Wear The operating system is Googlereplacement for Apple’s watchOS operating system. Although Wear OS has recently arrived with the participation of Samsung, there is one feature that it still misses. Those who have used Wear OS-enabled smartwatches must note that at this time, it does not support backups.
This means that for those who are planning to switch to a new smartphone while keeping their old smartwatch, there is no way to save watch data while resetting it.
Well, it looks like that will change soon as Google seems to be working on a fallback solution for Wear OS. XDA Developers discovered some lines of code in the Google Play Services app for Android beta version 22.32.12 indicates that Wear OS can get the backup feature.
According to the report, the new backup feature will allow users to back up their smartwatch before resetting and restore the data at the time of re-pairing with another device, somewhat similar to how it happens with Android smartphone. The report claims that the feature will be an opt-in feature
Surprisingly, it took Google so long to realize that smartwatches also contain data and require backup and restore features.
Surprisingly, before Samsung switched to Wear OS, Tizen-enabled smartwatches used to have a neat backup and restore feature through a Samsung account. It’s a handy feature.
The report also stated that Wear OS backup will work with Google One which means users may need an active Google One subscription to be able to use this feature. While this feature sounds great, it would be a step backwards if Google limited it only to Google One subscribers as the feature is more of a necessity than a luxury and we think this should be a default feature and not some add-on.
Meanwhile, there’s no word on when it will finally release as the APK teardown just revealed ‘is in development.
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