4 Tips and Tricks on Android Wear: The Definitive Guide

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If you just have a Smartwatch with Android Wear or will get one this Christmas, it is normal that at first are ignorant many ways, shortcuts and tricks that provided by the operating system of Google. Due to the small size screens, many of its functions are hidden and not easy to find them by simply intuitiveness, so we offer this guide of tips and tricks that you may know even the most hidden corners of your device.

1. Check the remaining battery and storage level

This is a fairly common question among new users of Android Wear: Where can I see how much battery left to my Smartwatch? How do I know how much space I’ve been busy? Thanks updating the Android Wear app for smartphones  with the arrival of Lollipop, now we can see the battery level and remaining storage directly from the app. We may also consult the remaining battery from the own Smartwatch with sliding your finger from the top of the screen. Both options can be consulted from the options page of the Android app Wear (click on the sprocket). From the same menu, we can also enable or disable the “always on” display mode or mute notifications when your smartphone is synchronized with an Android Wear Smartwatch .

2. Lost rejected notifications

If we reject notification accidentally and simply want to recall later, there is still a way to do it: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen. We will see a button with a curved arrow to recover back the notice. Once you have pressed the card, it will appear in the position it occupied before being rejected. This is a very useful features in the event that we are cleaning our accumulated notifications screen, inadvertently reject a mail or important message.

3. Launcher Application

In Android Wear, we will not find a default screen with our apps like in Apple Watch. However, the developers have already thought of a solution for it and build Wear Mini Launcher, an app that will allow us to establish a grill in our watchface with all the applications you have installed. We just swipe from the left edge of the screen to display it.  In addition, our phone can select the size of the icons, the number of columns displayed and the color of the grid.

4. Install a web browsing on Android Wear

Will you try browsing from your wrist at all costs? Although we warn you that the experience is a bit frustrating, it never hurts to try. There are many web browsers for Android Wear. The first is Wear Internet Browser, which allows us to access any web access by entering the full URL, selecting your favorite sites, etc.