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I want to make a list with nice apps for our Sony Smartwatch 3.
Which apps are you using?
Give us some good apps, why they are great/better and if possible with their links! Please read and don't post doubles.
My List for now:
APPS:
Wear Mini Launcher
Need to have this one for starting apps the easy way. Also handy for finding your phone and quickly change watch brightness.
Runkeeper
Run Sports Tracker, compatible with Google Fit
Task Manager
See whats happening and force close apps..
Wear Battery Stats
Wear Battery Stats, monitor your Android Wear device battery life and when an app is installed, updated or uninstalled.
Evernote for Android Wear
Take notes and sync them with your computer
Flashlight for Wear
Sort of light..
Sleep as Android (PAID)
Sleep tracker with wear support.
Multi Calculator
Wear Internet Browser
IFTTT
For doing many things, like turn my Philips Hue Lights On from the watch.
Google Fit
Steps and movement Tracker compatible with Runkeeper
Google Maps
Calendar for Android Wear (PAID)
Very nice calendar app! Add appointment with keyboard or voice. Change time of appointments and more.
Facer (PAID)
Nice app to make watchfaces, many free watchfaces available (including mine!) Another similar app is called "Watchmaker"..
Sony Walkman App
Musicplayer compatible to sync music offline to the watch.
tinyCam Monitor Pro (PAID)
Lets you "send" a camera feed to your watch so you can watch it there.
Ghostracer Beta
Very nice running app for standalone watch support. Use Bluetooth smart HRM monitors and listen to music with the Walkman app at the same time.. Many features and upload possibilities to Strava and other running apps (in future). Join this LINK for BETA.
PixtoCam
Camera remote tool. Kinda handy for making stop motion video's with your phone!
Hue Control
For now a good app to control the Philips Hue lamps from the watch.
Sony TrackID
Track the name of a song with the watch's mic.
GAMES:
Sheep Shield
Funny game for a couple minutes..
Birdy Wear
Another Flappy Bird rip off.
BiDot
Very nice little ball game. Played it for a while..
* Calendar for Android Wear (PAID)
Very nice calendar app! Add appointment with keyboard or voice. Change time of appointments and more.
I took a chance, only a few downloads but ok I will see
* Calendar for Android Wear (PAID)
Very nice calendar app! Add appointment with keyboard or voice. Change time of appointments and more.
AstroDigital said:
I took a chance, only a few downloads but ok I will see
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What are you trying to tell us? Is it an app?
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djgodlike said:
I want to make a list with nice apps for our Sony Smartwatch 3.
Which apps are you using?
Please don't discuss here too much! Give us some good apps, why they are great/better and if possible with their links! Please read and don't post doubles.
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I have not used this app very long, but it has worked great so far to allow me to easily lower the brightness below the normal settings. This will be great at night. I went ahead and purchased it for a dollar from the play store to support the developer, but the developer is offering it for a free trial right now thru 12/21/14.
SWApp True Dark Wear - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57615301
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I have not used this app very long, but it has worked great so far to allow me to easily lower the brightness below the normal settings. This will be great at night. I went ahead and purchased it for a dollar from the play store to support the developer, but the developer is offering it for a free trial right now thru 12/21/14.
SWApp True Dark Wear - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57615301
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Thanks! I like the idea but at my watch it looks like a black/brown layer on top instead of adjusting the brightness. For example with "wear mini launcher" you can adjust the brightness below the normal settings. Only thing is when screen turns off and on again, brightness setting is to default again... <br />
Your app holds its settings, so that's a good workaround for now.<br/>
Check this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixtogram.wear.zicam. For me is the best taking photos on Sony SW3
Does anyone know how to activate the Android Wear channel in ITTT? I can't seem to figure it out, tried opening ITTT on the watch, tells me to use the phone and then the phone has no obvious place to enable it (well other than the activate android wear channel--but that doesn't work haha)
Does anyone know how to make a negative watch face when the watch is "resting"? What I mean is, when the watch goes into rest mode and you see the e-ink display of the watch face, it would be nice to have that in a negative tone. You'd be able to see it better.
I use Facer and have different displays depending on whether the watch is active or idle. Active has full digital information, idle just shows hands. I assume something like what you are after may be possible.
Just to add;
Ghostracer Beta (GPS, Bluetooth HRM support, Syncs with Strava and all others that sync with Strava (my fitness pal, runkeeper etc.)) -- Works by itself! No phone required.
Walkman App beta (Lets you transfer Mp3s to your device that aren't through Play Music. Does it via Playlists rather than "everything" like Google Play Music.) -- Listen directly from your watch to bluetooth headsets! Great for listening with leaving your phone at home on runs/walks.
Tinycam Monitor (PRO) -- Paid -- Lets you "send" a camera feed to your watch so you can watch it there.
Wear Calendar -- I like this calendar above the rest currently out there
At work -- Useful time keeping wear app to check in and out of work to manage your timecard
Flopsy Droid -- Flappy bird rip off because why not??? This app actually makes a lot of sense for a wear device.
gab1972 said:
Does anyone know how to make a negative watch face when the watch is "resting"? What I mean is, when the watch goes into rest mode and you see the e-ink display of the watch face, it would be nice to have that in a negative tone. You'd be able to see it better.
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I have used Facer for this with my home made Casio watchface ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2956934
Watchface for Facer, Casio White ). I prefer the new white, with digital big clock in ambient mode...
At the moment I'm trying the "Watchmaker" app with the same Casio face. It has more options to tweak...
Will update this section soon with all of our new "must have apps"..
I'm really enjoying the Walkman app that imnoob55 mentioned in his post above. I found it at this link ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2728110 ) and it's working flawlessly on my Note 2 paired with my Sony Smartwatch 3.
Good afternoon friends, how I can do for my SWR50 vibrate with WhatsApp notification, someone can help me with this?? Really I'll appreciate your help!
Xperia Z3 D6603.
charlypaez said:
Good afternoon friends, how I can do for my SWR50 vibrate with WhatsApp notification, someone can help me with this?? Really I'll appreciate your help!
Xperia Z3 D6603.
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I think this question belongs in the Question section!
Turn on the Whatsapp notifications on your phone. That should do the trick...
djgodlike said:
I think this question belongs in the Question section!
Turn on the Whatsapp notifications on your phone. That should do the trick...
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Sorry for disturb with my question ?... I receive the notification for WhatsApp.. My problem is that my SWR50 not vibrate whit this app..
Xperia Z3 D6603.
Added some apps to the first post. Also thanks to you guys!
Is somebody using Watchmaker ? I can't get it to work properly, it seems that there is some sort of lag with the minute while in ambient mode. Facer is working fine but Watchmaker has weather icons out of the box.
Habaddon said:
Is somebody using Watchmaker ? I can't get it to work properly, it seems that there is some sort of lag with the minute while in ambient mode. Facer is working fine but Watchmaker has weather icons out of the box.
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I converted my watchface made in Facer to a Watchmaker face, but had a batterydrain and some other issues. Maybe it's just me but at the moment I'll stay with Facer. I actually like the variety of features from Watchmaker though..
djgodlike said:
I converted my watchface made in Facer to a Watchmaker face, but had a batterydrain and some other issues. Maybe it's just me but at the moment I'll stay with Facer. I actually like the variety of features from Watchmaker though..
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I use Facer too, but now I have the same problem since the last update. The minutes are always 1 minute late and update when I wake up the watch.
Hi there. Can anyone please advise if I can at one go send two or more customised watch faces to moto 360 by any other apps other than Facer or WatchMaker? In doing so, I can change watch faces like the pre-loaded ones by Moto 360 any time without using Facer or WatchMaker one by one? Thanks.
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Hi there. Can anyone please advise if I can at one go send two or more customised watch faces to moto 360 by any other apps other than Facer or WatchMaker? In doing so, I can change watch faces like the pre-loaded ones by Moto 360 any time without using Facer or WatchMaker one by one? Thanks.
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On play store, there are a lot of faces. Go to play, then apps and tap o categories, selec android wear you can see that there are a secction for wear faces... no need facer nor watchmaker... some are free others you have to pay... planets is very cool...
Von Ropen said:
On play store, there are a lot of faces. Go to play, then apps and tap o categories, selec android wear you can see that there are a secction for wear faces... no need facer nor watchmaker... some are free others you have to pay... planets is very cool...
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Thanks Von. Sorry...one more question, can I use the apps to select those customised wear faces downloaded from xda and stored permanently in Moto 360 like the pre-loaded ones? Thanks.
rcwip said:
Thanks Von. Sorry...one more question, can I use the apps to select those customised wear faces downloaded from xda and stored permanently in Moto 360 like the pre-loaded ones? Thanks.
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You can select the faces using moto app on phone or using your motor 360.
What i have done is installed facer and watchmaker and installed a face on them both each and swap between the two when i want simply by holding down on screen and selecting facer or watchmaker easy way of having your best two faces without uploading.
I know this is probably a dumb question. I have both of these apps installed and was wondering, do they have to be running all the time or only when I want to change watch faces?
No they don't need to run all the time.
With WatchMaker you can also send faces to your Watch and then you don't even need to open the App on your phone - Just change to a different watch face directly on your watch.
I tried watchface maker but i noticed it nakes my watch very slow with notifications
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I was wondering which apps are really recommended to install when starting using the watch (or Android wear watch in general)
e.g. sleep as android or remote camera
and is there an app like flux or screen filter for smartwatches (to dim the screen for dark areas cause brightness 1 is still too bright)
No one that can recommend cool Android Wear apps?
Always On watch, PDF reader, Weareal, Wear edge controls...
Feel the Wear
If you have a Logitech Harmony, I recommend Harmony Wear.
alose said:
If you have a Logitech Harmony, I recommend Harmony Wear.
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no, don't have one
flux and sleep as android both have plugins that work with the watch
i have both of them paid versions
f.lux controls your watch screen as well as your phones
and sleep as android monitors your movement and heart rate etc when you wear the watch to sleep. (i charge it in the morning as soon as i wake up, and its at 100% before i am (shower food etc) )
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Always On watch, PDF reader, Weareal, Wear edge controls...
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Where can I find Always On Watch and Wear edge controls?
cottino said:
Where can I find Always On Watch and Wear edge controls?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alwaysonwatch.thirdprogression.com.alwaysonwatch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.edgecontrols.android
beautiful, thank you
Always On Watch and Wear Edge Controls
Id love to know, why, when I click either one of those links, and see the play store, and I click to see which of my devices are compatible with the apps, both apps tell me that my Huawei Watch is incompatible, theres an X next to my watch in the device compatibility list (and a checkmark next to my Note 5)
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Id love to know, why, when I click either one of those links, and see the play store, and I click to see which of my devices are compatible with the apps, both apps tell me that my Huawei Watch is incompatible, theres an X next to my watch in the device compatibility list (and a checkmark next to my Note 5)
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One reason could be if you're on the Developer Preview. If so, you have to install directly on the watch with the watch's Play Store.
Bought an Android!! Good luck for anyone else in my shoes. Thanks apple for me going to the other side.
Make a watch with a real clock faces and a phone that works with other watch's.
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I have an Iphone and no Android. I have ADB working right now and like to side load some faces but they all have a .watch file. Can I put the application of Facer or WatchMaker on the watch and then adb a .watch file? Need a way to make this work and I know there are a-lot of smart Tech Cats out there!! Please Help
Cant find any .APK of nice watch faces or even Rolex Mov and others!
1. Install watchmaker from the playstore on your smartphone.
2. Go to https://plus.google.com/communities/106982503578105386202
3. Find a watchface you like, then download it or send it to your dropbox. (I use dropbox myself)
4. Download the .watch file to your smartphone. (I use export from Dropbox to Downloads folder on my Nexus)
5. Open watchmaker and use the "import" button on the top-right of the app and browse to where you saved the .watch file
That's it. Now you can use the watchface by clicking "Set Watchface".
^good stuff!
Best apps I use:
2048
Bees Recorder
Browser
File Boss
Find My Phone
Heart Trace. THE BEST APP IN THE UNIVERSE
Photos
Pocket Casts
Shazam
TypeIt Wear SMS
Yeah, to stay ontopic, here's my top favorites as of now:
Yatse (if you have a Kodi mediaplayer, you can use your watch as a remote and browse your media)
Domoticz (I use Domoticz as a home automation tool on a Raspberry and this app enables me to switch lights, heating, etc.)
Endomondo (for heartrate monitoring during workouts, but Fitbit is more accurate)
Spotify (I own BT wireless headphones and with this, I'm able to control my Spotify from my wrist instead of taking my phone out of my pocket)
I would recommend Coffee SMS for Android wear. However, I uninstalled it because it does not show group SMS. If they update it to show group SMS, then I will get it agian.
A Must Have!
SmartWear Dev
Automagic (the best one so far)
I've developed a flow that my mobile change to silent mode when I open the Theather Mode on my watch.
I also use another flows, start and stop a record on my mobile, make a call... and so on.
Has anyone tried the Pixel 2 XL and the Daydream View 2017 together yet?
I've got these and they're great, but I can't get the Netflix VR app to work.
The app loads and places you in a log cabin room with a very large TV screen in front of you - but the screen in black - there are no options to do anything.
Looking at the app feedback on Google Play Store, it seems a lot of people have this issue.
I've tried sideloading older versions of the app, but none work.
I was trying to figure out if it's a compatibility issue with Pixel 2 XL , Daydream View 2017, or the app itself.
Feedback I've seen from people with other phones say theirs works fine.
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Has anyone tried the Pixel 2 XL and the Daydream View 2017 together yet?
I've got these and they're great, but I can't get the Netflix VR app to work.
The app loads and places you in a log cabin room with a very large TV screen in front of you - but the screen in black - there are no options to do anything.
Looking at the app feedback on Google Play Store, it seems a lot of people have this issue.
I've tried sideloading older versions of the app, but none work.
I was trying to figure out if it's a compatibility issue with Pixel 2 XL , Daydream View 2017, or the app itself.
Feedback I've seen from people with other phones say theirs works fine.
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Just decided to try to see if it works for me and i get the same thing
I as well have the same issue. It seems to be the only app for me that doesn't work properly on the Daydream.
It would appear the Netflix VR app isn't fully compatible with Android 8.1 yet.
Awaiting an app update.
There are quite a few apps where 8.1 broke compatability. Netflix, Poker VR and Altspace to name a few.
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Netflix finally released an APP update last night (28/01) to resolve the issue.
I've tested and it's working great on my Pixel 2 XL and Daydream VR (2017).
Plex also released a VR version of their app too, so you can stream your collection in VR anywhere.
It even plays 3D movies where you can choose side-by-side or over-under display from within the APP. No messing around.
Things are definitely getting better on the VR world.
Nice! Thanks for the update!
This update fixed the black screen issue, but any dark scene such as inside a bar or dark room is virtually impossible to see. Increasing the display brightness makes no difference. I have the pixel 2 xl, and it only happens with Netflix VR. Anyone else notice this?
Hi, just installed Netflix VR and tried with Daydream 2017. I can browse the titles and start the streaming. But the streaming stops in several seconds, saying "we're having trouble playing this title right now..." and gives an error code. It happens with all content, while the regular NFLX application works fine. Does anyone face the same problem?