Android wear update

Just when we thought Google couldn't make Wear OS updates any more confusing...they might have done just that. They announced that System Version H will be rolling out over the next few months to some watches. This will be another system version / OTA update, not an update though the Wear OS app. This update will focus on:

Battery Saver Mode Updates
Improved Off Body Efficiency
Smart App Resume for all Apps
Two Step Power Off

Why System Version H? Who knows. Maybe they should go back to Version Numbers? Or go back to Android OS numbering? Something other than Version H.

Introducing System Version: H Update - Wear OS by Google Help

 

Which smartwatches will get it? That's my main concern.

 

They didn't State that in the post. Something about being up to the manufacturer, or something like that. So that means the Moto 360 series will not get it.

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Do all of you have to constantly grant permission to re-connect your watch to your phone? I'm saying after they are disconnected, either because of a dead battery or going out of range....I'm sure it's a security issue, but it seems like your frickin' phone should remember you gave it access until you revoke it (you know, like how it works with BT devices on a pc).

Basically, if I take my watch off to charge, I will then have to reconnect (partly because of Android pay - I have to type in my pin every time I put it back on). And, of course, my phone and watch will annoy me every 5 minutes to grant access to pair.

 

No, not anymore. That was an issue a while back, either with Android Wear / Wear OS or the version of Android we were running at the time. That plagued me for months until some kind of an update fixed it. There are posts about it (mostly me complaining about it ) around here somewhere that might point to when it was resolved

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I've occasionally lost connection and been asked to re-pair, but it's a rare occurrence (thankfully I don't need to FDR my watch or such).

 

This. This problem was mostly solved since then.

 

Hmmm....I think it's either being caused by Android Pay, or maybe CCleaner I have scheduled to run every night is erasing something (it doesn't touch bluetooth, but maybe was killing a process that caused it to remember).

It definitely didn't used to be an every day thing, but still seemed to happen a few times a week.

 

Anyone else have any issues after the most recent Wear OS app update? I'm not sure if the recent app update dorked up my watch, or if the battery is finally failing; but my battery stats (watch) are way out of whack. Saturday evening my watch just died. It usually lasts all day from sunup to bedtime. I didn't think much of it, charged it for a while and put it back on. I put it on Sunday morning and didn't think much of it, then noticed Sunday afternoon that the watch battery was still displaying 100%, and I could not open the Watch Battery stats from the Wear OS app on my phone. Knowing that was impossible I rebooted the watch. Watch battery then displayed 99% and I could at least open the Watch Battery stats from the Wear OS app on my phone, which displayed 4 days remaining (which I knew was wrong). Yesterday around 9:00 (3 hours off the charger) I noticed that my watch battery was still "stuck" at displaying 100%, notifications were not appearing on my watch, no vibration for new notifications and I could not open the Watch Battery stats from the Wear OS app on my phone again. I rebooted my watch and the battery displayed 98% (which I knew was still impossible), notifications started working on my watch again. But my watch battery never displayed below 98% all day and into the night. It didn't die yesterday, still made it from 06:00 to 10:00 PM; but there is no way I had 98% battery. I guess I need to factory reset my watch and run it with no Play Store apps and no third party watch faces for a day or 2 to see if the battery is failing & need a new watch, or if it was just a glitch when my watch updated the recent Wear OS app update.

 

I'm not having any problems with my Huawei Watch or any of the updates lately, sorry.