{"id":393113,"date":"2026-01-07T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393113\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:03:09","slug":"motorolas-moto-watch-copies-wear-os-instead-of-being-moto-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393113\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola’s ‘Moto Watch’ copies Wear OS instead of being Moto 360"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Motorola took to CES 2026 with previews of some big announcements including its first book-style foldable, but also tagging along for the ride is a new \u201cMoto Watch\u201d that just can\u2019t help but bring up memories of the Moto 360 that Motorola seemingly refuses to give a second chance.<\/p>\n

The new Moto Watch is a circular smartwatch that Motorola touts 13 days of battery life from (or 7 days with always-on display). So, as you\u2019d expect, it doesn\u2019t run Wear OS. Rather, this is another Motorola smartwatch using a bare bones OS with no third-party apps, but it does kind of look like Wear OS. The navigation is pretty similar, with tiles to the left and right of the watch face, quick settings on top, and notifications to the bottom. Even the app drawer looks pretty similar to the one Wear OS added a while back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty frustrating, to be blunt, to see Motorola clearly looking at the experience of Wear OS and building something similar instead of just giving the Moto 360 another shot. The decade-old smartwatch is the one that caught everyone\u2019s attention back in the day, yet it hasn\u2019t returned for the modern era of Wear OS. There was a short-lived reboot in 2020, but that\u2019s long since dead. <\/p>\n

Moto Watch does have some solid hardware with a 47mm stainless steel chassis, support for 22mm watch bands \u2013 including several first-party bands that felt quite nice in our brief hands-on time \u2013 IP68\/1ATM water resistance, and that long battery life as mentioned. In the health department, Motorola has partnered with Polar for \u201cdeep health insights and wellness tracking solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Moto Watch will be available on January 22 in the US, though a price point hasn\u2019t been announced.<\/p>\n

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