As many of you may already know, yesterday the new Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro were officially introduced, although we had been receiving updates about them frequently due to the numerous leaks they had experienced. However, we’re not here to talk about the new phones from Mountain View, but rather about another announcement that took place yesterday.
In addition to the mentioned new devices, the company introduced and launched the new Pixel Watch 2, a smartwatch that stands out primarily for improving the health functions and physical activity monitoring that its previous version offered. With this new smartwatch, as reported by the media outlet 9to5Google, Google debuted the official Gmail app on Wear OS, and it is now available for download from the Play Store of the aforementioned smartwatch.
Gmail can now be installed on smartwatches running Wear OS 3 and 4
The Gmail app is compatible with both Wear OS 3 and Wear OS 4, so if you have devices with these operating systems, you can enjoy Google’s service immediately. To be honest, you could interact with Gmail from a Wear OS smartwatch before, but it only allowed you to archive, reply, or delete emails directly from the notification that the device displayed when receiving a message. This has, of course, changed, and now the experience is comprehensive right from the watch itself.
When we talk about a comprehensive experience, we mean that now, from your Wear OS smartwatch, you can check your Gmail inbox, manually update it, open emails, and interact with them as if you were doing it from your smartphone or PC. You can even switch between Google accounts seamlessly. Additionally, it appears that this Wear OS app features an exclusive watch face with an analog clock and a button that shows the number of unread emails.
While the Gmail app for Wear OS was officially introduced yesterday, it was actually announced at the past Google I/O 2023 event, which took place in May. So, we’ve been waiting for it for a few months. As mentioned earlier, the app for the renowned service from Mountain View is now available for Wear OS smartwatches.
