Igeekphone July 13 news, technology media Android Authority mining Google Wear OS 5 system code, found that Pixel Watch 3 will support ultra-broadband (UWB) and Bluetooth low power Audio (Bluetooth LE Audio), Bring a better use experience.
UWB support
Note: Ultra Wideband (UWB) is a wireless personal area network communication technology with low power consumption and high speed transmission, which is suitable for wireless communication applications requiring high quality service, and can be used in areas such as wireless personal area networks, home network connectivity, and short-range radar.
UWB is a short-range wireless communication protocol that can pinpoint the distance and direction between objects. In the Wear OS 5 developer Preview, the relevant character content appears in the Settings, adding a “UWB” option to the connection options, which is described as “helps to identify the relative location of nearby UWB devices when enabled.”
Support Bluetooth low power audio, improve battery life
The Bluetooth LE Audio new generation of Bluetooth audio technology standard not only improves the standard Bluetooth audio performance, but also a variety of new application cases, the main feature of which is the inclusion of a high quality, high energy efficiency of the new LC3 audio codec.
Google has initially supported Bluetooth low-power audio in Android 13, which supports the transmission of audio signals from a source device to a tandem device; In the Android 15 system, Google further improved support, you can transfer audio signals from a source device to multiple connected devices.
The Wear OS 5 update, based on Android 14, will be the first version of Wear OS to support Bluetooth low-power audio (at least unicast).