- Google is rearranging your incoming call options on Wear OS.
- The “answer” and “reject” buttons are moving to straddle your contact’s photo.
- The change may coincide with the arrival of Calling Cards support.
Muscle memory is a tricky thing. Getting into a routine of repeating the same motion, over and over, can definitely make some tasks a lot easier. But there’s a flip side to that, especially when we’re dealing with the evolution of software interfaces, and one little change can be all it takes to render that stored knowledge useless, forcing us to relearn habits. That’s just what some Pixel Watch users may be facing, and we wanted to let you know about a rearrangement going on with the UI for receiving calls.
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This all seems connected to Wear OS picking up support for Android’s new Calling Cards. Back near the start of the year we saw Wear OS getting ready to embrace Calling Cards, and just a month later, Calling Card support first started rolling out.
