Search button for Wear OS (e.g

Name: Search button for Wear OS (e.g
Price: 0.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (20 reviews)
Author: DYNA Logix

DYNA Logix

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20 reviews

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About this app

This app is only a proxy which calls the default Voice Search app on your watch.

Wear OS / Android Wear 2.0 compatible standalone wearable app

SETUP
► Wait for the Android Wear component to get installed on the watch
► Open Button Setting on your ZenWatch 3
► Pick a button (Top or Bottom)
► Select "Button to Search" in the list of apps
or
► Select "Feed" in the list of apps

Only useful on Android Wear watches with customizable hardware buttons
► ASUS ZenWatch 3 (Android Wear 1.5 and 2.0)
► LG Watch Urbane 2 (Android Wear 2.0)
► LG Watch Sport (Android Wear 2.0)
and many newer watches running WearOS

Cannot be assigned to main button. Does nothing on watches with one button!

TROUBLESHOOTING
A few users found that the watch component of the app did not transfer immediately to the watch. Unfortunately it is outside of my control how quickly Android Wear "discovers" newly installed apps...

Here are a few things you can try:

► Make sure you look for my app under the name "Button to Search" on the watch
► Wait
► Reboot the watch
► Reboot watch and phone at the same time
► Resync All (from Android Wear app on the phone) → But please know that the complete resync process can take as long as 20 minutes, because then every app is re-transferred and re-installed on the watch

Connection problems are usually caused by outdated or non-matching Android Wear and Google Play Services versions on the phone or watch:

► Update your Android Wear app from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.wearable.app
► You can try to manually update Google Play Services from APKMirror

NEW: GOOGLE NOW FEED BUTTON
► A second command appears that you can also assign to one of the buttons: "Feed"

Updated on

16 Feb 2017

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Ratings and reviews

4,7

18 reviews

A Google user

29 June 2018

I installed this app then realised you can just hold the center button down for the exact same thing

15 people found this review helpful

DYNA Logix

29 June 2018

True, but you can assign the long press of the center button to something else (using Bubble Clouds or other remapping app → https://youtu.be/b0NZ0OGlHVM) and then this button gives you quicker access to voice search (short press instead of long). Also, this app lets you start Google Search from a watch face complication (General → App shortcut).

A Google user

17 March 2017

Spot on.. No more "OK Google"!

19 people found this review helpful

A Google user

15 February 2017

Works well. 2 minor things: 1 when activating voice search, the ZenWatch 3 goes through the app screen. It'd be nice if it was bypassed completely, if possible. 2 Google Now Cards cannot be assigned to a button. Again, if possible, it'd be a nice addition. Still running version one of Android Wear.

8 people found this review helpful

DYNA Logix

14 February 2017

Thank you for the feedback. I tried to avoid the scrolling effect, it might not be possible. So far I was only able to test Android Wear 2.0 in my emulator, but good news there is no such animation there. Clyde: Please email me, I have questions about Google Now Feed. You can try the new beta version: please see bottom of Play Store page.