Google recently released a beta version of its Wear OS 4 platform, which will be available to users of a compatible smartwatch later this year. In response, Samsung developers have released a beta version of the Wear OS 4-based One UI 5 Watch for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5. One of the notable changes in the new version of the platform is, if necessary, change the synchronized smartphone without resetting the clock settings to factory settings.

The said innovation will simplify the process of transitioning to using a new smartphone with the watch. During the setup process, the user will be asked to indicate whether they plan to use the same Google account on the smartwatch and the new smartphone. After confirmation, the data will be automatically transferred to the new smartphone. In addition, Wear OS 4 should gain support for new tools for creating watch faces, as well as increasing the autonomy of the smartwatch.

The functionality to sync data from the watch and transfer to the new smartphone was tested using the Galaxy Watch 5 with the One UI Watch 5 beta installed. Previously, Google released a preview of Wear OS 4 for developers, and also released an emulator that allows it. for you to have an idea about the new version of the operating system for the smart watch.