May be its a silly question but surprisingly there is not a single article on the web about this!?
Well, Apart from the BASIC difference between them, which is, one is android os and another is android wear os, what are the pros and cons? What more? please help?
I understand -
1. OS difference.
2. Watchface limitations and watchface functionality limitation. Android wear watchfaces can be touched to change various feature depending on watch face which so far no Android watchfaces can do.
what else?
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Hello everyone,
I have a question. What is the actual hardware requirements for android wear? I'm thinking CPU, RAM and so on. I'm playing around with sketches and drawing for a DIY android wear watch project, but i can't seem to find out what hardware I should include. Is android wear restricted to certain suppliers since there is no apparent information available?
TL;DR - What is the hardware requirements for Android Wear?
Thanks in advance!
christiantroldmand said:
Hello everyone,
I have a question. What is the actual hardware requirements for android wear? I'm thinking CPU, RAM and so on. I'm playing around with sketches and drawing for a DIY android wear watch project, but i can't seem to find out what hardware I should include. Is android wear restricted to certain suppliers since there is no apparent information available?
TL;DR - What is the hardware requirements for Android Wear?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
Did you get the hardware specs you were after, I too am trying a DYI project.
On a related note, what sort of image would I need to use to flash the device? I mean does it need to be a full install of Android or perhaps a combination of the images that are used for the emulator within the SDK?
Sorry for the strange questions, but I am just trying to get my head around what I need to do to get this project going.
Thanks in advance
Hello,
I know this has been posted before however i just want to know by experience what is the best way to connect an android wear to IOS. I am thinking to get a LG G WATCH R and connect to my Iphone 5S. i have read up about using aerlink or android wear for for the watch and then install either lightblue or BLE ( correct me if im wrong with the name) for the ISO device?
i want to know who has try which and which work better? or they all the same at the end of the day? also do i need a android device to set up the watch first? can i use my iphone and update weather on the watch too ?
Thanks
P.S sorry if this has been posted already
There is a thread in the Android Wear General forum at http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/general/android-wear-ios-how-to-t3191519 which has a video that should answer your questions.
I've ordered one of the countless cheap Chinese MT2502 based smartwatches, the 'K88H Plus' which looks like it's brand new. I was seduced by the great looks but then reading the various reviews the firmware looks pretty common across many of these devices and pretty bad. So then I set about reading the various MediaTek development docs and it seems like the embedded os, frameworks and API's are going to be out-of-the-box MT LinkIt and the UI and all functionality of the watch is actually controlled by one or more VXP's which the manufacturers are including in their ROMs.
Has anybody looked at this in any detail ? Am I on the right lines here ?
So I'm thinking, I'll write a VXP which is a mini watch OS with watchface, built in continuous step counting and notifications handling to create a better overall experience.
Has anybody else tried this ? Can you use the USB charging cable to remote debug the VXP app i.e. will the watch behave like the Linkit Assist 2502 board ? Thanks, grateful for any pointers.
Did you figure this out? Or got any further? Very curious getting into app development for watches with this type of microcontroller (so not just watch faces). Two minds can do more than one! For as far as I've seen, the MRE 3.0 SDK can actually make an installable app, still playing with that.
Tag me in pls ... 3 is better than 2.
Hi,
Is there such a thing as a Wear OS implementation SDK? Like the emulator, but without the presentation/display layer?
For example, if I wanted to create a web page that could be paired to the phone and used the Wear APIs to show data and/or notifications, is there any code I could base it on?
I was think of going looking into the emulator but figured there may be something more tailored for this.
Thanks for any help
Hello,
I am totally new to smartwatches.
I have been reading the forums but I recognize I am having problems to understand; so, I beg your pardon if my question has been answered before... or if it is so obvious that I shouldn't being making it.
So: I know there apps or programs to make watchfaces for Full Android Smartwatches; for Wear OS Smartwatches; for Tizen OS Smartwatches; or for the Apple Watch.
But: does it exist any app or program to create watchfaces for smartwatches like the one I have (Kospet Tank T1).
I mean: I don't even know which operating system is running the watch.
And, if creating the custom watchface is possible: how can we upload it to the smartwatch?
Any help will be much appreciated and, as I said in the beginning, I am sorry is this is not a proper question.
just another usual "chiness watch". most of it have a custom os, based on rtos. may have a different as watch faces formats, as methods to upload.
start searching at the app. I mean, it uses fit cloud pro, so try to find watch faces to this app and methods to upload. if you'll be lucky, than start to search editor. if no - you'll be forced to investigate watch face format of your watch and method to upload by yourself. it's hard if you newbe but not impossible.