One UI 8 Watch<\/a> leaked, which told us a lot about Samsung and Google\u2019s plans for smartwatches, as One UI 8 Watch will be based on Wear OS 6. Buried within the settings app APK from the leak, we found strings referencing a \u201cRaise to Talk\u201d gesture.<\/p>\nCode<\/p>\n
Copy TextRaise to talk
\nThe assistant you choose will also be used when you press and hold the Home button if you haven’t already chosen to show the Power off menu.
\nRaise your wrist toward your mouth and start talking. The AI assistant you choose will respond.
\nThe AI assistant won’t respond if sound is playing on the watch speaker, if the microphone is being used, such as during a call or voice recording, if health data is being recorded, or if the screen doesn’t turn on when you raise your wrist.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve seen mention of Raise to Talk. In April, we found references to it within Google app v16.14.39 beta. However, there wasn\u2019t much there, and we couldn\u2019t determine if this feature would be released for existing Wear OS versions or require an update. Now that we\u2019ve found code for it in the Wear OS 6 settings app, we can be sure it\u2019ll need that version of Wear OS to function.<\/p>\n
The code here gives us some ideas about how this will work. The second string tells us that this will work alongside using the power button to summon your assistant, while the fourth string says this feature won\u2019t activate if you\u2019re recording health data, if the screen doesn\u2019t switch on when you raise your wrist, or if the speaker\/mic is being used.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s most interesting is the third string, which says \u201cthe AI assistant you choose will respond.\u201d In the context of Samsung\u2019s watches it could indicate that Raise to Talk will work for Bixby, and not just Google Assistant\/Gemini.<\/p>\n
Do you use voice assistants on your smartwatch? Would Raise to Talk make you more likely to? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n
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