Smartwatch is designed to provide almost instant access to information and functionality that should require us to pause and issue our cellphones. However, given its small size, this device can sometimes produce more work than needed. That’s especially true if you have to swipe a few screens or a long list just to get to the application or function you need, just to find yourself must deal with pecking on the screen or voicing your commands. Although they are not critical of cellphones, the home screen widget or face on a smartphone can be a game changer, and Google, fortunately, doing that for first-party applications such as keeping, with big warnings.
A small screen on a smart watch makes it uncomfortable for anything but see information. Adding data, such as making a list or making notes, requires a personal space where you can talk to a virtual assistant or patience to swipe a small keyboard. That’s only after you really reach the application you want to use, which can involve rolling through a list or icon lattice to find what you want. Triggering Google Assistant or Apple Siri to do the action, of course, faster, but you need your watch to be able to hear you clearly in the first place.
Google finally got a message when launching a tile library for Wear OS, equivalent to the home screen widget on Android phones and tablets. This will allow developers to make shortcuts to their most important functions and have a screen only one or two friction. This includes not only third -party applications but even the selection of Google’s own party itself, and Keep is the latest to get tile maintenance.
Keep notes instantly with Wear OS
9TO5Google Seeing an update to Google Keep App for Wear OS that brings this new tile to a number of certain smart watches. Keep is the fourth Google application to get this treatment, follow the clock, fit, and YouTube music. The company still has a lot of jobs to do, but may take steps with the launch of the pixel watch around the corner.
The latest version of Keep For Wear OS now has a tile screen with two large buttons to make new notes or new checklists, as well as the pill button to browse the existing notes. This should reduce the amount of friction and tap you have to do just to record quickly. It will not change anything in the way you still have to dictate or swipe text, but can still be a significant time saver.
Unfortunately, this good news came with a rather disappointing catch for Wear OS fans. New tiles seem to be only available on Wear OS 3, because the older OS Wear version user has reported the absence of tiles. This, in turn, means that the new Google Keep tiles are only available on Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 Series and Montblanc Summit 3, only a smart watch that runs the latest version of Wear OS so far. There will be a new smart watch that will come later this year, including Pixel Watch, so that the narrative can soon change for the better. However, whether it will be available or not in the longer OS version, it might be impossible.