Google is finally adding a highly requested feature to its Wear OS for smart wearable products. This new update would soon allow devices running the OS to flip their screens depending on the orientation of the smartwatch.

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For those unaware, the Search engine giant had recently partnered with Samsung for its current gen iteration of Wear OS. So, although it has received praises for offering one of the best wearable experiences in the market, it still lacked a small but essential feature. It is display flipping when you wear a watch upside down. While one has the option to wear the watch either on the left or right hand, some are uncomfortable with the typical way of wearing a smartwatch. To put things simply, regardless of the hand on which you wear the watch, the buttons will still be on the right side. So if one is wearing the watch on the left hand then the buttons align with the wrist, but on the other hand, it pushes into your arm.

A simple fix to this is to just wear the watch upside down. And while you would be right for thinking of this solution, unfortunately, Wear OS did not support display flipping to reflect the changed orientation of the smartwatch. The issue was first brought to light years ago, with a 2018 Google issue tracker revealing a request to add a small change to allow the display to flip upside down (Via AndroidPolice). Surprisingly, this issue is now marked as “Fixed” alongside a quick not that revealed its availability.

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The quick note stated that “Our development team has implemented the feature you have requested and will be available on future new devices.” However, Google did not reveal any other finer details regarding when the update might bring this feature, and whether its an automatic addition or a function you’d need to toggle in settings. Notably, the term “future new devices” also implies that current Wear OS devices might not see the arrival of this feature. So stick around for more updates.

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