diff --git a/core/java/android/window/WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher.java b/core/java/android/window/WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher.java
index 632208cdb97c4..849e0b32591ac 100644
--- a/core/java/android/window/WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher.java
+++ b/core/java/android/window/WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.ContextWrapper;
 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import android.view.IWindowSession;
 
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 
+
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@ public class WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher implements OnBackInvokedDispatcher {
             .getInt("persist.wm.debug.predictive_back", 1) != 0;
     private static final boolean ALWAYS_ENFORCE_PREDICTIVE_BACK = SystemProperties
             .getInt("persist.wm.debug.predictive_back_always_enforce", 0) != 0;
+    private static final boolean PREDICTIVE_BACK_FALLBACK_WINDOW_ATTRIBUTE =
+            SystemProperties.getInt("persist.wm.debug.predictive_back_fallback_window_attribute", 0)
+                    != 0;
     @Nullable
     private ImeOnBackInvokedDispatcher mImeDispatcher;
 
@@ -500,6 +505,31 @@ public class WindowOnBackInvokedDispatcher implements OnBackInvokedDispatcher {
                             applicationInfo.packageName,
                             requestsPredictiveBack));
                 }
+
+                if (PREDICTIVE_BACK_FALLBACK_WINDOW_ATTRIBUTE && !requestsPredictiveBack) {
+                    // Compatibility check for legacy window style flag used by Wear OS.
+                    // Note on compatibility behavior:
+                    // 1. windowSwipeToDismiss should be respected for all apps not opted in.
+                    // 2. windowSwipeToDismiss should be true for all apps not opted in, which
+                    //    enables the PB animation for them.
+                    // 3. windowSwipeToDismiss=false should be respected for apps not opted in,
+                    //    which disables PB & onBackPressed caused by BackAnimController's
+                    //    setTrigger(true)
+                    TypedArray windowAttr =
+                            context.obtainStyledAttributes(
+                                    new int[] {android.R.attr.windowSwipeToDismiss});
+                    boolean windowSwipeToDismiss = true;
+                    if (windowAttr.getIndexCount() > 0) {
+                        windowSwipeToDismiss = windowAttr.getBoolean(0, true);
+                    }
+                    windowAttr.recycle();
+
+                    if (DEBUG) {
+                        Log.i(TAG, "falling back to windowSwipeToDismiss: " + windowSwipeToDismiss);
+                    }
+
+                    requestsPredictiveBack = windowSwipeToDismiss;
+                }
             }
 
             return requestsPredictiveBack;
diff --git a/core/res/res/values-watch/config_material.xml b/core/res/res/values-watch/config_material.xml
index 03d3637b150db..529f18b78e4dd 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values-watch/config_material.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values-watch/config_material.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
     <!-- Always overscan by default to ensure onApplyWindowInsets will always be called. -->
     <bool name="config_windowOverscanByDefault">true</bool>
 
-    <!-- Enable windowSwipeToDismiss. -->
-    <bool name="config_windowSwipeToDismiss">true</bool>
-
     <!-- Style the scrollbars accoridngly. -->
     <drawable name="config_scrollbarThumbVertical">@drawable/scrollbar_vertical_thumb</drawable>
     <drawable name="config_scrollbarTrackVertical">@drawable/scrollbar_vertical_track</drawable>