The latest developer preview of Android Wear 2.0, released this week, reveals that iPhone owners will be able to
install standalone apps, receive all notifications, and launch webpages on their phone from a watch app.
Not exact matches
That's the official launcher from Google which ships with Nexus devices, but is also available as a
standalone app, to be downloaded and
installed on any device running on Android Jelly Bean and above.
This is a
standalone Android
App that you can
install on your smartphone or tablet.
It is basically still in Beta right now, but we are working on official Android
Apps for our Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox etc, you can think of it as a standalone app that will auto update all your installed apps when new versions come
Apps for our Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox etc, you can think of it as a
standalone app that will auto update all your
installed apps when new versions come
apps when new versions come out!
You won't need a PlayStation - it's a
standalone app which you can
install on most smart devices.
Standalone apps also launched with Android Wear 2.0, meaning you can download and
install apps directly to your smartwatch now and don't have to rely on its connection with a phone to use them.
In November 2013 Facebook began shortcutting users from its main
apps into Messenger if they had the
standalone chat
app installed, and if you chatted with someone who wasn't using Messenger, you were given a link to invite that person to do so.
Improvements included an updated UI, support for
standalone apps (as opposed to companion
apps installed on your phone), better watch faces, cellular connectivity, and integration of the Google Assistant.
And if you frequently need to share files with others offline, you can take advantage of Mi Drop for transferring content over an ad - hoc network; it's now a
standalone app that you can access from your home screen, and it'll become available on Google Play so anyone can
install it on their device to beam files to and fro.
There has already been the much - advertised
standalone features of the platform, which allow users to
install apps and use the smartwatch even without the smartphone.
In other words, folks running the normal (retail) version of Windows 10 will be able to play around with
standalone preview versions of these
apps, and test out their new features, without having to sign up and
install the preview build of Windows 10.
Not only is the feature tucked neatly away, requiring a side swipe to open, but Kik Cards themselves are located and
installed within the
app — that's unlike
standalone messenger games which require a separate (and sometimes time - consuming) download from an
app store.
The same features can be found on some
standalone third - party Android
apps, but it's nice to see LG providing the options out of the box without the need to start
installing more
apps immediately.