Wear OS is a toned-down version of the Android operating system. It powers 1+ million smartwatches. Although Wear OS belongs to the family of Android OS and supports APK format files, you should install the apps designed for it. If you don’t do so, the OS or the application might crash. Once you buy a smartwatch, the first thing you should do is install apps that will keep you connected with the online world and improve your productivity. Here’s the list of best apps for Wear OS you can install on your Android smartwatch:
10 Best Android wear apps
CityMapper
CityMapper is an award-winning application that allows users to find restaurants, buses, metro, and railway stations near them. It gives users access to a detailed map of over 100 cities. CityMapper can display the shortest route between two places like other top GPS navigation apps. Hence, if you don’t want to travel in a vehicle or transport facility, you can follow the route suggested by CM. The app can save the map to the storage memory of the smartwatch. Apart from maps, CM displays local transit facilities’ arrival and departure times. CityMapper is fast and lightweight.
Facer Watch Faces
Facer is a tiny app that gives you access to 10000+ watch faces. It enables you to download watch faces and customize their colors, fonts, etc. It lets users change the layout of the date, time, etc. The app displays eye-soothing animations when you install and apply one of its themes. Facer provides a DIY tool to design watch faces. Once you create a watch face, you can share it with other users of this application. Facer supports Android smartwatches with a round, rectangular, or square display.
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Strava
Strava is a fitness tracker Android wear app with many features. It tracks your steps, speed, etc. It also monitors your heartbeat and marks the route you take on a map. Strava runs in the background and monitors your activities in real-time. It has a “Training Challenges” feature that allows users to test their fitness. It syncs the user’s fitness data to the Strava servers. You can either log in to the Strava website or use its official Android/iOS app to see your health report.
IFTTT
IFTTT is one of the most powerful Android tools right now. It is one of the best Android Wear OS apps. It is a small utility that allows you to automate things with “Applets”. IFTTT supports 500+ services and popular smart devices such as Amazon Alexa, Google Home, etc. You can configure it to display the weather details or missed calls, SMS, email notifications on the Wear OS powered device. IFTTT enables users to explore the Applets built by other users. Hence, if you cannot create an Applet, you can refer to the Applets created by other users to get inspiration or learn IFTTT.
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Photo Wear
PW is an app for Wear OS with which you can set your favorite gallery or Instagram photos as the background image of your wearable device’s display. PW lets you crop pictures. It also allows you to apply filters to the pictures. It changes the photos at random intervals. The free version of PW supports nine images. It doesn’t sync photos from Instagram automatically.
Uber
Uber is the most popular cab booking app. It allows you to book taxis with your Android smartwatch even if you’re not carrying the phone. The application uses the wearable device’s GPS to calculate the distance between the source and destination, fares, etc. Although the display of wearable devices is tiny, Uber’s innovative interface makes it easy to specify the destination/place where you want to travel. Uber allows you to see the details and the location of the driver. It displays the driver’s ETA and your current location when you’re in the taxi.
Google Pay
Want to save time in offline shopping? Use Google Pay. GP remembers your credit and debit cards so that you check out quickly in your favorite store. Google Play supports NFC and WiFi technologies. It doesn’t support Bluetooth technology.
Google Keep
Google Keep is a free Android wear app through which users can create notes and to-do lists. It is easy to use, lightweight, and powerful. Users can tag notes or insert audio recordings and images in their notes with this application. They can also set reminders, pin notes, and search for notes by name in this application. This Google app lets users share the notes/to-do lists with other users. It can extract text from images. It can also archive the to-do lists and notes when you have completed a task. You can use Google Keep to remind you to take pills, go out for a walk, bring kids from school, etc.
Google Play Music
Google Play Music is one of the top music streaming services globally. It allows you to control the music played on the phone with the smartwatch. GPM enables users to select albums or radio stations they want to listen to. It displays the track name on the display of the wearable device. It makes users aware of the next track in the queue. Users of the Play Music app for Wear OS can save the currently played track to their Android device. Hence, they can listen to their favorite songs offline. Google Play Music provides an option to shuffle songs in the playlist.
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Google Fit
Fit from Google is a free Android Wear app designed to keep the users fit. It suggests health tips, tracks your workout when you’re exercising, records the number of steps you’ve walked, etc. Google Fit allows you to set health goals and helps you achieve them. It can sync your data with other third-party health services and import data from third-party sleeping apps. Fit is a cross-platform app. Thus, you can see your health data on Android or an iOS device that you own.
In addition to the ten best Android Wear apps I’ve shared above, you can use Tinder and Polaris office on your smartwatch if you’re interested in online dating or want to access documents online. For more details on Tinder & Polaris, please go through our best Android dating apps and the best Android office apps articles.
