The Google Play services app is currently being rolled out to the hundreds of millions of +Android devices and will complete in early July. Because of this, we usually wait to release the Google Play +services SDK until all users receive the app. This guarantees that your newly-updated apps can +run on the most devices as possible.
+ +However, if want to develop for Android Wear now, complete the following steps +to get special access to all the things you need to start developing, without waiting +for the rollout to complete.
+ +Warning: Do not publish any apps that use the new Google Play services +APIs until the rollout is complete. Your apps will break on most user devices, which will +degrade your user rating. +
+ +1. Get Whitelisted for the Preview
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If you attended Google I/O, your registered Gmail account is automatically whitelisted for these +preview resources. If you didn't attend Google I/O, sign up below to get access:
+ +Get Whitelisted + +2. Download Required Apps
+
You'll need the following apps to get the most out of Android Wear:
+ + +Here's a list of the apps you need:
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- Google Play services: Allows your Wear device to properly communicate with your handheld device. This is +required to use the Android Wear Companion App. +
- Android Wear + Companion: The main user app to pair a handheld to a wearable and to provide syncing + of notifications and data. +
- Google + Search: A preview release of the Google Search handheld app that Wear communicates with + to carry out searches. +
- Google Keep: To enable the "Take a note" command +
- Google I/O 2014 +
To enable the preview versions of the apps, click each app link above and follow these +instructions:
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- Click the Become a Tester button to opt-in to the preview version of the app. The page + confirms that you're a tester after clicking. +
- Click the Download <app name> from the Play Store link to go to Google Play
+ Store download page to get the app. The
+ following screenshot shows how the opt-in process looks like:
+
+ - When Google Play services is rolled out to all devices, go back to the app links provided + to opt-out of the preview versions of the apps. Check back here in a week for the status of + the rollout. +
3. Start Building
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Check out the Building Apps for Wearables +training classes for information on how to build for Wear.
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