Google today announced new features for Wear OS 6 in Google I/O 2025, giving the operating system a design makeover with material 3 expressives, the design language which unveiled the company earlier this month.
Google on Tuesday released the developer preview of Wear OS 6 for testing, based on Android 16.
With Wear OS 6, Google is trying to make apps more harmonious, so app tiles will adopt default system font. In addition, the dynamic themeing library will adjust your app or tile color to match the color scheme of the watch face on pixel watches.
The main promise of the new design reference forum is to make developers better adaptation in uninterrupted transitions as well as apps. The company is releasing A design guideline With developers Fig design files,
In addition, Google is releasing Wear Compose Material 3 and Brand-Nu Wear Protolout Library for developers with extended color schemes, typography and shapes for more dynamic looking apps.
To match the circular look of Wear OS 6 Watch, Google is offering three-slot tile layouts with a title slot, a main content slot and a bottom slot that will make for a consistent look on different size screens.
The company is also adding newly designed components, including buttons, progress indicators, and scroll indicators, for better suit circular watch displays. Developers can display collapse components to scroll in various ways. For example, the components can be on the scale when they are up or near the screen of the clock.
Wear OS 6 Animated state infections add ways to change the face of a clock, from the environment to the interactive, as well as the photo watch face. In addition, there is now a new API to create a watch marketplace.
Google is adding a credentialman API to wear OS, which begins with pixel watches at the OS 5.1, which will enable passky authentication through the watch. Wear OS 5.1 on Pixel, rich media control also occurs that allows users to rewind fast-forward or podcast. What is more, Sangat apps will also get a new menu for playlist and control, including the shuffle, “Like,” and repeat.
