Choose which apps to (not) sync with wearable?

Lucas_Maximiliano

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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!
 

Lucas_Maximiliano

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

rusty.gh

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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.
 
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Lucas_Maximiliano

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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.
 

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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.