‘We’re bringing the watch closer to the rest of the Android family.’ Google I/O may have put Wear OS 7 on the sidelines, but an important new update is quietly rolling out – and it’s about artificial intelligence

While Google’s I/O keynote was packed with announcements of big changes to Google Search and Gemini, and features designed to usher in the age of the ‘agentic web’, we didn’t hear much about wearables. However, Google is bringing some changes to Wear OS 7 for users of the top Android watches, with the rollout set to begin later this year, although an exact date has not been specified.

For starters, Google’s Gemini Intelligence, its comprehensive, personal AI assistant, is coming to Wear OS as well as the rest of the Android family. You’ll be able to interact with Gemini on your wrist as well as on your Android phone, and get the same agent assistance that Google spent most of its keynote promising.