Google Replaces Wear OS Tiles With 2 Widget Sizes as Spotify, WhatsApp Join Support
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Updated · 9to5Google · May 22
Google Replaces Wear OS Tiles With 2 Widget Sizes as Spotify, WhatsApp Join Support
8 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · May 22
Google said Wear OS 7 will replace full-screen Tiles with Wear Widgets in 2x2 and 2x1 formats, extending a widget system already being adopted by third-party apps.
Those widgets share a common design framework with Android, a shift Google says should make development easier and let developers bring the same widget concepts to watches more quickly.
Spotify, WhatsApp, Peloton and Todoist have already started converting their Tiles into widgets ahead of the Wear OS 7 rollout.
Samsung stands to benefit directly: Galaxy Watch models can fold the new widgets into their tile stack system, which debuted in the Galaxy Watch 8 series' Wear OS 6 and One UI Watch 8 software.
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