Get started with Wear OS
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Wear OS by Google lets you write apps that help users stay connected,
track their health and fitness goals, execute tasks, and express themselves.
If you have developed for Android, then features such as apps, notifications,
and Actions might be familiar to you. You can use your knowledge of
Modern Android development when you develop for
Wear OS. With Compose for Wear OS, you can write better apps with less code.
This is the recommended approach to create apps for Wear OS.
Here's the latest information about using Wear OS:
Get started
Design
Additional resources
Content and code samples on this page are subject to the licenses described in the Content License. Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2024-11-12 UTC.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-11-12 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Get started with Wear OS\n\nWear OS by Google lets you write apps that help users stay connected,\ntrack their health and fitness goals, execute tasks, and express themselves.\n\nIf you have developed for Android, then features such as apps, notifications,\nand Actions might be familiar to you. You can use your knowledge of\n[Modern Android development](/modern-android-development) when you develop for\nWear OS. With Compose for Wear OS, you can write better apps with less code.\nThis is the recommended approach to create apps for Wear OS.\n\nHere's the latest information about using Wear OS:\n\nGet started\n-----------\n\n- [Design your Wear OS user interface ⍈](/design/ui/wear)\n- [Principles of Wear OS development](/training/wearables/principles)\n- [Wear OS pathway](/courses/pathways/wear)\n- [Wear OS user interfaces](/training/wearables/user-interfaces)\n- [Use Jetpack Compose on Wear OS](/training/wearables/compose)\n- [Create and run a wearable app](/training/wearables/get-started/creating)\n- [Debug a Wear OS app](/training/wearables/get-started/debugging)\n- [Wear OS app quality](/docs/quality-guidelines/wear-app-quality)\n\nDesign\n------\n\n- [Design principles](/training/wearables/design/design-principles)\n- [Get started](/training/wearables/design/getting-started)\n- [Figma design kit](/training/wearables/design/download#design-kit)\n\nAdditional resources\n--------------------\n\n- [Compose for Wear OS codelab](/codelabs/compose-for-wear-os)\n- [Create your first Tile in Wear OS codelab](/codelabs/wear-tiles)\n- [Distribute to Wear OS](/distribute/best-practices/launch/distribute-wear)\n- [Wear OS release notes](/wear/releases)"]]
