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Andriod is a great os.... Why don't u guys come up with android messenger with a pin for all android users and windows mobile phones. U can also extend it to symbian iphone and blackberry os. This is an idea of what i have in mind. The adm (android messenger) would be compatible with all os. The download will be once using the phone 'imei' so that even when the application is deleted and downloaded again it can still retain the same pin becos the imei becomes registered with one pin on the data-base.
Guys can i see how many can go with me on this?

There's already bbm for networking chat. And cross-platform apps like ping chat and whatsapp. If something else was to be created, it would have to bring something new to the field really.
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actually there's google talk.
every android phone's user must have a google account. if we have google account, that's mean we can use google talk.
and google talk come pre-installed in every android phone.

loving it

Best Sony Smartwatch2 [SW2] Apps&Games

NOTE: This thread isn't updated by me anymore as I had to sell my SmartWatch 2. Check the latest replies to the thread for new apps, though. Keep 'em coming!
Good day fellow XDAians!
I recently bought my very own Smartwatch 2 and I had no idea where to start looking for applications. The built-in search function of Sony's Smartwatch2 app redirects to the Play Store with a certain search query but it not always shows all apps that belong to the category you've selected. So I decided to make a thread dedicated for only the best Apps&Games for the Sony Smartwatch 2!
If you know a great app or game, please let me know. I'll try to include most useful apps in this post. For each category, the free apps and games are listed before the paid ones. Let's get started.
First off, the application that is required for the SW2 to connect with your phone:
> SmartWatch 2 SW2 by Sony Mobile Communications
Secondly, with the new firmware where we can change wallpapers and create our own watchface, Sony decided to add an Easter Egg to the calculator. Have you ever wondered what 1035 equals?
> 1035 = Free Snake Game
(in case it wasn't clear yet, if you type "1035" in the calculator on your smartwatch and then press "=", you'll find the new game on your SmartWatch)
Notifications
> WatchIt! by Jonas Petersson
[free]
Will pick up notifications from the phone and display them in various ways.
> Watchify (Beta) SW2 Extension by A. Sagrebin
[free] [XDA thread]
Allows tons of notifications to pop up on your smartwatch, with Whatsapp, Email, Gmail and Hangouts currently supported to show 'extended notifications' so they'll show the entire message. It also allows setting options for these notifications such as not vibrating at night.
> Calendar smart extension by Sony Mobile Communications
[free]
Shows each upcoming calendar item with location and tapping an item shows more details.
> Quick Reply for SmartWatch 2 by IngeniousApps
[rooted] [€2,41] [XDA thread]
Lets you actually write replies to whatsapp messages as well as view incoming ones on the smartwatch.
> Tasker - Smart Notifier by Shouvik Basu
[free] [donate app at €1,21] [requires Tasker at €2,99]
Send notifications and choose actions accordingly on your SmartWatch via Tasker!
Control apps
> Tasker - Smart Extensions by Shouvik Basu
[free] [donate app at €1,21] [requires Tasker at €2,99]
Ever wanted to decide yourself what to control with your SmartWatch but don't have enough programming knowledge to make your own apps? With this Tasker extension you can!
> Media Control Extension by Lex
[free]
A beautiful app with large, comfortable buttons to control your smartphone's volume, play, pause, skip and for-/backward music; takes little time to load as opposed to Sony's media control application.
> Camera Smart Extension by Sony Mobile Communications
[free]
Turns your smartwatch into a remote smartphone camera trigger. Don't expect the live view to be smooth however.
Games
> 2048 for Smartwatch by Jonathan B.
[free]
Can't get enough of this game on your phone or in the browser? Why not have it on your smartwatch for free!
> BlackJack Extension by Tesseract Mobile
[free] [features ads on phone when replenishing bank money]
"When I'm getting a Smartwatch, I'll get one with BlackJack and Hoo... wait, let's just keep it at BlackJack."
Smartphone apps with added support for the Smartwatch 2
> Light Flow by Reactle
[€1,75] [lite version: free]
Has the option to push all sorts of device notifications to the Smartwatch, but not the extended ones. Therefore you won't get full messages, only short text (pretty handy still if you had already bought this app).
> SmartVanilla Music by Alexander Watt
[free]
Extension to control music through the application
Other
> RSS for Smart Extras™ by Sony Mobile Communications
[free]
Read your RSS feeds on your SmartWatch!
> Tiny Tasks by Lex
[€0,72]
Syncs with Google Tasks so that you can view and mark tasks as complete on your watch.
> Slideshow smart extension by Sony Mobile Communications
[free]
Makes it possible to view images from your phone on your wrist.
> Remote Widget for SmartWatch2 by NeFa Studio
[€1,13] [working ideas]
Put any SmartPhone widget on your SmartWatch!
Do you have anything to add? Please let me know by posting it including a link below!
This list is constantly updating, so keep an eye out!

Lightflow or Lightflow lite supports notification push to SW2 too in recent updates

noobandroid said:
Lightflow or Lightflow lite supports notification push to SW2 too in recent updates
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Is the Lite version also capable of sending to the Smartwatch? I thought I read in the specific thread about the app that only the Pro version was capable. Anyway, I added a new section to the list: Smartphone apps with added support for the Smartwatch 2 :good::cyclops:

Try my app
Quick Reply Whatsapp and SMS for Sony SmartWatch 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ingeniousapps.hellosmartwatch
Lemme know your view

khonarr65 said:
Try my app
Quick Reply Whatsapp and SMS for Sony SmartWatch 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ingeniousapps.hellosmartwatch
Lemme know your view
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That definitely looks like an interesting app!
Now I just wish I had a way to pay for it *come on Google, introduce me to your Play Gift cards here as well*
I will however included it in my list, as it seems original enough. Does it let users accurately reply whatsapp messages to incoming ones, and does it work in group chats as well? I just wish there was a way to have full whatsapp on your wrist, including all contacts and previous messages.
Does it actually show your message after replying in a 'conversation kind of way', including previous messages? If not, could that be an improvement to save previous messages as well? :angel:

Ha! Great thought..
It does accurately reply to whatsapp individuals and groups and sms as well..
I am working on full whatsapp conversations.. But even if I succeed in it.. I ll be a standalone app with no notifications stuff.. Because SW2 api limitations have binded me to cut short a few things...
Love your collection btw.. Keep it up! Cheers mate!
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Hermantje said:
Is the Lite version also capable of sending to the Smartwatch? I thought I read in the specific thread about the app that only the Pro version was capable. Anyway, I added a new section to the list: Smartphone apps with added support for the Smartwatch 2 :good::cyclops:
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both will work, difference only is that limited apps to use in lite version

I just found a great widget for the Remote Widget SmartWatch extension.
Try putting Sony's TrackID widget on the watch. Clicking it will result in a music search even with the phone's display off!
It's a perfect example of what this app is capable of!
*More ideas may follow in this post*
If you have any other perfect examples, be sure to share them here so I can include them in the list

okay, in the light flow app, the notification is only showing amount of unread notifications, like in gmail, it shows 1 unread, total 1, instead of showing context
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Google Tasks App
So far this app has been a lifesaver. Tiny Tasks syncs up with your Google Tasks so that you can view and mark complete all from your watch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appman.smarttasks

jamdiggity said:
So far this app has been a lifesaver. Tiny Tasks syncs up with your Google Tasks so that you can view and mark complete all from your watch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appman.smarttasks
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Added :cyclops:
If you have anything else, let me know! :good:

Hermantje said:
Added :cyclops:
If you have anything else, let me know! :good:
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I think WatchIt! should be in this topic too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.petersson.watch
It's a notifications plugin too.

thank you for this gathering

I'm a new SW2 user as well. SmartTasker is another nice app (although not free), nicer interface than the Tasker Smart Extension.

Chillout said:
I think WatchIt! should be in this topic too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.petersson.watch
It's a notifications plugin too.
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I don't even... know why I never found this app when I was searching on the Play Store for potential apps.
I have yet to try it still, but it looks very promising!
*added to the top of the list*
If anyone knows some more free games, or very good (non laggy) paid ones, I'd love to put more of those on my list

Hermantje said:
I don't even... know why I never found this app when I was searching on the Play Store for potential apps.
I have yet to try it still, but it looks very promising!
*added to the top of the list*
If anyone knows some more free games, or very good (non laggy) paid ones, I'd love to put more of those on my list
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It's great, I've been using it for some time now, and even works while the bluetooth connection is lost, the notifications are still available then.
Also be sure to hit 1035= in the calculator for a nice game

Chillout said:
It's great, I've been using it for some time now, and even works while the bluetooth connection is lost, the notifications are still available then.
Also be sure to hit 1035= in the calculator for a nice game
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Totally forgot to put that in the post!
That game is basically the only game that does not lag, I'm guessing because it's the only one where the smartwatch itself does the calculations?
Oh if only I knew how to program my own apps..

Sudoku: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epix.sudokuforsmartwatch
Snake (free): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coltsoftware.snake
Blocks, Tetris game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.vaggan.tetris
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michpan said:
Sudoku: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epix.sudokuforsmartwatch
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I haven't tried it yet. Does it work well?
The idea of my post is not to put random apps in there, but apps that are actually one of the better (the app has 3 one star ratings and 3 two star ones, which makes me wonder...).
It looks to work well though, when I read the description. I might update my post with this game :cyclops:
EDIT: on your snake game: I tried it and it was laggy. Laggy in a way that it wasn't playable to me. The "calculator easter egg snake" is much better so I won't put that snake game in the post.

No problem, haven't tried the sudoku or the blocks game yet.. Someone else might have though..
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Hmm.. Forgot to mention a very interesting free app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.rss It displays RSS feeds on your watch. I've added RSS feeds from news sites and combined with the watchit app I get notified whenever there's a new news item..
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Choose which apps to (not) sync with wearable?

Hi guys!
Do you know if its there a way to choose which apps to sync or not with the wearable?
I have many apps that I don't want to have also on the watch, and save memory on it.
I think at the moment it isn't possible, but here are many people with knowledge about it, I'm sure
Thanks!

I think you have to decide for yourself what apps do you want and not want to have on your watch.....

Dima_2005 said:
I think you have to decide for yourself what apps do you want and not want to have on your watch.....
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I think I don't explained well.... I have some apps that are also compatible with wear. But it ist just for wear. I.E. Amazon app: I just use it on my phone, and don't want to get wear features, so I don't want it to be synced with watch. (Obviously neither want to uninstall Amazon on my phone)

Oh: so you want to delete it from your watch
Check these links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/moto360/comments/3bkd5r/remove_wear_apps_without_uninstalling_app_from/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wearappmanager&hl=en

There is a option in android wear to block programs.

I totally get what the OP is talking about. For instance I have Office Pro, and they added support for Android Wear so now it loads to my watch and I have no reason nor do I want it on my watch.
Unless you root the watch, I do not believe there is any way to stop this. The block in the Wear app is simply, at this time, to block notifications from an app.
This is a potential issue and I believe Android will need to address this soon, if said app maker decides to add Wear in their app, they may or may not even test it, so if there is incorrect application and the Wear addition begins query to the phone, with nothing to find, it could end up killing battery life. Another situation that will eventually come up is limited memory on the watch compared to how many apps on the phone that have Wear included. These are even beyond the idea, that the end user doesn't want, said Wear app, to load.
For both reasons, I believe they "Android Wear" needs to add in the Wear app another section that controls apps loading to watch.
about the links above,
The adb method is cumbersome and if you should restart your watch I wonder if the app would just reload?
The app Wear App Manager looks good but should basically be implemented in Android Wear.

Yes that is the point !
In the app I mentioned (Amazon), it loads a little shortcut on wear, and when you run it, promts for permission, and if you don't get that permissions, so it ask you if you want to delete the app from wear.
This is a good improvement, but just implemented by the app developer.

The Wear App Manager is a bit misleading in that if you want to remove an app from your watch, it will also remove the app from your phone as well.
I agree with previous post that Google needs to provide some control mechanism to give us a say in whether an android app with a Wear component can get installed on the watch. Heck, if every app I have on my phone had a Wear addition, my watch would be overwhelmed in no time.

Google Keep and iPhone

Hey there, I have this smartwatch and an iPhone SE. There is an huge problem: I have the app Google Keep installed on the iPhone, but not on the SW3, why?

Iphone not fully compatible with Google Keep
The short answer: get Android
The long answer: get an Android phone
:silly: :angel:
Just being ironic, but I think IOS is not able to sync all apps. Sorry

Hi. I just bought and iPhone and it is a mess.. I can't sync my google calendar agenda.. and now this.. Google keep didn't install.. So.. i'll try to sideload it.. using adb..
Wish me luck.. I'll post the updates

Wearable widgets app working on Galaxy?

While I am waiting for my Galaxy, has anybody tried the older Wearable Widgets app for S3 on the Galaxy, and its phone companion app? Not sure why Samsung refused further store entries and hence development of this at first sight genius concept...bluetooth streaming regular Android widgets to the app face. Would open a huge number of widgets for apps not yet (or never) supported. http://wearablewidgets.com/gear/

Good news from a German forum, WearableWidgets running if fresh installation, not taken over from a S3 install. Letting you see for example the status of your smartphone battery.