Key Facts

• Google is rolling out Wear OS 7 to the Pixel Watch, featuring "deep, system-level power optimizations" that result in up to 10% improvement in battery life compared to Wear OS 6.
• Wear OS 7 introduces Live Updates, which allow users to track ongoing events like sports scores, workout progress, and deliveries, with a persistent icon at the bottom of the watch face and a card at the top of the notifications feed.
• The update also brings an integrated output switcher to system media controls, enabling users to control what's playing on their headphones, home speakers, and more, and switch audio from one device to another.
• Google says Wear OS 7 is "built to work better with your connected devices," including audio glasses coming in the fall, and allows users to effortlessly switch the device that media is played back on directly from their wrist.
• Data from Wear OS 6 devices from August 2025 to April 2026 shows that more than half of Wear OS users wear their watches seven days a week, with the most active 10% of users wearing them over 23 hours each day.