The feature has always been available on the Google Pixel Watch, but Wear OS support for the feature is sadly lacking. As such, if you've got your AOD turned on but are using an unsupported app, your AOD just becomes a blurred screen overlaid with the time whenever you lower your wrist.

Select variants of the Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Watch 3 are now receiving the Wear OS 5.1 update as part of the March 2025 Pixel rollout.

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Wear OS 5.1 is here for Google Pixel Watch models It brings the new Loss of Pulse Detection feature to the Pixel Watch 3 in the US There are also upgrades for menstrual health support, step counts, and sleep tracking.

OnePlus is typically among the first to update its Android phones to the newest OS build available. However, the company has been unusually quiet about the Watch 2's Wear OS 5 update, never providing any timeframe for its release.

Most apps don’t support the always-on display, but Wear OS 5.1 for the Pixel Watch introduces a “Force Global AOD Experience”

To begin with the latter announcement, OnePlus has essentially confirmed that OnePlus Watch 2 owners will get Wear OS 5 fully one year after it launched on leading models from Samsung and Galaxy. Just to rub it in, Wear OS 6 will likely debut in the meantime.

Pixel Feature Drop for the Pixel Watch includes enhancements like improved step count accuracy and Loss of Pulse Detection. The Pixel Watch update is based on Wear OS 5.1 and Android 15, derived from Google's shift to Trunk Stable development.