Widgetsyoucanwear:WearableWidgetscreatesabridgefromyourphonetoyoursmartwatchforthethousandsofwidgetsavailableonAndroid.Youdon'tneedtowaitfordeveloperstosupportsmartwatches;getyourappsonyourwristnow,inaformatthatthedeveloperhasalreadydesignedforcompactuse.Expandyoursmartwatchhorizons!
NOTE:Ifyouhaveanydifficulties,pleaseemailus,orstopbyourcommunityonGoogle+:http://goo.gl/dbZ1d0.Pleasedonotjustleaveacomplaintasacommenthere:wecanprobablyhelpwithwhateverissueyou'rehaving,butthisisanappstore,notasupportforum.
Andafewcaveats,justtoadjustyourexpectations:
•YouMUSThaveasupportedwearabledevicetousethisapp!InadditiontoWearOS,someotherdeviceswillworktosomeextent.Seebelowfordevice-specificinfo,orvisithttp://wearablewidgets.com/devices.html
•Thisfreeappsupportsunlimitedusageofonewidgetatatime.Multiplewidgetsupportisavailableasasmall,one-timein-apppurchase:pleaseconfirmthatyourfavoritewidgetsarecompatiblewithyourwatchbeforebuying.
•Althoughyou'llbeviewingandinteractingwithwidgetsonyourwatch,ourappisessentiallyjust"screencasting"them:thewidgetsthemselvesareactuallystillrunningonyourphone.Thismeansthatanyactionsthatresultfromtappingonawidgetwillalsooccuronyourphone.Thisisfundamentalandisn'ta"bug"thatcanbe"fixed".
•Similarly,you’llfindthattapsandswipesonyourwatchtakeabitlongerthanwhenyouinteractdirectlywithyourphone–there’ssomeunavoidablelagintheconnectionbetweendevices.Widgetswillgenerallystillbeusable,justnotquiteassnappy.
•Somewidgetslendthemselvesbetterthanotherstothescreenofawatch.Pleaseusecommonsense.
•Therearealsoknowncompatibilityissueswithsomespecificwidgets,includingafewthatdon'tupdatewhenyourphoneisasleep.Thisisn'taproblemwecanfixeither-it'sdowntothedevelopersofthewidgetsthemselves-butyoucanfindmitigationtipsforallsuchissuesathttp://wearablewidgets.com/widgets.html
UsingwidgetsonWearOS
WearableWidgetsneedstobeinstalledtobothyourphoneandlinkedwatchseparately,asitisafull-fledgedapponbothdevices.StartbytappingthebiggreenInstallbuttonabove;then,runtheapponyourphone,andyoushouldbepromptedtoinstallittoyourwatch.
Onceinstalled,thereare3waystousephonewidgetsonyourwatch:
➤Asaconventionalapp,fromthelauncher(fromyourwatchface,pressthewatch’scrownormainhardwarebutton).
➤Asawatchface.SetWWasoneofyour"favorite"faces,andyourwidgetswillalwaysbejustaswipeaway.
➤Ascomplicationsinother,non-WWfaces(2x2andsmallerwidgetsonly).
Lotsmoredetailsandinstructionsathttp://wearablewidgets.com/wear
DEPRECATEDINTERFACES
DevicesinthissectionarethoseforwhichwehavedevelopedWearableWidgetssupportinthepast,butarenotcurrentlyworkingon,foravarietyofreasons.
TizenGear
SamsunghasstoppedacceptingupdatestoourGearclients,sounfortunatelyweareunabletomakeanyfurtherimprovementstoourapponthisplatform.However,thewatchappsstillwork,andarestillavailableformostofthesedevicesontheSamsungGearappstore;searchfor“WearableWidgets”toinstall.
SonySmartWatch1and2
ThesetwoearlysmartwatchesfromSonywerereplacedbytheSW3,runningAndroidWear,sowehavemigratedourSonysupporttoWearalso.Ifyou'restillusinganSW1orSW2,you'llneedanolderversionofourapptomakeitwork;downloaditfromhttp://bit.ly/WW61sw2
GoogleGlass™
OurGlassinterfaceisstillfunctional,butwestoppedactivedevelopmentwhenGooglediscontinuedGlassasaconsumerproductinearly2015.Touseit,you'llneedtosideloadtheWWGlassware;findthedownloadathttp://wearablewidgets.com/glass