Wear OS 3 grabs new sound and display modes

Google showcased some new accessibility features to its smartwatch platform. Wear OS 3+ will be getting new sound and display modes as part of Google’s modest Spring feature drop.

This minor yet useful upgrade to Wear OS 3 will improve accessibility on smartwatches by bringing the ability to set mono-audio to “help limit disorientation caused by split-audio.”

In addition, the company plans to soon deliver color-correction and grayscale modes in order to “give you more choice for your Wear OS 3 smartwatch display.”

On the Pixel Watch, this joins features like magnification, TalkBack, and Real-Time Text (RTT). These updates show how Android delivers enhancements and new features to make your devices even better over time.

“Wear OS 3+ will introduce two new sound and display modes to improve watch accessibility. Mono-audio can help limit disorientation caused by split audio, while color-correction and grayscale modes give you more choices for your watch display.”

What’s new for Galaxy Watch?

Samsung ditched its Tizen OS platform in favor of Google’s Wear OS 3 operating system. The collaboration began with Galaxy Watch 4 and continued with the latest Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatch lineup.

Since Google directly joined the smartwatch market, it’s continuously putting efforts into bringing advancements to the consumers of its first Pixel Watch. And indirectly, all the novelties are coming to Galaxy Watch as well.

Thanks to the Wear OS, the Galaxy Watch models now offer better support for third-party and native Google apps. There are more customization and personalization options than ever before, find out what’s new in Wear OS 3.5.