Google confirms that it will finally be more accommodating to left-handed people with Wear OS change

Wear OS 3 may remain elusive for the most part, but Google has now teased the vanilla version of its smartwatch OS. Apparently, the company will be introducing some practical changes too, including a mode for those who are left-handed. To date, Google has failed to implement Apple's options for left-handed people, with Google assuming that people wear smartwatches on their right wrist.

An app called Lefty resolves this to an extent, albeit only by inverting the Wear OS UI. A recent Google Issue Tracker update suggests that this feature could soon become part of Wear OS. Unfortunately, Google has included the following clarification to the feature's inclusion in Wear OS:

Presumably, Google would adopt this at an OS level, rather than making it device-specific. Perhaps, the new feature will debut with the long-rumoured Pixel Watch, likely the first smartwatch to launch with Wear OS 3. We would hope that an official solution would re-orientate button positions on Wear OS smartwatches as well, such as the Fossil Gen 6. The Lefty app cannot do this though, nor change a digital crown's scrolling direction.

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