{"id":66112,"date":"2025-10-08T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/66112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:48:09","slug":"google-rolling-out-wear-os-6-to-pixel-watch-2-and-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/66112\/","title":{"rendered":"Google rolling out Wear OS 6 to Pixel Watch 2 and 3\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pixel-Watch-3-XL-Blue-Turf.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/10\/08\/google-pixel-watch-4-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Watch 4<\/a> officially going on sale tomorrow, Google is rolling out Wear OS 6 to the Pixel Watch 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Wear OS 6 and Android 16, BP3A.250905.014.W3 is rolling out to the Pixel Watch 2 and 3. This includes both the Bluetooth\/Wi-Fi and LTE models. <\/p>\n<p>There is no update for the original wearable today, but that 2022 device should get Wear OS 6 since software updates are guaranteed until at least: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/product-documentation\/answer\/12799779?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the last  Pixel Watch update <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/06\/10\/pixel-watch-june-2025-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in June<\/a>.\u00a0Google moved to quarterly Wear OS releases for the Pixel Watch, but there was nothing in September (though note today\u2019s build number).<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>As always, tapping the \u201cYour watch is up to date\u201d screen (Settings &gt; System &gt; System updates) <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2022\/12\/06\/pixel-watch-update-download\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple times<\/a> initiates the download. To speed up the process, open Connectivity preferences and disable Bluetooth to force Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel Watch October 2025 OTA update images can be <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/android\/ota-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Google today released factory and OTA images for the Pixel Watch 4, which is codenamed \u201cmenari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This update brings the full Material 3 Expressive redesign, including the updated lockscreen keypad, Quick Settings, and notifications. Dynamic Color based on your watch face is now available on your wrist. This theming applies to notifications, Tiles, and some apps.<\/p>\n<p>With this update, the redesigned Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer apps are live to match the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/09\/22\/google-clock-wear-os-m3-expressive-icons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">refreshed icons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Play Store after installing the OTA for additional app updates to Wear Media and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/09\/03\/pixel-weather-watch-app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Pixel) Weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Updating\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757354947_724_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757354948_194_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the Pixel Watch 4 officially going on sale tomorrow, Google is rolling out Wear OS 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[356,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-66112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}