Wear OS 5 Update: Which Smartwatches Are Getting It?
Wear OS 5 Supported Smartwatches – Samsung Galaxy Watch7 & Galaxy Watch Ultra – Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic & Watch6 – Samsung Galaxy Watch5 & Watch5 Pro – Samsung Galaxy Watch4 & Watch4 Classic – Pixel Watch & Pixel Watch 2 – OnePlus Watch 2 & Watch 2R
New Features in Wear OS 5 – Grid-Based App Launcher: Easier navigation, similar to Apple Watch – Power Efficiency: Up to 20% less power usage – Customizable Watch Faces: New options like complications, weather data, and “Flavors” – Privacy Dashboard: Check permissions used in the past 24 hours – Media Output Feature: Switch between speaker and other connected devices
Changes to Watch Face Format – Watch Face Format (WFF): Only WFF-supported faces will work – Older and third-party faces: May not be compatible with Wear OS 5
Wear OS 5.1 & Android 15 – Wear OS 5.1: Expected to be based on Android 15 – Testing: Currently on Pixel Watch 2 – Possible Name Change: Could be branded as Wear OS 6 at launch