Last year, we saw several new OEMs opting for the Wear OS for their new wearables. The popular Chinese electronics maker, Xiaomi, introduced its maiden Wear OS smartwatch, i.e., Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro with Wear OS 4. Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch 6 featuring Wear OS 4 and later made it available for Pixel smartwatches. Forging ahead, the Korean giant and Google are working on the next iteration – Wear OS 5, based on Android 14. According to a new report, Samsung is diligently working on Wear OS 5 to launch it alongside the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7.

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Wear OS 5 Coming Soon

The report by 9to5Google weighs in on the summer release of Wear OS 5 along with Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 7. The new Wear OS iteration will follow a similar update rollout timeline as Wear OS 4. For your information, Wear OS 4 made its debut with the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic as One UI 5 Watch, and later was made available for the Pixel Watch 2, and then the Pixel Watch. Samsung also made it available for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic and the Galaxy Watch 5 and 5 Pro.

The source reveals that there are multiple references to Wear OS 5 in the unreleased Android 14 build. Samsung is working on the new build to ensure the Exynos 5535 works at its full potential while running Wear OS 5. This move suggests that Samsung’s next-generation smartwatch, expected to be released this summer, will debut Wear OS 5. The Pixel Watch 3 is also anticipated to receive the update in the fall.

However, the details about the features and changes in Wear OS 5 are not yet available. The move to an annual update cycle for wearables would bring it closer to the regular update schedule seen in smartphones, departing from the previous pattern where Wear OS often skipped Android versions.

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