Motorola’s New Smartwatch Doesn’t Even Run Wear OS—Is That a Good Thing?

We expected the Android smartwatch market to explode with compelling new devices after Google and Samsung launched Wear OS 3. But the opposite has come true, mainly because Wear OS 3 doesn’t work on non-Samsung wearables yet. Needless to say, it’s a weird time for Motorola to launch a new smartwatch, especially one that runs a proprietary “Moto OS.”