It has the same package name and is signed with the same key. The WearOS app is not standalone so it requires phone app to function. The same goes for the watch - when user discovers my app from their WearOS device and installs it, the phone counterpart is not installed nor the user is notified of it.

Moreover, user is not aware that the app has the WearOS companion app since it's not visible on the phone Play Store app or the website. However, nothing happens when the Android app is installed on the phone.

Store, giving the user the option to install the watch app. Tapping the notification opens the watch Play The Play Console), the user gets a watch notification about theĪvailable watch app. On devices running Wear 2.0, when a user installs a phone app that hasĪn associated watch app (either an embedded APK or an APK uploaded via The official Google's WearOS documentation states the following: Additionally, when the phone app is installed on the Android device, I can see on my WearOS device that I can install the companion app on the 'Apps on your phone' screen in Play Store app. I've released my Android and WearOS apps as separate APKs using the Google Play Console Multi-APK delivery method.īoth apps are discoverable when browsing from the respective device - Android app on phone and WearOS app on the watch.

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