Use Gemini on your smartwatch

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

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:

1. Tap your watch’s screen or press a button to wake the screen.
2. Open the App menu then tap Gemini .
   • If you don’t have Gemini on your watch, you can download it through the Play Store.
3. Follow the set-up instructions on your watch and paired phone, if applicable.

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 Google Digital assistant “Hey Google.”
• 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.

Location data is always collected if you use Gemini Apps, so that they can provide you with a response that is relevant to your query. For example, to respond to prompts like "What's the weather?," Gemini Apps need to know your location. Learn more about the location information Gemini Apps collect, why, and how it is used.

The Gemini app on your Wear OS watch may use your precise device location to provide you with more relevant responses. 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.

To check if Gemini is accessing and using your precise location on your smartwatch:

1. On your Wear OS watch, open Settings .
2. Tap Location App location permissions Google Digital Assistant .
3. Check whether “Use precise location” is on .
4. If it’s on , Gemini can access your precise location.
5. If it’s off , Gemini cannot access and use your precise location.
6. Choose location access for the app: Allow all the time, Allow only while using the app, Ask every time, or Don’t allow.

You can also save some addresses, like your home or work address. Gemini may use those saved locations to provide more relevant responses. Learn more about setting and updating your home and work addresses.