thus seems rather arbitrary. When pressed on this, Google declined to explain why only its latest watch is getting these features. We can only assume the company is trying to make the new watch a more attractive upgrade.
Regardless, the Pixel Watch 3 is still getting some love. Both the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Watch 3 are getting upgraded Smart Replies in this update, thanks to a new on-device AI model. It’s based on Google’s open (and potentially libelous) Gemma models, using the context of a chat to produce suggested replies on the fly. Entering text on a watch is a pain, so Smart Reply can be a big help.
Google says its testing has shown that the new model is twice as fast and uses one-third as much memory as the old version. The company claims that users rate the Gemma-based suggestions as the same or higher quality than the previous model in 97 percent of cases. You’ll be able to judge for yourself in the coming days as the new features make their way to devices.
Credit: Ryan Whitwam
Long ago, Google’s Android-powered wearables had hands-free navigation gestures. Those fell by the wayside as Google shredded its wearable strategy over and over, but gestures are back, baby. The Pixel Watch 4 is getting an update that adds several gestures, one of which is straight out of the Apple playbook.
When the update hits devices, the Pixel Watch 4 will gain a double pinch gesture like the Apple Watch has. By tapping your thumb and forefinger together, you can answer or end calls, pause timers, and more. The watch will also prompt you at times when you can use the tap gesture to control things.
In previous incarnations of Google-powered watches, a quick wrist turn gesture would scroll through lists. In the new gesture system, that motion dismisses what’s on the screen. For example, you can clear a notification from the screen or dismiss an incoming call. Pixel Watch 4 owners will also enjoy this one when the update arrives.
And what about the Pixel Watch 3? That device won’t get gesture support at this time. There’s no reason it shouldn’t get the same features as the latest wearable, though. The Pixel Watch 3 has a very similar Arm chip, and it has the same orientation sensors as the new watch. The Pixel Watch 4’s main innovation is a revamped case design that allows for repairability, which was not supported on the Pixel Watch 3 and earlier.
Limiting gestures to the Pixel Watch 4 thus seems rather arbitrary. When pressed on this, Google declined to explain why only its latest watch is getting these features. We can only assume the company is trying to make the new watch a more attractive upgrade.
Regardless, the Pixel Watch 3 is still getting some love. Both the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Watch 3 are getting upgraded Smart Replies in this update, thanks to a new on-device AI model. It’s based on Google’s open (and potentially libelous) Gemma models, using the context of a chat to produce suggested replies on the fly. Entering text on a watch is a pain, so Smart Reply can be a big help.
Google says its testing has shown that the new model is twice as fast and uses one-third as much memory as the old version. The company claims that users rate the Gemma-based suggestions as the same or higher quality than the previous model in 97 percent of cases. You’ll be able to judge for yourself in the coming days as the new features make their way to devices.
