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October 23, 2015

Google adds Android Wear watch icon to Play Store

by John_A

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Google is making it a little bit easier for owners of Android Wear smartwatches find apps that are compatible with their devices. Users will now find a small watch icon present on app listings when an app is compatible with Android Wear just above the “Read More” link. The indicator is only present in the mobile app.

Along with the watch icon that displays on the main page for an app, if a user opens the expanded information and scrolls to the bottom, they will find an indicator that the app has been enhanced to work with Android Wear.

Thus far the addition of the watch icon is only showing up in listings on the mobile app. Users accessing the Play Store via the web browser on their computer get no indicator. The icon’s presence is not entirely consistent either as some have noted some apps, most conspicuously Google’s own apps like Keep or Hangouts, do not display the icon even though they do work with Android Wear.

 

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source: Android Police

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