Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 will soon get revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps support

During the Galaxy Unpacked event when Samsung launched Galaxy Watch 5 series, Google also announced that it’s bringing new features like revamped Play Store and better Google Maps support to the Wear OS devices.

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The new Galaxy Watch 5 series runs Wear OS 3.5-based One UI Watch 4.5 out of the box, which introduces a lot of advanced technologies including a body temperature measurement feature. Meanwhile, the addition of improvements to the Play Store and Google Maps will surely enhance the users’ experience.

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Going by the information, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 series will get revamped Play Store to better match the smartphone’s version, later this year. It will provide new collections of apps, display trending apps, as well as will show personalized recommendations to the users.

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On the other hand, Wear OS users will also get offline Google Maps support which will navigate you even when there’s no internet. Currently, the Maps app on your Galaxy watch requires you to be connected to a smartphone for navigation but after the upgrade that will release later this year, you won’t need your phone to use this functionality.

Aside from these, Samsung further said the Galaxy Watch 4 led 3x the market compared to many active Wear OS watches. Then it brought Google to talk about the upcoming changes to Wear OS that includes SoundCloud and Deezer support, which is also coming later this year.

Samsung said:

“And coming soon, find your way using Google Maps from your wrist without a smartphone connection. Music and audio lovers will appreciate updates that include new apps like SoundCloud and Deezer.”

Google briefly showed off the new UI during Unpacked, check here.

Galaxy Watch 5 pre-order:

Samsung started the Galaxy Watch 5 series pre-orders at the time of launch on August 10. The Watch 5 comes for $279.99 for the Bluetooth version and $329.99 for the LTE version, whereas, the Watch 5 Pro is priced at $449 for the Bluetooth version and $499 for the LTE version.

You’ll be able to pre-book your watch till August 25 and from August 26, these will officially go on sale.