Google is updating YouTube Music on Wear OS, making it easier to use on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 to start listening to music faster.
Google is starting to roll out a new version of YouTube Music to Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 and more generally to smartwatches running Wear OS 3. It adds a “tile” to quickly start listening to music from the Google streaming app. Google.
A new tile to launch YouTube Music faster on Wear OS 3
YouTube Music gets upgraded with a new tile/tile that was first spotted on the Galaxy Watch 4 as reported Sam-Mobile. It’s a shortcut next to the main watch face. It displays the last song or the last album played with the name of the artist and the cover. We just have to click on it to resume playing the music.
The music streaming application can also be opened by clicking on the “Browse” button which is displayed in white. If a song is already playing, the tile displays it. Clicking it opens the controls in the YouTube Music app. A thumbnail already available which is added to Google’s proprietary thumbnails (Clock, Fit). To enjoy, make sure YouTube Music is up to date and installed from the Wear OS Play Store.
The YouTube Music dial on Wear OS 3 // Source: Sam Mobile
You can launch your music faster on Wear OS 3 // Source: Sam Mobile
An increasing pace of development on the Galaxy Watch 4
In the updates planned by Google for YouTube Music over the next few months, there is the possibility of allowing streaming from the watch, without the need to download first.
What we can notice in recent months is the acceleration in the pace of development of features and especially applications of Wear OS 3, especially on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. The connected watch is becoming less and less dependent on the smartphone and manages messages and notifications better. A few days ago, we learned that Google Assistant would arrive on the Galaxy Watch 4 this summer.
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