# android/wear-os-samples

Multiple samples showing best practices in app and watch face development on Wear OS.

Repository: https://github.com/android/wear-os-samples
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wear-os-samples
Homepage: https://developer.android.com/wear
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: samples, sample
Last push: 2026-08-25T20:32:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2637, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1393, forks 638 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.298605+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of official Google sample projects demonstrating best practices for building Wear OS apps and watch faces in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Each sample is a standalone Android Studio project covering topics like the data layer, OAuth, tiles, complications, and the Watch Face Format.

## Use cases
- learn how to build a Wear OS app with Jetpack Compose
- create a custom watch face for Wear OS
- implement authentication on a smartwatch app without a companion mobile app
- communicate between a phone and watch via the data layer
- build Wear OS tiles and complications
- record and play audio on a wearable device
- test watch face complications against sample data sources

## When to choose
- you are starting Wear OS development and want official, up-to-date example code
- you need reference implementations for tiles, complications, or Watch Face Format
- you want to see best practices for Compose on wearables

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready library or framework to drop into your app
- you are targeting platforms other than Wear OS
- you want a single unified app rather than many separate sample projects

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, developer-tools, ui-components, auth, audio-processing
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, tutorials, cross-platform
- platform: jvm
- tags: wear-os, smartwatch, watch-faces, jetpack-compose, tiles, complications, sample-code, google, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- android/wear-os-samples (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.298605+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:28.829241+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://developer.android.com/wear (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.122286+00:00, sha 97722a28ac58)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/google/play/installreferrer (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.128877+00:00, sha 0c36cc3c0414)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.133710+00:00, sha ebdb8e262578)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/docs/quality-guidelines/wear-app-quality (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.135207+00:00, sha 25ddd62a7a20)
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  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/versions/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.125113+00:00, sha 8396b9ab4b55)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:24.127051+00:00, sha 26b81706cc72)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.