Google’s Wear OS neglect has left voice activation broken for months - Ars Technica

Feb 25, 2021

Apparently, the Google Assistant on Wear OS has been broken for months, and until now, no one at Google has noticed.

About four months ago, diehard Wear OS users started a thread on the public Android issue tracker saying that the "OK Google" hotword no longer worked on Wear OS, and several claimed that the feature has been broken for months.

The Verge quotes a Google spokesperson as saying the company is “aware of the issues some users have been encountering,” and it will “address these and improve the overall experience.” Google didn't give an ETA on how long a fix would take.

Every major hardware company that once supported Wear OS—brands like Samsung, LG, Motorola, Huawei, Asus, and Sony—has abandoned it.

Google's new fling in the wearables space is with Fitbit, a company it recently acquired for $2.1 billion.