Google launches Wear OS 7 with Live Updates today

Wear OS 7 begins rolling out today for Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4, bringing Live Updates that mirror events between your watch and Android phone. The update also adds Gemini features on top of new media control tools, smarter widget support for developers, smart-

The watch doesn’t just buzz anymore and hope you look. Starting today, Wear OS 7 is rolling out for Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4, and Google is making sure the most time-sensitive moments follow you—onto both your wrist and your phone.

The headline feature is Live Updates. Google says it tracks live events from your Android smartwatch, and now it will sync with Wear OS devices. That means updates like sports scores and an ongoing meal delivery can appear on both your watch and your phone at the same time.

For people who rely on their watch as a constant companion—where missed notifications can feel like lost time—this is the practical shift. Instead of treating the watch as a standalone screen, Google is pushing it to behave more like a shared interface across devices.

Wear OS 7 also brings new Gemini Intelligence features. but Google’s timing is careful: those features aren’t launching until “later this year.” Google says they include Create My Widget. which lets you generate custom Wear OS widgets using natural language prompts. There’s also a focus on multi-step actions. Gemini in Wear OS 7 will be able to handle multi-step app automation like making a reservation or placing a restaurant order from your watch.

Google also describes updates to how Gemini looks and works in the interface. Gemini will be updated with Google’s new “neural expressive” design, and it will add support for Personal Intelligence—pulling data from connected Google apps to shape suggestions from Gemini.

Beyond Gemini, the update makes everyday control feel a little less fiddly. Controlling media from your watch is getting easier with a new output switcher, letting you move audio output from one connected device to another—like switching between headphones and a Nest speaker.

Smart glasses are also getting a bridge into Wear OS. Google says smart glasses like the ones it showed at I/O last month will be able to connect to Wear OS 7 so users can preview photos taken with the glasses on their watch.

For developers, Google is changing how widgets are built. Third-party app developers can now add Wear OS Widgets that should be easier to develop and more dynamic than the custom Tiles that launched in 2019. For devices that don’t get the update. Google says apps can continue supporting Tiles too. and widgets will appear as a full-screen tile on Wear OS 4. Wear OS 5. and Wear OS 6.

Then there’s the safety feature—one people don’t think about until they need it. Google says Emergency Sharing can now automatically call a selected list of emergency contacts in addition to emergency services if a Pixel Watch detects a fall, loss of pulse, or a car crash.

With Wear OS 7. the message is clear: the watch is moving further into the middle of your phone life—keeping events synced. making actions more automated. and widening how your devices connect. from smart glasses to emergency contacts. And while Gemini’s bigger features arrive later this year, Live Updates are arriving now.

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