Gemini on Wear OS: Upgrading Your Smartwatch Experience
Gemini has recently launched on Wear OS, enhancing the functionality of Android smartwatches, particularly the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8. Compared to the traditional Google Assistant, Gemini offers a more dynamic understanding of natural language commands and delivers customized responses. Users can easily create Google Calendar events or YouTube playlists using voice commands.
In hands-on testing, Gemini outperformed Google Assistant by providing specific food recommendations for carotenoids and allowing users to multitask effectively, such as fetching showtimes while creating calendar entries. Despite occasional inaccuracies typical of large language models (LLMs), Gemini demonstrates a significant performance boost, consuming only 20% battery over a full afternoon of use.
For optimal user experience, future updates should prioritize brevity in responses, introduce a quick-view feature for phone integration, and enhance voice recognition to reduce interruptions. Overall, Gemini on Wear OS marks an important advancement in smartwatch capabilities and usability.