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Not a single mention of AutoWear yet, very intriguing.
Either most Android Wear users aren't Tasker users, or folks are not aware of this really powerful Tasker add-on.
Highly recommended if you are into any type of phone/system automation.
From the AutoWear description on the play store:
>You need an Android Wear device. It won't work on other types of smart watches
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I'm using AutoWear to map that to one of the physical buttons on my watch. Takes a little setup, but it's not bad. I don't even know whether you'd need Tasker installed if this is all you want to do. If you're interested, I can try to walk you through some of the setup for it.
With <strong>AutoWear</strong> it's possible to retrieve values for:
- OrientationX
- OrientationY
- OrientationZ
Through testing, it should be possible to determine whether or not the watch is worn or laying on a table for example :-}
I use Tasker for a bunch of stuff.
For example, I have a Rapsberry Pi with a RF module so that I can control my RF outlets, then I use Tasker to set up a scene that let's me turn said outlet on or off.
I also use it together with AutoWear to set up custom overlays on my smart watch.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, it can be used for about anything and everything.
AutoWear. In addition to the other things it does, it lets me use Tasker to put whatever text I want right on my watchface. Personally, I use it with AutoNotification and a set of rules to give a running ticker of whatever's happened recently (current weather from the Google app, drive times notifications from Maps, headlines from News, and a few other things with more obscure apps).
As far as the first two, I don't think there's anything that can be done. Though they have recently made swiping to change the watchface far less sensitive, so there's that. But that's not the sort of thing that a watchface can actually disable.
For turning the screen on and off, you can use AutoWear to start Theater mode, which will turn off the screen and won't let it turn on again until you hit one of the buttons. You should be able to assign that to hardware button to start the theater mode, or you could probably set that to start every time the screen turns off. May take some fiddling to get it set up, but it shouldn't even require Tasker.
I've heard mixed results as far as disabling the ZenWatch manager leading to better performance. Personally, I have it disabled and things are pretty good, but I haven't rigorously compared.
Autowear (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear) is a tasker plugin that also enables you to run a limited subset of tasker's functionality on the watch itself without it being connected to your phone.
I don't think you need tasker, but it's highly recommended. For one, saving the settings in tasker instead of the Autowear app allows you to switch watches without having to recreate everything. Both tasker and autowear aren't free, but both are well worth their money if you want to automate your devices.
If you're interested you can import this xml task into tasker and run it to setup enabling/disabling wifi/bluetooth on power connect/disconnect: https://gist.github.com/tuur29/8146317edf5b0eb83d73f1af97aa5d48
You might have seen the Wear 1.0 cards, and now you're on 2.0? e.g. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RO8xIm3Hlew/VBjyIlstKoI/AAAAAAAADTI/Ia0vDtBhcKk/s600/g%2Bhangouts_wear.png
I don't think there's a way to conditionally disable notifications on your watch without hijinks. Your default options as I see them:
- Selectively disable certain apps' notifications. Phone Wear App > gear icon > Block app notifications
- Hide notifications previews on your watch pemanently. Swipe down on watch > gear icon > Sound & Notifications > Notification Previews
- Silence phone notifications while your watch is connected. Phone Wear App > gear icon > Silence phone while wearing watch
That said, almost anything is possible with AutoWear. I can imagine setting a profile that checks for screen on, and enables Do Not Disturb on your watch for the duration. I've had good and bad experiences with AutoWear, and in any case it's a lot of work.
You can use AutoWear (paid, 7day trial) to do this with Tasker. It has the option of changing brightness on your watch, as well as other things such as custom screens and toggling some settings. I set brightness with a "do math" variable that solves a simple sin wave, peaking at the brightest time of day.
^A ^handy ^feature ^is ^if ^you ^set ^your ^watch ^brightness ^to ^0 ^(0-255 ^range) ^it ^will ^turn ^off ^"keep ^screen ^on". ^I ^use ^tasker ^to ^detect ^if ^I'm ^home ^and ^set ^brightness ^0 ^and ^turn ^off ^watch ^bluetooth ^(through ^AutoWear. ^I ^reenable ^bluetooth ^by ^shaking ^it ^or ^taking ^if ^off ^the ^charger)
You might want to check out AutoWear. The video on that play store page has some example PocketCasts integration at the 3 minute mark. YMMV, I haven't tried it myself yet, have yet to actually get a smart watch.
If you had checked the description of AutoWear in Play Store, you'd notice these two very well explained details:-
>You can get a free trial of Tasker here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/download.html
And,
>You can try out the full version of AutoWear with the built-in 7 day trial
It looks like the app is no longer listed as "beta" unless you scroll the the 'About This App', which lists the device version as 2.5.6-beta.
Autowear could be another alternative. Autowear allows Tasker to control the watch and read data from it. Tasker is an app to automate your android device. Tasker can communicate with Home Assistant.
Haven't used it in a while myself, but have you heard of AutoWear?
It should allow you to make your own automation, that could send an alert.
Sounds like your wearable doesn't use that intent.
If your wearable happens to be a watch on Android wear, you should be able to pull battery data with AutoWear.
Start by getting AutoWear and going through the tutorials. It has some pretty cool notification options, several full screen things.
Oh whoops sorry, Android wear is something I'm not too familiar with. What I would ask as a follow up is if it transmits to a device somewhere that perhaps AutoNotification could see it.
I'm pretty sure though that <strong>AutoWear</strong> will be at the core of any solution.
Hopefully others here who are familiar with it can chime in with more info. You may also want to post this question on the AutoApps G+ as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear
You might also be able to do something with notifications. Definitely look into AutoWear though, it enables some really cool possibilities.
Well I believe your options are to use a floating icon through <strong>AutoWear</strong> or to create your own watchface with Tasker support through <strong>Watchmaker</strong>
AutoWear by far, let's me make my watch do whatever I want it to do! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear&hl=en
It's below the video ;)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear
Not exactly the same as a toast, but AutoWear has lots of displays that might work for you.
Tasker for complex tasks: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/ with AutoWear https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear&hl=en&gl=US
Tasker has predefined tasks for a lot of stuff (see the link for a list)
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I have google maps connected to double tap. It works pretty well.
Install google assistent. Or Alexa. Those 2 are very good.
I believe you can create custom complications using AutoWear
Install the AutoWear plugin - You may need to enroll to beta for the Input functions.
Autowear can do this with the Shake trigger to open any app, including the Flashlight app.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear should do it
- Waking the screen with the movement should be in the watch settings.
I'm waiting for my TicWatch S2 to arrive, so I can play around with AutoWear :D
It won't work - try AutoWear instead.
This is a task that retrieves lyrics for a specified track and sends it to your watch using <strong>AutoWear</strong>. The task currently uses <strong>AutoSpotify</strong> (Alpha app) to retrieve the currently playing song from Spotify, but it could be easily modified to use <strong>AutoNotification</strong> intercept on the spotify notification or <strong>AutoInput</strong> to query the screen within Spotify instead.
Keep in mind that I have not field tested this task so I can't guarantee that it will work for all songs without some modification.
> Then, display the results on my watch ONLY if the profile/task is enabled.
Just set an IF statement that checks if `%PENABLED ~ *,<insertprofilename>,*
A reddit search also found me This post. The project also contains tasks to retrieve lyrics, I haven't tried them but give it a shot if mine doesn't work. :-}
It is part of the chain that I use to turn on/off the lights in certain rooms with my voice through my watch.
Using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear&hl=en
and
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cuberob.autohue&hl=en
Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfEat0jBQsM
I can also use it to open/close the garage door through voice commands on my watch.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/comments/2yh5jz/opening_garage_door_with_moto360_oc/
You can do this with
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear&hl=en
and tasker, with the watch_disconnect event autowear provides.
AutoWear is also able to keep the screen on indefinitely.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autowear
Not sure if this was around when you had it