Since last week, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 with Wear OS has finally got the Google Assistant. The users had to wait a whole 9 months for it. And apparently the update is causing problems.
Some of the users have discovered an issue that appears to be due to the update that brought the Google Assistant to the watch. According to some Reddit users, after installing Google Assistant, many Galaxy Watch 4 devices would disconnect from the phones they were paired with.
To make matters worse, attempts to re-pair the affected watch and phone will not work as both devices act as if they had never been connected and do not recognize each other.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4: So far no fix for the connection problems
The watch is no longer listed as a device in the Wear app. Restarting the phone and watch, updating all apps, turning Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off and on again didn’t help either.
Aside from the issue of disconnecting from the phone it’s paired with, the Galaxy Watch 4 also has other issues with always-on hotword detection for the Assistant, causing the battery to drain quickly. And to make matters worse, Google Assistant doesn’t always seem to recognize when you say “Hey Google”.
This post originally appeared on Schmidti’s blog.