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Google Wear OS May Get Smartwatch Backup Support When Switching to New Device

Google Wear OS May Get Smartwatch Backup Support When Switching

As more and more Wear OS devices have started to enter the market, American tech giant Google’s efforts to improve the overall experience on Android devices have been revealed in the latest APK
teardown of its Play Services app.

According to an app teardown done by XDA-Developers, new strings in the beta version 22.32.12 build of the Google Play Services app;

revealed that the company is preparing to add support for backing up smartwatch data when switching to a new device.

Google may begin supporting Wear OS smartwatch backups to Google One -  GSMArena.com news

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One of the strings was titled: ‘companion_backup_opt_in_title’ which contained the prompts: ‘Back up your device with Google One/ Backup by Google One/ Choose backup account’.

Currently, when switching a Wear OS smartwatch to a new Android smartphone, users are required to factory reset the watch.

Adding an option to back up the device would make it a much smoother experience.

What’s interesting is the mention of Google One, a paid Google subscription. Settings and management of Google’s device data backups for Android and iOS are found in the Google One app;

though a Google One subscription isn’t required to use the feature.

Google One subscribers pay for extra storage on their Google Account so Google would not put a feature like this behind a paywall, as per the report.

Google might add Wear OS smartwatch backup support

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Recently, Google also reportedly started rolling out updates for its Camera apps on both Android and Wear OS.

The Google Camera app for Pixel devices gets minor updates, but the Wear OS app, which basically functions like a remote control for Pixel owners, gets some big updates and a complete redesign from the
previous version.

The camera app on the Wear OS has been due for an update for a while now. Google is also expected to launch its new Pixel Watch, which will run the latest Wear OS, in the coming months.

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