Samsung One UI Watch 4.5: All Of The New Features
Samsung has announced One UI Watch 4.5, a new version of the custom user interface that runs on its smartwatches, and it brings several new features to the Galaxy Watch. Samsung is expected to announce its next-gen smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, at an event in August 2022. Alongside a new design and new features, the new watches are expected to debut a new software, but Samsung has let the cat out of the bag ahead of the launch.
After years of launching smartwatches powered by Tizen, its own operating system, Samsung made the switch to Wear OS in 2021. The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic were the first smartwatches to come with Wear OS 3 which was co-developed by Samsung and Google. However, just like its smartphones which run a skinned version of Android, Samsung's smartwatches also run a custom version of Wear OS called One UI for Watch.
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The new version of the wearable operating system is called One UI Watch 4.5 and it is based on Wear OS 3.5. From the version number, it can be deduced that this is more of a performance improvement update that also brings a handful of new features. Samsung describes the update as bringing a “complete watch experience.” The new features of One UI Watch 4.5 cut across communication, customization, and accessibility.
With One UI Watch 4.5, Galaxy Watch users will now be presented with a full QWERTY keyboard with swipe support, as an alternative to dictating and handwriting for entering text on their smartwatches. In addition, users will be able to easily switch between the three input methods during use. For example, a user can decide to use the QWERTY keyboard and switch to
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