Google allows third-party developers to create tiles for Wear OS

Google announced that it allows third-party developers to create custom tiles for its OS Wear (operating system) for smartwatches. First introduced in 2019, Tiles has become one of the most useful and useful features in Wear OS by Google smartwatches.

“We are delighted to announce that the Jetpack Tiles library is in alpha release. This library allows developers to create custom tiles on Wear OS smartwatches,” Google said in a statement.

“These custom tiles will be available to users later this spring when we roll out the corresponding update to the Wear OS platform,” the company added. Tiles are widgets for dragging and getting information about climate, calendar notifications, or health statistics.

Tiles can be designed for many use cases, such as tracking the progress of a user’s daily activity, quickly starting a workout, starting a recently played song, or sending a message. ‘a message to a favorite contact.

While apps can be immersive, Tiles loads quickly and focuses on the user’s immediate needs. If the user wants more information, you can tap Tiles to open a related app on the watch or the phone for a more in-depth experience, ”Google noted. .

The Jetpack Tiles library allows developers to create custom tiles on Wear OS smartwatches. “These custom tiles will be available to users later this spring when we roll out the corresponding update to the Wear OS platform,” Google said.

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