Citing person suggestions for the reason that Public Preview launched in October, Google is rolling out an replace to the Home for Wear OS app.
The 2 primary elements of this replace are “speed and performance improvements” and simpler navigation. Google Home for Wear OS is getting a brand new checklist view that may merely be scrolled via “if you have 10 devices or less.”
As such, the app’s new homescreen instantly begins displaying system tiles as an alternative of the room checklist, although headers/dividers are current. It helps make the app extra vigorous in look, given the colour utilized by the tiles. This could make utilizing the app even quicker, with launching already potential from the highest of the Fast Setting shade or watch face problems.
That is an alternative choice to “having to go room by room,” with tapping into menus on small screens not excellent. It comes as checklist views have broadly turn out to be the first interface structure on wearable apps throughout Wear OS and the Apple Watch.
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On account of this variation, Google additionally notes how one can now “control devices that are linked to you and are not yet assigned to a specific home.”
These Google Home for Wear OS updates are “rolling out to Preview over the next few days.” Version 2.62.7.5 of Google Home is showing within the Play Retailer, however there’s a server-side element to those new options, and we nonetheless have the previous design as of this morning.
Google says it’s engaged on extra options and to “keep the feedback coming!”
