Google has tonight a new beta of its operating system for wearables released. Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4 (other adjustments in the control of your smartwatch.
Android Wear 2.0 release for quite some time to come. The update was at the beginning of this summer is shown, and was originally at the end of this year, but was recently delayed to early 2017. That postponement was necessary after the previous Developer Previews of the software for a lot of criticism made. Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4 shows Google that criticism seriously and adds in addition to several other features.
1. Swipe to navigate
Perhaps the biggest improvements in this Developer Preview are not new features, but the reversal of features to how it was previously. With the first beta of Android Wear 2.0 made Google adjustments in the control of the software. The physical button on the side of any wearable you brought suddenly back to the main menu, but was used as a back button. Previously you could on the screen to swipe to go back, but for unknown reasons was that by custom.
With Developer Preview 4 everything is back as before: the button on the side is the home button, and swiping to go back in the opened app. Plus is that manufacturers are now including for can choose to be a wearable, with no physical home button to bring.
2. Old apps work again
Also back with a vengeance: compatibility with old Android Wear apps. With Android Wear 2.0 will Google own Play Store for smartwatch apps introduce. Previously, the Wear-apps a part of existing apps in the Play Store. Downloaded the Twitter app for your smartphone, you were automatically provided with the same app for your smartwatch. Under the new system, you can also choose to only use the app for your smartwatch to download.
In the previous Developer Preview, however, it was so that only the apps according to the new system could download. Many old Android Wear-apps were suddenly no longer suitable. That has changed: the operating system can now also older apps.
3. Permissions read on your smartphone
Although it is not required, it is a smartwatch is almost always linked to a smartphone. Google is, therefore, some more complex actions via your smartphone. You can not on the little screen of your wearable. For example, the giving of permissions, read the terms and conditions or the setting up of an account.
4. In-app purchases on your smartwatch
It is not surprising to you perhaps, but it was officially still not possible to make an in-app purchase to do with an Android Wear app. This Developer Preview rolls out different Play Store apis from which that becomes possible. That is useful e.g. for developers who have a free trial of their app in the Play Store. Soon you can with an in-app purchase that trial version into a full version.
You can factory images of Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4 download through this site. This you can then install it on the Huawei Watch, or the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition. It is still unknown when the final version of Android Wear 2.0 exactly appears.
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