Your Apple Watch finally gets the free Google | Tech News

The Apple Watch is, in accordance with Apple, one of the bestselling watches in the world – and that features all watches, not simply smartwatches. Given that is the case, after a decade of the units being strapped to wrists round the world you might need thought one of the most-used apps additionally had an Apple Watch app, however that hasn’t been the case till now.

As noticed by 9to5Google, the Apple Watch finally has an official Google Calendar app. It appears fairly simplistic, however finally offers Apple Watch customers the capacity to view the Google Calendar app on their wrist.

iPhones run all Google apps, however there are only a few Google apps out there on the Apple Watch. If you employ Google Calendar in your iPhone, you’ll have to make do with the Apple calendar app in your watch and hope it syncs precisely, or import your Google account’s calendar onto the Apple app in your iPhone.

What a faff.

Now, it seems your Google prayers have been answered. Apparently you’ll be able to’t create new occasions or reminders from the wrist, however at the least Apple Watch house owners now have an official strategy to view Google Calendar and get notifications so that they don’t miss these important appointments.

The app can show the subsequent week’s value of occasions and your Google Tasks. It additionally displays the color coding you’ll be able to assign to those occasions and Tasks from the predominant Calendar app.

It’s additionally reported that there are two issues out there, which you’ll incorporate into choose watch faces. These are in your subsequent appointment and the present date, which exist already in Apple Calendar format. Presumably tapping the new issues will open the Google Calendar app.

But it would not be Google if the firm didn’t scrap one thing at the identical time as bringing out one thing new.

Tech Radar observed that Google has killed the Google Keep app for Apple Watch. Keep is Google’s notes app, which I exploit steadily and like to Apple Notes. The Apple Watch Keep app was not properly maintained and didn’t have a lot performance, so it’s not an excessive amount of of a shock, however it’s a disgrace that Google giveth however then taketh away.

It implies that there are but again solely three official Google apps out there for the Apple Watch, with Google Calendar becoming a member of Google Maps and YouTube Music.

Such apps are fairly constrained on the tiny screen of the Apple Watch and are typically restricted in performance. Music apps for the Watch are typically most instantly helpful as you’ll be able to skip observe, play/pause or change quantity with out getting out your telephone.

The Google Maps app can provide turn-by-turn instructions, which is helpful when you’re strolling or on a bike, however past that you just’ll most likely wish to pull out your telephone.

The identical goes for Google Calendar, however it’s good to have the option. Hopefully it lives longer than many different departed Google apps.