How to write a simple Android wear app with both round and rectangular layouts, as well as how to show notifications from your smartphone.

It's a visual and functional overhaul organized around the three things Google has found to be most important for Android Wear users.

Wear OS 5.1 is based on Android 15, indicating a shift in Google's strategy. App developers can now test Wear OS 5.1 in Android Studio. Wear OS 5.1 may not bring significant user-facing changes.

Android Studio Arctic Fox is available now, with the ability to easily pair Wear OS emulators, as well as tools for Jetpack Compose.

Wear OS 3 is still coming (despite what you can get from Samsung with its Galaxy Watches), so Android Studio is still catching up to devs' needs here.

After a longer-than-expected developer preview, Android Wear 2.0 has gone live, with features such as a new system UI based on Material Design guidelines.