In a post on Google's support forums, a Google Community Manager confirmed pausing Wear OS 5's release for the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 on September 26, 2024, following black screen reports. The company now plans to "resume the WearOS 5 rollout to these devices later this year" after fixing the issue.

Google is currently fixing the Wear OS 5 update and will rollout to the Pixel Watch series smartwatches in the coming weeks.

Google has said that it's still in the process of fixing the broken Wear OS 5 update for the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2.

According to the strings in Google Messages' latest Beta, Wear OS smartwatches may soon get support for RCS messaging.

RCS texting is a huge convenience on Android phones. Now, it looks like it could come soon to Wear OS smartwatches.

While many of the best smartwatches on the market run Google's Wear OS software, the wearable operating system still has some key limitations. Notably, messaging via Google Messages is restricted to texts routed to your smartwatch from your Android phone. Ditch your phone for a run or leave it behind, and you can't send or receive messages.

A discovery in the latest Google Messages beta shows the company could bring full RCS support to Wear OS devices. Such support would let LTE and Wi-Fi smartwatches send RCS texts without relying on the connection between it and your phone.

RCS (Rich Communication Service) has been a buzzword recently, thanks to the rollout of iOS 18. To catch you up, Apple included RCS messaging support on iOS 18, long after Googles