SimpleWear

Simple App Projects

About this app

SimpleWear allows you to control certain functions on your phone from your Wear OS device.

Please note that the app needs to be installed on both your phone and your Wear OS device in order to work.

Features:
• View connection status to phone
• View battery status (battery percentage and charging status)
• View Wi-Fi status *
• Toggle Bluetooth on/off
• View Mobile Data connection status *
• View Location status *
• Turn Flashlight on/off
• Lock Phone
• Set Volume level
• Switch Do not Disturb mode (Off/Priority Only/Alarms only/Total Silence)
• Ringer mode (Vibrate/Sound/Silent)
• Control music playback from your watch **
• SleepTimer ***
• Tile support

Permissions Required:
** Please note certain features require permission to be enabled **
• Camera (required for Flashlight)
• Do not Disturb Access (required to change Do not Disturb mode)
• Device Admin access (required to lock phone from watch)
• Pair phone with watch from app (required on Android 10+ devices)
• Notification access (for Media Controller)

Notes:
• Pairing your device with watch from app does not affect battery life
• Deactivate app as device admin before uninstalling (Settings > Security > Device admin apps)
* Wi-Fi, Mobile Data and Location status is view only. These cannot be toggled on/off automatically due to limitations by the Android OS. Therefore you can only view the status of these functions.
** Media Controller feature allows you to control media playback on your phone from your watch. Please note that your music may not start if your queue/playlist is empty on your phone
*** SleepTimer app required ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewizrd.simplesleeptimer )

Ratings and reviews

UPDATE: Thank you! Your suggestion worked. Maybe they should add this detail to the Do Not Disturb description so it is clearer. ----------------------------- There's something wrong with the ringer control. I can go from vibrate to sound, but not the other way around. I get the error message that I need to check permissions on the phone. However, I already enabled the permission to change system settings.

Perfect for accessing main phone functionalities from the watch. Especially, lock the phone, turn on Hotspot, DND. Very useful, easy to use, and free! Wifi and bluetooth toggle requires work which doesn't feel worth the effort. And the sleep timer doesn't seem to work even with the sleep timer android app installed but still is a great utility.

YES!!! Exactly what I was looking for.... Specifically the ability to turn on and off hotspot from my watch, but also being able to lock my phone is very nice. The fact that it's free and the interface is clean just makes it all that much nicer. In a perfect world I would also be able to control smart devices i.e. a smart plug

What's new

Version 1.13.1
* Fix pairing with WearOS 3+ devices (Pixel Watch, etc)
* Allow launching apps without pairing
* Update Bluetooth action for Android 13 (helper app update required)
* Update mobile data action
* Bug fixes