Initial findings within One UI 3.1 have seemingly confirmed rumours that Samsung plans to switch to Wear OS this year. According to kernel source code, Samsung is working on a new Galaxy Watch or Galaxy Watch Active device codenamed Merlot that runs Wear OS.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/First-concrete-clues-emerge-about-a-new-Samsung-Galaxy-Watch-or-Galaxy-Watch-Active-running-Wear-OS.525970.0.html
I'm already not liking those words.
"Google due to updating"
Samsung is amazing at updating their watches, and this change might ruin that.