All recent smartwatches using Google’s operating system, Wear OS, have direct access to the Play Store. However, this is not the only way to find and install new apps or new watch faces on your smartwatch! You can do it from your smartphone or from your smartwatch.
How do I install new Wear OS apps from my smartphone?
This is perhaps the easiest way to install new apps or watch faces on your Wear OS smartwatch. This is because, from your smartphone, you’ll be able to take a look at the app before even downloading it and you’ll be able to try it on your phone to be sure it’s useful or interesting for you, before resorting to fiddling with the tiny watch screen.
How to download Wear OS apps from your smartphone:
Open the Google Play Store from your smartphone
Tap on the Categories section
Scroll until you find Wear OS by Google
Download and install the app(s) you choose
Once this is done, a new notification will be waiting for you on your watch, which will guide you through the installation process for the app on your smartwatch.
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Wear OS apps can also be found from the Play Store on smartphones. / © NextPit
How do I install new Wear OS apps from my smartwatch?
Since the arrival of Android Wear 2.0, later renamed Wear OS, watches using the Made by Google operating system have been able to access the Play Store directly without necessarily having to touch the smartphone the watch is connected to.
How to download Wear OS apps from your smartwatch:
Open the list of installed apps (usually done by pressing one of the physical buttons on the watch)
Open the Google Play Store
Browse the list of available apps and choose which ones to install
However, it’s not very practical to flip through the apps directly from your wrist. That’s why my advice is to use your smartphone as a medium for installing apps and watch faces so you can see the preview images on the Play Store more easily.
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The Play Store, as seen from a smartwatch. / © NextPit
Did you find this guide helpful? Do you have any interesting apps or watch faces to recommend? Let us know in the comments.
Source: https://www.nextpit.com/how-to-install-apps-android-wear-os-smartwatch
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