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Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?
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#2"Connect to iPhone", perhaps? :)
Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?
#3"Connect to iPhone", perhaps? :)
yes please
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#4Honestly, I don't know what I want on Android wear. I'm not even convinced wearables is that great of an idea. So I guess, though non-specific, I'd like an application that convinces me that I should plop down $x for yet another screen.
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#5Ingress interface, so I could play the game without holding phone in my hand (useful if you want to bike to cover distances between portals faster).
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#6Most of these are Watch ideas:
- Work with "Zombies, Run!" or similar apps to improve the "role-playing exercise" app market
- Breaking news
- Alerts about responses on reddit, HN, etc.
- RSS reader
- Drive the Google Play Music interface on my Android
- Drive the Google Play Music interface on my PC
- Remote control for Chromecast / Google TV / Android TV / Roku
- TODO list / reminders
- Friend RADAR. How close am I to my friends right now
- "Ask me about." I set my list of "Ask me about" topics. You set yours. We glance at our watches, and see we've got some interests in common. Or you have one I'm interested in...
- Process Dashboard / Personal Software Process - basically a timing system for project time
- Sleep monitor that wakes you up near when you want to wake up, but when you're already in the light sleep phase
- CASIO calculator watch mode. Impossibly small buttons emulated as close as you can.
- Pick a list of TV shows that I watch, and have it have a countdown to when the show starts
- Remote control for Power Point or Google Slides presentations (forward, back buttons)
- Push-to-talk phone conference call? Voice-activated mode, too?
- CB radio - chatting with everyone within X distance who is on the same channel?
- Compass
- Remote control for home automation - lights, etc. Garage door opener...
- Mission Impossible mode - just looks cool and has flashy displays with no purpose at all.
- Open WIFI signal strength meter
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#7Honestly, I don't know what I want on Android wear. I'm not even convinced wearables is that great of an idea. So I guess, though non-specific, I'd like an application that convinces me that I should plop down $x for yet another screen.
I had the exact same thoughts, roughly, and then I got one at Google IO.
When I'm not at the house, it's a godsend. I barely use my phone anymore, and instead just pick up my wrist, say "Ok Google, text wife", a brief pause, and then "Can you pick up some milk? We're running out."
It saves battery life on the phone like whoa, is convenient to know when messages are coming in, but (IMO) less distracting than ringtones. It allows me to wait for urgent messages while I'm in a meeting without disturbing anyone else, and without obviously picking up my phone every few minutes to check for them.
Beyond that, they're much easier (and maybe even safer) to use while driving. At the least, I avoid the whole rummaging-through-my-pocket-to-pull-my-phone-out-because-it-vibrated bit.
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#8A Bluetooth dongle that tells me when my fly is down.
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#9A service requesting app that can be shared with large businesses (property owners?), govts, etc.
e.g. I see a broken sprinkler, I quickly can mark it w/GPS picture, and report it.
Another example would be refuse on the street, parks, sidewalks (like a couch, tv, etc)
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A wearable that goes on a pet's collar that then ties into the owners watch, so the owner can always find their pet.
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#10I dont know if it the hardware has more sensors than the phone, but for a watch I would like to get stats of my body, temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygenation, pulse, pedometer, etc etc
No actions, just a log and some kind of visualization.
Maybe some kind of walkies talkie like Nextel, push to talk
A small gps that gives you where to go and distance to it
hope it helps!