Android Wear Marshmallow update rolling out with new gestures and more
Android Wear is now receiving the Marshmallow update which is bringing brings voice actions and new gestures.The updated Android Wear now adds speaker support so you can listen to messages and make calls. Android Wear now supports speakers. If you have a watch with a speaker, you can listen to audio messages and make calls directly from the watch.
You can also send messages using your voice with several apps: Google Hangouts,WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Viber, and Nextplus. The latest update brings new actions like push, lift, or shake to open a card, bring up apps, or return to your watch face screen.
- Navigate your watch with new gestures. Scrolling up and down your card stream is as simple as flicking your wrist. Starting today you can also expand a card, bring up your apps, or return home to your watch face with a push, lift or shake. You’ll be able to stay connected to what’s important, while keeping your phone (or other hand) in your pocket.
- Send more messages with just your voice. With Android Wear, you’ve always been able to get answers to spoken questions. Now you can also use your voice to send messages from apps like Google Hangouts, Nextplus, Telegram, Viber, WeChat, and WhatsApp. Running late for lunch? Just say “OK Google, Send a WhatsApp message to Nathan: I’ll be right there.”
- Make calls and listen to messages with speaker support. Screening calls from your wrist is a nice convenience that comes with Android Wear. Thanks to speaker support, you can now make and take calls over Bluetooth. And you can listen to audio/video messages with apps like Glide. All you need is a watch with a speaker, which today includes the Huawei Watch and the ASUS ZenWatch 2 (49mm).
These improvements are rolling out to all Android Wear watches over the next few weeks, including new watches like the Casio Smart Outdoor Watch and Huawei Watch for Ladies.
