Google confirmed in the week that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 requires a Google-approved Android device to activate. More specifically, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 must be “activated” with a tool that runs Android and is provided with Google Mobile Services. “That is that the case for the Galaxy Watch4,” said a Google representative, but “we don’t have anything to share at this point for future devices with Wear OS 3.”
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic are the primary two devices to run Wear OS 3. this is often the primary version of wear and tear OS to be developed with contributions from both Google and Samsung – or a minimum of its prior version that’s been so very made during a team-up between the 2.
Given that, it’s interesting to ascertain the devices released with a requirement for activation with a tool equipped with Google Mobile Services. Google Mobile Services, or GMS, is present on every Android device approved by Google to run Google apps, including the Google Play Store. Of course, not all Android devices have GMS, but all GMS devices run Android (for now).
Huawei is one major example of how no Google during a smartphone doesn’t mean any Android, but it does mean a different path for the creator of said device. Amazon also runs its version of Android on devices just like the ill-fated Fire Phone.
Over the past few years, Google’s wearables software Wear OS has worked with Android and iOS. Most smartwatches running Wear OS have worked with iPhones – and mostly aimed to function with Android devices, but included some functionality with connectivity with iOS devices.
With the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4, it seems that something changed. The Galaxy Watch 4 requires a GSM Android device to urge started right out the box. As yet, Google has not confirmed that this may not be the case for other future Wear OS devices running Wear OS 3 and newer.
