Google Is Revamping the Wear OS Smartwatch UI (theverge.com)

Google is bringing a new user interface to Wear OS, along with a new feed of information from Google Assistant, faster access to Google Fit, and a more information-dense view of your notifications. The Verge examines all these new changes one by one: The most important change is the one you see above: a feed of information from Google Assistant. It's designed to show you relevant info about your day, like calendar details, package-tracking info, and the weather. Next are notifications, which operate basically the same as before. They still mostly mirror what's on your phone. Dismissing a notification on your watch will do the same on your phone, and many apps will allow you to quick reply with suggested chips. But the best feature here is that Google is going back to a more information-dense display that puts all your notifications on a single, scrollable pane instead of having them fill the entire screen one by one.

Swiping left will now take you to the new Google Fit interface, which shows the two new rings that Google is has created to track your health. One is "move minutes" and the other is "heart points." Last but not least, swiping down takes you to a slightly revamped Quick Settings pane, which adds two oft-requested buttons: one for finding your phone and another for Google Pay. More (but perhaps not enough) Wear OS watches come with NFC now, and the Google Pay button will make sure that the chip is on and ready to pay when you walk up to the point-of-sale terminal.

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Re:What's better than a new UI?

[hey!]

No offense but you're failing as a parent, badly.

Well, they're in graduate school so there's nothing I can do about it now.