Using Your Android Wear Watch Face and Controls

The watch face is one of the first things you'll notice when you put on your Android Wear watch, and it's also one of the most customizable features of your device. To access all the different watch faces that you've downloaded from the Google Play Store, find the one you want to set as your default by tapping on it. The watch face will be applied automatically for you.

In addition to changing the watch face, you can also control your music using Android Wear and Weare. There are two ways to do this - using the native controls of certain music applications or with a third-party app called Wear Music Controller. If your music player supports Android Wear, the music controls will appear on your watch as soon as you start listening to music in that application. You can then swipe left and right to access the controls.

If your music player doesn't support Android Wear, there is an alternative app available - Wear Music Controller. This app does cost $0.89 but it allows you to control pretty much any music application with your watch, even if it doesn't have Wear support. To use this app, say "Okay Google" followed by "start music controller", and the app will appear on your watch allowing you to control your music and volume.

Another useful feature of Android Wear is its ability to factory reset your device. This can be a good option if you're selling or giving away your watch, or if you just want to start fresh with a new device. To factory reset your Android Wear device, access the voice command by saying "Okay Google" and then press the little arrow at the bottom of the screen that appears. Scroll down to the bottom and select "Settings", then choose "Reset the device". Confirm the action and your watch will be factory reset.

Using Your Watch to Scan Loyalty Program Cards

One of the more unique features of Android Wear is its ability to scan loyalty program cards using your phone's camera. This can be a convenient way to avoid carrying around physical cards, but it does require a few extra steps. To start, open Google Wallet and select the "Loyalty programs" option from the hamburger menu on the left side of the screen.

Next, click the plus symbol at the top of the screen to begin adding your loyalty cards. You'll then need to scan each card in using the phone's camera - repeat this process until all of your cards have been scanned and their information has been entered into the app. Once you've completed this step, take a screenshot of each barcode that appears on the screen.

To make these barcodes appear on your watch, you'll need to use a photo editor such as Avary. Crop the screenshots so that they fit within the square shape available in Avary's interface - and align the bottom of the barcode with the top horizontal line in the grid. This will ensure that the barcode fits within the small screen space of your watch.

Once all of your barcodes are cropped, you can import them into Google Keep notes using the "picture note" feature. Give each note a name, such as the name of the store or restaurant where you purchased the card, and then scroll down to set a location reminder for each barcode. This will allow your phone and watch to pull up these barcodes automatically when you enter those establishments.

This is just one of many ways that Android Wear can make it easier to use loyalty program cards - but with a little bit of setup, you can take advantage of this feature on the go. If you're having trouble getting your barcodes to appear on your watch, try increasing the brightness setting on your device - this often resolves the issue for users.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe hindy from Android authority.com if you just got a brand new smartwatch and you're wondering about some awesome tricks on how to use it then you're in the right place okay because there are several tutorials in this video I've decided to add a table of contents in the video description below down there you'll see the time links that correspond to the starting point of each tutorial within the video so if you want to see a specific tutorial just click on the time in the description and the video will skip there directly if you're watching this embedded you should probably hit that little YouTube button to pop it up on the actual YouTube site okay let's get started first up let's unlock the developer options and enable ADB this one is really quick and simple first you'll tap on the screen to bring up the voice command then tap on the little arrow at the bottom then scroll down to the settings and select about once you're in there you simply tap the build number a bunch of times until a little window pops up letting you know that you've unlocked the developer settings to enable ADB return to the settings menu enter the developer settings and check the enable enable ADB box that's it you're finished next up let's tackle how to change your watch face again this is very easy with your watch face on tap and hold the screen after a moment the watch face selection screen will pop up scroll to the right to see the stock watch face offerings and to the left to see all of the watch faces that you've downloaded from the Google Play Store find the one you want tap on it and it'll set the watch face for you you can also control your music using Android Weare and we'll show you how to do that here this one is a bit trickier and there are two ways to do it the first way is using the application's native controls some apps including Google play music already have wear support for those apps the music controls will pop up on your watch as soon as you start listening to music in that application just swipe left and right to access the controls if your music player doesn't support Android Wear there is an application called wear music controller that you can use it does cost .89 but it does let you control pretty much any music application with your watch even if it doesn't have wear support to open it say Okay Google start music controller and then the app will be there to control your music and volume as you need of course you should have your music app open and already playing music before doing this so that the application has something to control let's quickly tackle how to factory reset your Android Weare device this is very simple and easy to do first you'll need to access the voice command then press the little arrow at the bottom scroll down to the bottom and select settings in there you'll see an option to reset the device choose this and confirm and your watch will be factory reset our last tutorial this video is a very interesting one but it's also an intricate one we're about to show you how you can use your watch to scan loyalty program cards so you don't have to carry those cards around anymore okay to start you're going to need three applications they are Google Wallet Avary photo editor and Google keep all these applications are free to use and the links to download them are in this tutorial's written companion which is linked Below in the video description you can also download them for free on the Google Play store okay the first thing you'll need to do is open Google Wallet open the hamburger menu on the left side and select loyalty programs then click the plus symbol at the top and then click the much larger plus sign to begin now you're going to want to scan your loyalty cards in using the phone's camera repeat this process until all of your cards have been scanned in and all the information has been entered once that's done take a screenshot of each barcode that you scanned in next you're going to want to open these barcodes in avary's photo editor use the crop tool and select the square shape expand the square until it's the same width as the screenshot now this next part's a little tricky so pay attention Okay the crop tool has a 3X3 grid you want to align the bottom of the barcode with the top horizontal line on the grid this will ensure that the barcode fits on your Smartwatch screen Moto 360 users may need to put it a little bit lower so that it fits on your screen repeat this process with all of the screenshots you took earlier okay so the last step is putting all of these screenshots into Google keep notes open Google Keep and use the picture note feature to import one of the crop screenshots give the note a name obviously at this point you can now open this on your w watch and see the whole barcode don't exit yet because we're not finished the next step is to scroll down and set a location reminder you'll need to obtain the addresses of all those various businesses in order to do this and it's not required but it is highly recommended once you set a location reminder with the address of the business your phone and your watch will pull these barcodes up automatically when you enter those establishments repeat for all of your barcodes until they're all there and they all have location reminders if you choose to do that once this is done you should be able to have your barcodes pop up when you enter a place and you should be able to use your watch to scan that barcode at checkout if you're having trouble try increasing the brightness on your watch that works for most people it's not perfect and you should probably carry those cards around just in case but it is a Nifty little trick when it works and that does it for all the tutorials in this video if there are any tutorials you want us to do leave us a comment and let us know once again I'm Joe hindy from Android 30.com while you're here why not subscribe to the Android authority YouTube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and in the video description below for you folks on mobile if you're looking for more information on any of these tutorials we'll have them all linked up for you in the video description below as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful dayhello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe hindy from Android authority.com if you just got a brand new smartwatch and you're wondering about some awesome tricks on how to use it then you're in the right place okay because there are several tutorials in this video I've decided to add a table of contents in the video description below down there you'll see the time links that correspond to the starting point of each tutorial within the video so if you want to see a specific tutorial just click on the time in the description and the video will skip there directly if you're watching this embedded you should probably hit that little YouTube button to pop it up on the actual YouTube site okay let's get started first up let's unlock the developer options and enable ADB this one is really quick and simple first you'll tap on the screen to bring up the voice command then tap on the little arrow at the bottom then scroll down to the settings and select about once you're in there you simply tap the build number a bunch of times until a little window pops up letting you know that you've unlocked the developer settings to enable ADB return to the settings menu enter the developer settings and check the enable enable ADB box that's it you're finished next up let's tackle how to change your watch face again this is very easy with your watch face on tap and hold the screen after a moment the watch face selection screen will pop up scroll to the right to see the stock watch face offerings and to the left to see all of the watch faces that you've downloaded from the Google Play Store find the one you want tap on it and it'll set the watch face for you you can also control your music using Android Weare and we'll show you how to do that here this one is a bit trickier and there are two ways to do it the first way is using the application's native controls some apps including Google play music already have wear support for those apps the music controls will pop up on your watch as soon as you start listening to music in that application just swipe left and right to access the controls if your music player doesn't support Android Wear there is an application called wear music controller that you can use it does cost .89 but it does let you control pretty much any music application with your watch even if it doesn't have wear support to open it say Okay Google start music controller and then the app will be there to control your music and volume as you need of course you should have your music app open and already playing music before doing this so that the application has something to control let's quickly tackle how to factory reset your Android Weare device this is very simple and easy to do first you'll need to access the voice command then press the little arrow at the bottom scroll down to the bottom and select settings in there you'll see an option to reset the device choose this and confirm and your watch will be factory reset our last tutorial this video is a very interesting one but it's also an intricate one we're about to show you how you can use your watch to scan loyalty program cards so you don't have to carry those cards around anymore okay to start you're going to need three applications they are Google Wallet Avary photo editor and Google keep all these applications are free to use and the links to download them are in this tutorial's written companion which is linked Below in the video description you can also download them for free on the Google Play store okay the first thing you'll need to do is open Google Wallet open the hamburger menu on the left side and select loyalty programs then click the plus symbol at the top and then click the much larger plus sign to begin now you're going to want to scan your loyalty cards in using the phone's camera repeat this process until all of your cards have been scanned in and all the information has been entered once that's done take a screenshot of each barcode that you scanned in next you're going to want to open these barcodes in avary's photo editor use the crop tool and select the square shape expand the square until it's the same width as the screenshot now this next part's a little tricky so pay attention Okay the crop tool has a 3X3 grid you want to align the bottom of the barcode with the top horizontal line on the grid this will ensure that the barcode fits on your Smartwatch screen Moto 360 users may need to put it a little bit lower so that it fits on your screen repeat this process with all of the screenshots you took earlier okay so the last step is putting all of these screenshots into Google keep notes open Google Keep and use the picture note feature to import one of the crop screenshots give the note a name obviously at this point you can now open this on your w watch and see the whole barcode don't exit yet because we're not finished the next step is to scroll down and set a location reminder you'll need to obtain the addresses of all those various businesses in order to do this and it's not required but it is highly recommended once you set a location reminder with the address of the business your phone and your watch will pull these barcodes up automatically when you enter those establishments repeat for all of your barcodes until they're all there and they all have location reminders if you choose to do that once this is done you should be able to have your barcodes pop up when you enter a place and you should be able to use your watch to scan that barcode at checkout if you're having trouble try increasing the brightness on your watch that works for most people it's not perfect and you should probably carry those cards around just in case but it is a Nifty little trick when it works and that does it for all the tutorials in this video if there are any tutorials you want us to do leave us a comment and let us know once again I'm Joe hindy from Android 30.com while you're here why not subscribe to the Android authority YouTube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and in the video description below for you folks on mobile if you're looking for more information on any of these tutorials we'll have them all linked up for you in the video description below as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day\n"