{"id":169521,"date":"2025-06-09T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169521\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:07:11","slug":"google-should-learn-from-this-rumored-apple-watch-app-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169521\/","title":{"rendered":"Google should learn from this rumored Apple Watch app upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Apple Watch Series 9 Control Center\"  alt=\"A user opens the Control Center on their Apple Watch Series 9 via the side button.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-Watch-Series-9-Control-Center-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn Cimino \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple\u2019s watchOS 26 could bring third-party widgets to the Control Center on Apple Watches.<\/li>\n<li>We really hope Wear OS gains this feature eventually as it would be extremely useful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple and Google are both working on their next smartwatch operating system updates, namely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-considers-os-rebrand-3562201\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watchOS 26<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wear-os-6-exciting-update-why-3556069\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wear OS 6<\/a> respectively. However, it now sounds like Apple is working on a great feature we\u2019d love to see on Wear OS watches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/06\/05\/exclusive-apple-prepping-support-for-third-party-control-center-widgets-in-watchos-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9to5Mac<\/a> reports that watchOS 26 will offer third-party widgets in the Control Center. The outlet adds that this would let users \u201csurface relevant actions or data\u201d from said apps. That would be major news as the Control Center on Apple Watches only supports first-party toggles like cellular functionality, the flashlight, Wi-Fi, and battery-related info.<\/p>\n<p>We really hope Google copies this feature and brings it to Wear OS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-smartwatch-3486670\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smartwatches<\/a> in the future. Android phones have long supported third-party tiles in Quick Settings, allowing users to quickly toggle their VPN service, activate Link to Windows, identify songs, and more. So bringing this feature to smartwatches seems like a logical expansion.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely too late for this feature to come to Wear OS 6, but the upcoming update still has some notable improvements. This includes a Material 3 Expressive visual style, up to 10% better battery life, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wear-os-6-always-on-display-controls-3562692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much-improved always-on display<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a tip? Talk to us!<\/strong>\u00a0Email our staff at <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-watch-third-party-apps-control-center-3564865\/mailto:news@androidauthority.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:tips@androidauthority.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\" target=\"_blank\">news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it&#8217;s your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaitlyn Cimino \/ Android Authority TL;DR Apple\u2019s watchOS 26 could bring third-party widgets to the Control Center on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1662,4690,1685,14342,9844,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-watch","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-google-wear-os","12":"tag-smartwatches","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114651912556339568","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}