Google announces Wear OS 7

Key points

• Alongside a slew of new AI-focused announcements at I/O 2026, Google also announced Wear OS 7, the latest update to its wearable operating system.
• The software update carries over some of the design tweaks the company plans to introduce in Android 17, lays the groundwork for new Gemini Intelligence features and adds interface elements that display glanceable information in new ways.
• The biggest of those additions is what Google calls Wear Widgets, an evolution of the informational "tiles" that have been the bread and butter of the Wear OS experience for years at this point.
• Wear Widgets are designed to be more dynamic and customizable for developers, and closely mirror what can be offered on smartphones.
• Widgets that users make with Google's AI-powered Create My Widget tool will also be able to make the jump to smartwatches.