The Android Wear team has detailed an upcoming change that all users should see in the next public release of the wearable OS. According to its post, users will see a new unread notification indicator, which should integrate into any watch face you use.
In the picture below, which shows off the different default and custom implementation options, you will see a small dot that will indicate there are unread notifications. The default indicator looks like a Pixel 2 home button, while the custom options that developers will need to create, show exactly how many notifications are there and should look pretty seamless with custom watch faces.
What you see will come down entirely to how developers intend to implement the new indicator, so your experience may vary.
If you’re a developer, this is exciting. If you’re a user, you’ll need to wait for it to rollout at some point soon.
Anyone here still rocking Android Wear?
The notifications can appear in different contexts and be highlighted in certain colors.
Still rocking Android Wear watches – of course! It is an valuable tool day in and day out.
It’s only been available for 2 ½ years on Tizen.
What watch face is that?
I’m rocking the Fossil Q Explorist Gen 3. It’s a great looking watch and I get complimented on it pretty regularly.
Same here. Great watch.
yep same – great watch
my only issue is the charging puck.. (HATE IT!)
That’s fun, but will my 2nd gen Moto 360 ever get this? Remember when Android Wear was supposed to be stock across all devices so there wasn’t any sorta fragmentation?
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Been an iphone convert for last 3 weeks testing out Apple Watch 3 (which already has this feature) and glad to see it coming to AW. Pretty sure I’ll be that weird guy that has an apple watch and android phone at this end of this test. Seriously, can we have Apple make hardware for Android…?
Still rocking Huawei Watch 1 and waiting impatiently for another classic looking, feature-packed watch to come along. It’s like you can only have one or the other: (A) Every feature, looks like a plastic toy, or (B) Looks fantastic, but lacks basically everything.
Did you just copy Mort’s post?
Did you just copy Mort’s post?
Watch 2 classic my friend. Got it on sale at BB for 220 for black friday. I love it. NFC for android pay, heart rate sensor, GPS and a speaker and microphone for calls.
Any chance for a fan meetup? I’m in Oregon for a few days and I’m from Richmond, Va
Did you just copy grayson360’s post?
Still rocking the original moto 360
Any chance for a fan meetup? I’m in Oregon for a few days and I’m from Richmond, Va
Did you just copy Alexandre’s post?
No :/. My gf got me a trip here with her for Christmas and I’ve been reading droid life since the Droid Eris came out.
Still rocking Huawei Watch 1 and waiting impatiently for another classic looking, feature-packed watch to come along. It’s like you can only have one or the other: (A) Every feature, looks like a plastic toy, or (B) Looks fantastic, but lacks basically everything.
Watch 2 classic my friend. Got it on sale at BB for 220 for black friday. I love it. NFC for android pay, heart rate sensor, GPS and a speaker and microphone for calls.
I was almost there on the Watch 2, but – as petty as it may sound – I couldn’t get over the numbering around the watchface. It just makes it look cheap to me. Personal opinion, of course. Holding out hope for a HW3, I guess?
I don’t even notice it when looking at the watch to be honest. It’s almost invisible. It’s made of metal and ceramic, solid materials and the band is leather.
Honestly I felt the Watch 2 Classic was a serious backwards step in terms of design.
The original Huawei Watch was absolutely stunning. It was the epitome of a well designed smartwatch. The Watch 2 Classic just looks….bad, to say the least.
I love my Huawei Watch, but I found a good deal on the LG Watch sport.. which has every feature I could ask for. I still am not sure I am gonna wear it a lot (hasn’t actually arrived yet) just thought the deal was good enough to try it out.. I would like my Huawei Watch with nfc payments. Which is the only feature I think I will use that the HW doesn’t have. I would have went with a Fossil watch during BF but their classic looking watches don’t have the HR monitor or NFC and it just seemed like a downgrade from the HW for my participation usage..
I bought one for my wife, and she’s happy enough with it. Although she hates that you can’t change the bands and that it’s way too big. And I hate that it looks plasticky, although it has nearly every feature I could possibly ask for. It’s just a definite pass for me.
Yeah I found it on swappa for $150 so I figured maybe I will like it, if not I will just sell it and take my losses. At least i will know I need to wait till I find something that looks as nice as the HW yet has the extra features.. at this point that watch doesn’t exist.. at least I don’t think it does.
I hate to break it to you, but you’re right. Maybe it’s because no one wants to debut a $600 watch? I don’t know, but at this point, I’m almost willing to pay that much.