{"id":273609,"date":"2018-08-29T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=273609"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:59:34","slug":"google-unveils-redesigned-wear-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/273609-google-unveils-redesigned-wear-os.html","title":{"rendered":"Google unveils redesigned Wear OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/wear-os\/wear-os-google-health-and-help-are-just-swipe-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>revealed<\/strong><\/a> an overhauled version of its Wear OS software for smartwatches.<\/p>\n<p>The new design of the operating system for Android wearables allows easier access to useful functions such as notifications, information, and Google Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Browsing, dismissing, and taking actions on notifications is now much easier, and users can select built-in smart replies without leaving their notification stream.<\/p>\n<p>Google Assistant can also now provide more proactive help based on the user&#8217;s location, weather, and travel route &#8211; offering advice for attire and notifications of any traffic delays.<\/p>\n<p>While this functionality may vary by country, device, and smartphone operating system, Google hopes to roll out the overhauled OS to all Wear OS smartwatches in the coming month.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/273499-google-duo-launches-new-app-for-ipad-and-android-tablets.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google Duo launches new app for iPad and Android tablets<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has revealed an overhauled version of its Wear OS software for smartwatches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":273611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[167,42938,47386,53165],"class_list":["post-273609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-google","tag-redesign","tag-smartwatches","tag-wear-os"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273615,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273609\/revisions\/273615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}