As I'm sure many of you have heard by now Google announced Android Wear on ios this week (start of sept 15) but apparently this first iteration will only work with a few smartwatches. One of those mentioned was the urbane and since ours is basically same hardware I was wondering if anyone has managed to get this to work yet ? Yes I know this means admitting that you have a different phone that is NOT an android but Android Wear is android so it is a valid question. thanks.
UPDATE: Looks like the discussion has already started see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ndroid-wear-ios-connectivity-t3052524/page106 post#1060 onwards...
The watch requires Wear 1.3 to talk to iOS. It's this reason the older watches aren't "supported" because without an Android phone connecting to them first they'll never get the update.
artesea said:
The watch requires Wear 1.3 to talk to iOS. It's this reason the older watches aren't "supported" because without an Android phone connecting to them first they'll never get the update.
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Mine works fine with iPhone 6 (IOS 8.4.1)
Hi guys i jst want to ask a simple thing Android nought is out and ota is also roling out and general mobile 4g which is Android one second gen get update too. I want to know that Android one first gen is getting update or not.....
As per as you have noticed that Android N is compatible with High End phone but google also did not mention first generation devices won't get the update and promised to deliver update for two years so we can hope that we will receive update.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgFM-ynLhBM
from the look of this video android wear 3.x will go back to android wear 1.x design!
We are still waiting for 2.0 and there's already people talking about 3.0 ?
トロワ said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgFM-ynLhBM
from the look of this video android wear 3.x will go back to android wear 1.x design!
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Its not Android Wear 2.0 or 3.0.. Its 1.5 with demo mode turned on..
ingbrzy said:
Its not Android Wear 2.0 or 3.0.. Its 1.5 with demo mode turned on..
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but the guy in the video keeps saying 3.0 over and over...
He's wrong. No matter how often he repeats it.
Hi all! Just recently purchased my LG watch Sport and noticed that I'm still on October's security patch in March? Is this normal?
What every one else security date?
I am running 8.0 OS
murphdsurf said:
Hi all! Just recently purchased my LG watch Sport and noticed that I'm still on October's security patch in March? Is this normal?
What every one else security date?
I am running 8.0 OS
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Yes bro this is the latest android version, moreover, there is new OS named Wear Os by google, it will be released for all new smart watches including our ones. The android wear app is apdated to wear oS.. But the system will be updated in couple of weeks..thats what I understood
Thank you Tafo for the update! Thought something was not working on my watch, much obliged!
Hopefully this will address some of the performance issues with Wear 2.0??
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...s-revamp-makes-the-os-work-more-like-android/
It seems to come to the ZW3, but I'm not too optimistic about the optimizations. Asus did not a very good job in bringing AW2 to ZW3.
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I saw that article. I'm hoping that there are some optimizations in AW3 that are just inherent to the improvements made by Google themselves. Most of these watches run on virtually identical hardware, so there shouldn't be much performance/endurance difference between them.
Is the update going to be pushed by ASUS or WearOS app?
If it's going to be by ASUS, I don't think we will ever get it.
I know what the article says, but what do we think the chances are we will get the update?
Has anyone got 2.1?https://m.gsmarena.com/the_redesign...ling_out_to_smartwatches_today-news-33513.php
I got an Android Wear Update last night on the phone and the watch, but it changed absolutely nothing.
re: features in the latest wear os play store update
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I got an Android Wear Update last night on the phone and the watch, but it changed absolutely nothing.
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If you look in your app drawer you will see that the
text/label/fonts next to the icons is now a very bold
and nicer font. Easier to read especially at first glance.
I am sure there are more differences, but no time to
hunt them all down. I am speaking about the wear os
which google updated via the play store today.
(it's not the system update)
Good luck, have a great day!
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@Der-Knuffi
If you look in your app drawer you will see that the
text/label/fonts next to the icons is now a very bold
and nicer font. Easier to read especially at first glance.
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That is correct. So let's hope the system update will come soon.
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re: Wear OS 2.1 update
Der-Knuffi said:
That is correct. So let's hope the system update will come soon.
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But will the new update be a full firmware update like Android Wear 2.0
was or will it be another play store update of the Wear OS app?
I am a bit confused, is this Wear OS 2.1 a playstore update for the Wear OS 2.1 app or is it a firmware update like the Android Wear 2.0 was about a year ago or so?
I have a Zenwatch 3 and have flashed several @janjan roms using ADB fastboot and many times I had to downgrade to Android Wear 1.5 before I could successfully flash these custom janjan Android Wear 2.0 firmwares (roms).
After flashing the Android Wear 1.5 stock system.img, recovery.img and boot.img
the watch booted up perfect;y and alerted me that it's downloading the Android Wear 2.0 firmware update. The watch updated properly and perfectly without any issues. But all of what I just wrote means nothing if we are all waiting for a Wear OS 2.1 app (apk file) from the playstore and not an actual full firmware update.
If it is a full firmware update I am wondering what would happen if I were to downgrade to Android Wear 1.5 and allow the watch to do it's update, would the firmware update be Wear OS v2.1 or would the watch simply install the official Android Wear 2.0 full firmware again?
All of the above means nothing if all we are talking about is a Wear OS 2.1 update from the playstore. I just got a play store Wear OS update this morning and I found that after the update the fonts and text in my app drawer looked a lot nicer.
The fonts next to the icons in my app drawer are now bold fonts/text and I think they are a bit larger too. It really looks nice.
Before I updated the Wear OS app this morning I scrolled down in my watch to view all the the screen shots of the Wear OS update and noticed that there were many screens which where new and different but after the update I did not have any of those screens which were depicted in the new Wear OS playstore update in my watch.
The exact version of the playstore update this morning of the Wear OS app is:
Wear OS 2.16.0214308073 and incase it means anything the play services app has a version of 13,2,80 (050300-211705629)
Let me know what you guys find out.
The main thing that we all need to know is whether this Wear 2.1 update is a playstore app or if it's a full new updated firmware.
Just got the update. Rebooting was so fast, I think they only changed watch face area (didn't notice any change on the system itself)
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Just got the update. Rebooting was so fast, I think they only changed watch face area (didn't notice any change on the system itself)
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Do you experience any changes in responsiveness?
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Do you experience any changes in responsiveness?
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I didn't notice big improvements from previous version. It's still laggy all over the place (what to expect from a snapdragon 400 anyway)
That said, I think the new navigation is much better than the old one. Horizontal swipe on watch face now actually does something useful. I can read more than a notifications on the watch screen. Expanding notification seem to draw less resource, so it feels smoother.
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I didn't notice big improvements from previous version. It's still laggy all over the place (what to expect from a snapdragon 400 anyway)
That said, I think the new navigation is much better than the old one. Horizontal swipe on watch face now actually does something useful. I can read more than a notifications on the watch screen. Expanding notification seem to draw less resource, so it feels smoother.
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Zenwatch3 uses Snapdragon 2100. But yeah. It is laggy as hell.
For the update, must be staged or something, I tried the two hacks for forcing the update, but nothing. Can you please share a photo of "Versions" screen?
Interestingly the update hasn't bumped up the android version so i think it's not to the core OS. Could explain why Google were able to promise it to all even though the Zenwatch 3 didn't get the last update
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Interestingly the update hasn't bumped up the android version so i think it's not to the core OS. Could explain why Google were able to promise it to all even though the Zenwatch 3 didn't get the last update
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You are so right, even now half the people don't know
for sure if this new update is a firmware update or only
a cosmetic update with a few new features and changes.
A lot of people are not even sure if this update is simply
a new version of the Wear OS app from the play store
or if it's a true system firmware update like the Android
Wear 2.0 was. (OTA)
Good luck, have a great day! (enjoy the update)
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Here is what I done to get the update sooner without waiting for it.
First of all I must say the following:
This update is just a UI update NOT a firmware update. That's why our version numbers do not change after the watch updated. I have a Zenwatch 3.
What I had to do to get the update was to re-install/flash the original Android Wear 1.5 firmware. (the firmware which came with the watch when I first purchased it).
I tried all the other ways people here talk about but none of those ways worked for me.
After flashing the original Zenwatch 3 Android Wear 1.5 firmware the watch automatically started the UI upgrade within less than 5minutes. The watch rebooted twice before the update was completed.
Just remember everyone, we are NOT talking about any SYSTEM version update but instead it's just a UI cosmetic upgrade which does not change any of the watch's version numbers.
I don't know why the Wear OS developers who announced this Wear 2.1 upgrade could not simply tell everyone what's really going on instead of letting everyone guess. LOL
Good luck everyone. LOL
To me, this fits in with the new Google approach.
Being able to push 'partial' updates directly regardless of the individual drivers / base software installed by the individual manufacturers.
From my pov, I'm a fan, getting the newer look and feel on older devices faster. Win all round if they apply to phones as well.
As an aside, I upgraded yesterday, battery life today hugely improved so some optimisation has certainly gone through.
(Agree with the earlier poster as well, the UI is still a bit laggy)
Gives me hope we may see future updates c/o Google, as Asus are unlikely to.
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To me, this fits in with the new Google approach.
Being able to push 'partial' updates directly regardless of the individual drivers / base software installed by the individual manufacturers.
From my pov, I'm a fan, getting the newer look and feel on older devices faster. Win all round if they apply to phones as well.
As an aside, I upgraded yesterday, battery life today hugely improved so some optimisation has certainly gone through.
(Agree with the earlier poster as well, the UI is still a bit laggy)
Gives me hope we may see future updates c/o Google, as Asus are unlikely to.
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I just noticed that even though I have the update the background of the new
notifications and the quick settings pulldown are still that dark greyish color..
The background of the OK Google screen is black and the background of
my google fit is also black. (the background of the app drawer is still grey)
You are right, the google developers do a half ass job.
Good luck with your new update!
Have a great day!
Also got it here, so far, so good.
No complains and new swipes are good.
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