The Google Pixel Watch 4 has already been one of my favorite gadgets (read my review on it here), and it looks to gain some cool new abilities today. Google will be rolling out some new AI-powered gestures and new smart replies as part of some big updates in time for the holidays. Check out this announcement from Google below!
More one-handed gestures
We have launched gestures with Raise to Talk, which quickly became a favorite way to chat with Gemini. Now, we’re taking convenience to the next level with our new one-handed gestures: Double pinch and Wrist turn. You can now use various features without ever touching your screen: scroll through notifications, dismiss notifications, snooze your alarm effortlessly, manage a timer/stopwatch, pause your music, select a smart reply to respond, answer and end a phone call…the list of what you can do with one-handed gestures goes on and on. (Plus, helpful on-screen hints will pop up to let you know exactly when you can use Double pinch.)
Enhanced Smart Replies
In a first for smartwatches, Pixel Watch 3 and newer watches will now use our on-device Gemma-based language model to generate Smart Replies for Google Messages and more even when you aren’t tethered to your phone. This new model is twice as fast and nearly three times more efficient in terms of memory usage compared to our previous generation. With these new on-watch capabilities, you can still get things done when your hands are full and you’re on the go. Whether you’re walking the dog, carrying your holiday shopping, making cookies, or wearing mittens — it’s as easy as looking, tapping, and sending!
These new features will be rolling out over the next couple of weeks and will be updated via a WearOS 6.1 software update for the Pixel Watch 4, for one-handed gestures, and enhanced smart replies via the Play Store. You can read more about it on this google community post.
