Samsung appears to be like to be readying its subsequent main Galaxy Watch OS smartwatch replace, One UI 7 Watch primarily based on Put on OS 6, however there are indicators that Google Assistant gained’t be a part of the bundle.
In line with an X (previously Twitter) put up from tipster Alfatürk, indicators of the primary One UI Watch 7.0 beta have appeared on Samsung’s servers beneath the construct quantity L310XXU1ZYDA.
There’s no extra data on what this new model of Samsung’s wearable UI may include. These are early days, in any case, with One UI 6 Watch rolling out with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 in July of final yr.
Put on OS 6, upon which One UI Watch 7.0 can be primarily based, is prone to debut later this yr on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, adopted just a few months later by the Google Pixel Watch 4.
Extra Gemini, much less Assistant
Whereas we don’t know what Samsung’s plans are with One UI 7 Watch, we now have had some indication of the main focus for the underlying Put on OS 6, on which Google and Samsung can be working carefully collectively.
Earlier reviews have recommended that Google is seeking to part out its Google Assistant for the following model of Put on OS, with Gemini set to take its place. You’ll be able to guess that Samsung will comply with swimsuit with its personal tweaked tackle the OS.
Certainly, Google might effectively have already began that course of, with the information (through 9to5Google) that the Assistant app has been up to date on the Google Play Retailer.
Mattias Inghe
Whereas there aren’t any sweeping modifications right here, Google has tweaked the 2 issues to take away any point out of Assistant as its personal distinct entity. The Assistant complication is now merely known as ‘Google’, with the signature Google Assistant emblem changed by a generic sparkle icon.
In the meantime, the Assistant designation has additionally been faraway from the At a Look complication, with the emblem changed by the basic Google ‘G’.
There’s clearly a basic effort right here to excise Google Assistant from the Put on OS expertise – seemingly forward of the following model ditching it altogether in favour of the Gemini AI assistant. Don’t be shocked if the following smartwatches from Samsung and Google go all in with Gemini.