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Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

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Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

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When I'm in town, there is only a bus every 30 mins home.

If I'm in the pub, I don't care what time it is now, I care how many minutes it is to the next bus home.

I want a watch face that just has 2 or 3 numbers, number of minutes to next few buses home.

The last bus of the night should be highlighted quite a lot, with alarms for that.

Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

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* Open my garage door * Shopping list * Location based reminders (e.g. remind me when I am at the shop)

I think Google Now will do the last one for you already (location based reminders). I use it for reminding myself about things when I get to work or home. Just say "Okay google remind me to " and then there's a location option for when.

I don't own a watch, but I think they probably implement this feature.

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post #4

Honestly, 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…

I would buy into it if the voice recognition was just a little bit better. It is impressive and nearly there, but I still wind up correcting just about every message I send.

Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

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When I'm in town, there is only a bus every 30 mins home. If I'm in the pub, I don't care what time it is now, I care how many minutes it is to the next bus home. I want a watch face that just has 2 or 3 numbers, number of minutes to next few buses home. The last bus of the night should be highlighted quite a lot, with alarms for that.

I wrote an app that does this on my pebble for the DC metro, I should probably get around to releasing that on the app store...

Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

#29
post #18

Part of behavior cognitive theraphy is counting occurrence of negative thoughts throughout the day. So I would like a button that I can press without looking at the watch, and have each press recorded and time stamped. It's not just CBT either, there could be other events you could want to record, like each time you drink water, or some such. Opening phone to do the record is too disrupting, esp if you're with someon…

Just another data point for this request.

I've frequently started to-do lists and have tried a million different apps for them. I have a watch with all sorts of fancy timers etc.

In the end, I come back to realizing all I want is what OP has requested.

Re: Ask HN: What Android Wear apps would you like to see?

#30

Nothing super new; just a Strava app with a map and directions and some stats. Perhaps a few swipable screens. Map - swipe - next instruction - swipe - stats. This would be so nice while biking.

That would be dangerous since most android wear screens are so small. I'd be scare to look at them while i'm biking.

Now if the wearable simply alerts me via vibration then that would be cool.

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