When you chat with Gemini on your smartwatch, Gemini works as your conversational AI assistant to help you do things like:
- Stay connected
- Handle tasks across apps
- Answer questions
- Recall important details
- Control music
Note: To handle some actions involving apps in Gemini, check individual apps settings on your mobile device. Learn how to use and manage apps in Gemini.
Set up and use Gemini on your watch
You can chat with Gemini on your watch when Gemini is also your digital assistant on the phone connected to your watch. To use Gemini on your watch, make sure Gemini is set as your digital assist app on your connected phone.
To get started, you will need:
- To connect to an Android device
- To use Gemini in an eligible language and region
- A smartwatch running Wear OS 4 or later
To set up Gemini on your watch:
- Tap your watch’s screen or press a button to wake the screen.
- Open the App menu then tap Gemini
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- If you don’t have Gemini on your watch, you can download it through the Play Store.
- Follow the set-up instructions on your watch and paired phone, if applicable.
Note: We’re gradually releasing Gemini on watches wherever the Gemini mobile app is available, so it might not be available to you just yet.
Chat with Gemini on your watch
You can chat with Gemini on your watch in a few ways:
- Button: On your watch, press and hold the designated button (setup may be required; specific button may vary by OEM).
- Hotword: Say "Hey Google." Your watch must be awake to listen for your hotword.
- To turn “Hey Google” detection on or off, tap Settings
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- To turn “Hey Google” detection on or off, tap Settings
- Complication: On your watch face, if you have added it as a complication, tap Gemini
- Tile: In your watch app, you can add Gemini as a tile you can access when you swipe left or right.
Chat with Gemini with Raise to Talk
On some WearOS devices, you can chat with Gemini by raising your wrist close to your mouth. This provides a hands-free experience to interact with Gemini without saying a hotword or pressing a button.
Please refer to the documentation provided by your device manufacturer on how to enable "Raise to Talk".
When Raise to Talk is turned on, your watch will actively sense your arm movement to recognize the Raise to talk gesture. Raise to talk can sometimes activate Gemini unintentionally with your arm movement.
How Gemini uses your location on your watch
Your Gemini app on your Wear OS watch uses the location permissions you choose for the Google app, which hosts the digital assistant capabilities used by both Gemini and Google Assistant. Learn more about location permissions.
Learn more about the location information Gemini Apps collect, why, and how it is used.
To check if Gemini is accessing and using your precise location on your smartwatch:
- On your Wear OS watch, open Settings
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- Tap Location
- Check whether “Use precise location” is on
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- If it’s on
- If it’s off
, Gemini cannot access and use your precise location.
- Choose location access for the app: Allow all the time, Allow only while using the app, Ask every time, or Don’t allow.
