Android Wear 1.4 includes way to control smartwatch with wrist

Google also added support for wrist gestures in the recently released update to the Android Wear operating system. Wrist gestures allow users to control their smart watch. There is also a feature that reads out all the information on the screen.

The Android Wear update with version number 1.4 was released last week, but not all features were announced by Google yet. For example, 9 To 5 Google discovered that two previously unmentioned features are listed on the support pages for Google Wear. For example, since Android Wear 1.4 it is possible to operate the interface with the wrist, so that it is not necessarily necessary to have two hands free to operate a smart watch. By moving the wrist in certain ways, as described in the help pages, several commands can be performed.

Google has also improved audio support with the recent Android Wear update. For example, it is now possible to have information on the screen read out via a built-in loudspeaker. This also makes it possible to have incoming messages read aloud and to take phone calls; the latter had already been announced by Google. This so-called Audio Feedback feature not only reads the content of a message, but also tells who the sender is and at what time the message arrived.

Google released Android Wear 1.4 Thursday. The update was announced with built-in support for mobile networks. Although a connection with the smartphone is still required, the update makes it possible to leave the device at home. This can be useful when exercising, for example.