New update for Wear OS: Practical little innovations
from David Haydl 
on November 16, 2018, 22:22 | Write a comment
Smartwatches with Wear OS as the operating system usually do not have an excellent battery life. That should now work out with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 change. Google now wants to improve the battery life of older smartwatches with an update for Wear OS. All details.
With the update, the energy-saving mode is the first to get a small change. If the battery drops below ten Procenter, the clock can now only display the current time if desired. As a comparison: Previously, only the vibration motor, background activities and location history generation were switched off in the energy-saving mode. Furthermore, the stand-by time was tightened. If the user does not use their smartwatch for half an hour, the watch falls into a kind of energy-saving mode, which should also save some battery power.
Gradual roll out
In addition to the two things that should help improve battery life, Google was working on two other things. One thing that bothers me a lot is that apps tend to reset completely once they're closed. Google eliminated these Problem now. It is also easier to shut down your own smartwatch with Wear OS. In the future, it should be enough to hold the power button for a few seconds. How the Google Assistant will then be started is still in the stars. Google will gradually distribute this update to users over the next few months with system version H.
