【AI前沿】Wear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wrist

TechGadgetsNewsWear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wristGoogle’s newest smartwatch update could also give you up to 10 percent better battery life.Google’s newest smartwatch update could also give you up to 10 percent better battery life.byJay PetersMay 19, 2026, 11:24 PM UTCLinkShareGiftA Pixel Watch 4 running Wear OS 6, not Wear OS 7.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergePart OfGoogle I/O 2026: All the news and announcementssee all updatesJay Petersis a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Amid the flurry of today’s Google I/O announcements, Google shared detailsabout Wear OS 7, the next major update to its smartwatch platform. To help you keep track of things like deliveries and sports scores, Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that wereintroduced on Android last year— which can appear on your watch or your smartphone — and you’ll also be able to track automated tasks that an AI is working on right from your watch.Wear OS is also getting an upgrade from its widget-like Tiles for glanceable information. With the new update, Google is adding “Wear Widgets” to the platform, which look more like Android widgets and can appear in small or large layouts that “align perfectly” with Android’s 2x1 and 2x2 widget formats. There are some AI-powered features coming to Wear OS 7 as well, including the introduction of Gemini Intelligence, Google’scatch-all brandingfor personalized and proactive Gemini features, on “select watches” launching “later this year.”Various Wear OS 7 features, including Wear Widgets. Click the photo to take a closer look.Image: GoogleGoogle is also promising an “up to” 10 percent improvement in battery life for average users if you’re upgrading from Wear OS 6 to Wear OS 7. The company says that it’s investing in “power optimizations” so that users can “do more with their favorite apps,” but we’ll have to wait and see how battery life actually shakes out when Wear OS 7 is actually available.Follow topics and authorsfrom this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay PetersGadgetsGoogleGoogle I/O 2026NewsSmartwatchTechWearableMore in:Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcementsDemis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?Stevie BonifieldTwo hours agoThe future of Google is a search box that does everythingJay PetersTwo hours agoGoogle’s AI future demands trust — and your personal dataEmma RothTwo hours agoMost PopularMost PopularThe 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026Gemini is in danger of going full CopilotMicrosoft launches Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 8 with Intel chipsAnker fixes the two worst things about power stationsGoogle I/O 2026: All the news and announcementsThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the GooglePrivacy PolicyandTerms of Serviceapply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad