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Android Developers: Complications design for Wear OS

Documents Wear OS complication design as highly glanceable watch-face information users want to see often throughout the day, including glanceability, relevance, and watch-face slot constraints.

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Wearable glance Choose wearable glance when a wearable surface should answer one immediate question in a few seconds. A wearable glance answers one primary question before any tap, scroll, or phone handoff. Supports highly glanceable complication information and relevance on watch faces.

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Publisher: Android Developers. Last checked: .