From PC World: AI chatbots may not be any nearer to your heart, but one can now be closer to your wrist with Google’s announcement Wednesday that it’s bringing its Gemini AI assistant to its Wear OS smartwatch operating system.
Samsung’s new Watch 8 series, also announced Wednesday at that company’s Unpacked event in New York, will be the first Wear OS watch to ship with Gemini, to be followed by others running Wear OS 4 or newer versions of that platform, such as Google's Pixel Watch 3.
You’ll be able to interact with the chatbot via voice by saying “Hey Google,” pressing and holding the watch’s side button, or tapping the Gemini icon on the watch’s screen. Google’s post suggests such applications for this hands-free interaction as getting advice on a recipe, sending a quick email, adding an item to your calendar, or setting reminders for your near-future self.
Another Google post brings further updates on the company’s ongoing collaboration with Samsung. On that electronics conglomerate’s new Watch 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 folding phones, Google’s Circle to Search AI feature will include Google’s AI Mode (which is also coming to Google’s recent Pixel phones). Yet another Google post published Wednesday suggests a novel use case for AI-ified Circle to Search: asking for help with Android games.
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