{"id":139441,"date":"2022-11-26T01:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-maps-and-keep-are-no-longer-available-on-wear-os-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T01:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:17:02","slug":"google-maps-and-keep-are-no-longer-available-on-wear-os-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-maps-and-keep-are-no-longer-available-on-wear-os-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps and Keep are no longer available on Wear OS 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In recent months, Google has rolled out a Material You redesign and tile for Keep on Wear OS. Around that time, Google Keep looks to have dropped support for older Wear OS 2 devices.<\/p>\n

Update 11\/25<\/strong>: Google Maps is another big app that now \u201cDoes not work on your device\u201d running Wear OS 2\/Android 9. This is more of a problem for owners resetting their watches, with existing downloads continuing to work.<\/p>\n

These old devices also never got the new Google Home or Contacts, while the updated Assistant, Phone, and Weather are limited to Wear OS 3.<\/p>\n

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Original 11\/24<\/em>: Currently, searching for Google Keep in the Play Store using a Wear OS 2 watch does not show the app. Visiting from the web\/mobile listing and looking at the \u201cCompatibility for your active devices\u201d list says the application \u201cDoes not work on your device.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a Pixel Watch, version 5.22.452.00.97 is the latest with \u201cAndroid 11 and up\u201d listed as the requirement.<\/p>\n

A user spotted this removal today, and we’ve confirmed it on a Wear OS 2 device that’s not set to receive an update to Wear OS 3. It’s not clear when support was pulled, but it could have coincided with the Material You revamp that greatly modernized everything. The yellow accent color was removed, while pill-shaped containers are used everywhere.<\/p>\n

That revamp arrived in September just after a tile to quickly create notes or list was introduced. (That tile later received a Material You overhaul, but do note \u2014 sorry \u2014 how the text of the \u201cBrowse\u201d button is not vertically aligned. For some reason, the tile preview is correctly centered, but the actual tile is not. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch app has not seen any updates and is still using the pre-Google Workspace icon.)<\/p>\n

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While it’s not surprising the redesign is just for Wear OS 3, removing legacy support is somewhat unfortunate. While there are more Wear OS 3 devices than ever from the Pixel Watch to Galaxy Watch 5\/4 and Fossil Gen 6, the active Wear OS 2 user base is likely not insignificant, even if it’s just those awaiting updates.<\/p>\n

Looking at a Wear OS 2 device today, the following first-party apps are available: Google, Gboard, Fit, Wallet, Messages, Camera, Clock, Wear OS by Google Smartwatch, and YouTube Music. Existing Wear OS 2 users that have Keep already installed should not be impacted, but app availability\/support should be considered when resetting wearable going forward.<\/p>\n

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