I put Pixel's excellent Now Playing on my watch; now I can't go back
Android Police 2026-10-04 14:30:10
Context: The author, Dhruv Bhutani, a seasoned tech journalist, has discovered an app called Now On Wrist that bridges Google Pixel's Now Playing feature with Wear OS watches, allowing users to view detected songs on their wrist. This app has changed the way Bhutani interacts with Now Playing, making it more convenient to identify songs playing around him. By leveraging the Pixel's music recognition capabilities, Now On Wrist provides a useful complication on the watch face and notification features.
Key Facts
- The author, Dhruv Bhutani, has been covering the Android ecosystem since 2010 and has reviewed hundreds of smartphones and tested various smart home and audio products.
- Now On Wrist is an app that bridges Pixel's Now Playing feature with Wear OS watches, allowing users to see detected songs on their wrist without needing to check their phone.
- The app uses a complication on the watch face to display recognized songs and artists, and also offers a Wear OS tile with detailed song information and one-tap access to open the song on the phone.
- The app's functionality relies on the Pixel phone's Now Playing feature to recognize songs, and it does not duplicate this experience but rather exposes the data on the user's wrist.