Since the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4, I had been wearing my 44mm version of the Galaxy Watch 4 (not the classic) and I never wanted to change to another smartwatch or smartband ever since. It’s been my go-to watch. I was looking forward to getting Google Assistant on this watch and finally, it has arrived.
Samsung even put out an official press release stating that yes, Google Assistant is officially available on the Galaxy Watch 4 series today. Literally today. And I got excited. So I headed to the Google Play Store and searched for Google Assistant.
The button to “install on other devices” wasn’t there.
So I took a more direct approach – searching the Google Play Store on the Galaxy Watch 4 directly. And it wasn’t there too. Hmmm…
Then, I returned to the official press release and read closely – then I found out this footnote.
2. Google Assistant will be available in 10 markets, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, The UK and USA. It will, also, support 12 languages, which include Danish, English (American, Canadian, United Kingdom, Australian, Irish), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French (Canadian, France), and Taiwanese.
I couldn’t be more disappointed. Why isn’t Google Assistant just made available for everyone to download and install on their Galaxy Watch 4 use? Why is it region-locked?
I calmed down a little and I remembered that the Google Assistant on Wear OS is pretty much not suited for my use case anyway.
In our review of the TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra GPS, I can’t run any Google Home routines via the Google Assistant – which is what I was planning to use the watch for.
Still, despite not having Google Assistant here in Malaysia (yet, I hope), I’m still really happy with the Galaxy Watch 4 series in general. Watch our review here.
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