what you need to know
- Samsung has released a new ad to promote the Galaxy Watch 4.
- The ad focuses on Google Pay, but includes a clip of a user activating Google Assistant with their voice.
- Google has previously said the app will be available on the Galaxy Watch 4 “in the coming months.”
Google Assistant is probably one of the most popular features on the Galaxy Watch 4. The company will launch the assistant soon, but recently teased its launch in a new ad.
The ad, which appeared on Reddit (via 9to5Google), has been published in several countries, including Spain, focusing on the Google Pay app. It’s a bit odd that Samsung would promote Google’s services more than itself, but the most interesting part of the ad was the addition of Google Assistant to the Galaxy Watch 4.
At the start of the ad, the user speaks into the watch to summon the Google Assistant, which briefly appears in action. They told the assistant to “play music on YouTube Music,” which started playing on the watch through the user’s Galaxy Buds. You can watch the full 15-second commercial below:
There’s still no Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 4, but its inclusion in an ad suggests it might arrive sooner rather than later. When Google announced in February that it would use Samsung’s Wear OS 3 watches, it said the newly designed Google Assistant would be downloaded as an app from the Play Store and rolled out “over the next few months.” It’s been nearly three months since the announcement, and everything seems to indicate it’s around the corner.
Earlier this month, Verizon released an update for the Galaxy Watch 4 and mistakenly mentioned Google Assistant support in its release notes. It was eventually pulled, but not before several publications took notice. The release notes detail the process of enabling the “Hey Google” wake word and voice output.
(Image credit: Verizon)
The Galaxy Watch 4 remains one of the best Android smartwatches around, and the addition of Google Assistant may please many users who don’t like Bixby. That said, it seems only a matter of time.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
Samsung’s already great Galaxy Watch 4 will soon get even better thanks to the addition of Google Assistant. Until then, you can enjoy its great performance and a host of health and fitness tracking features.