Does Android Wear only work with Google Apps?

[monkmullen]

So for text messages, do I need to be using Hangouts? And do emails only go to the watch if it's a Gmail?

I just got a 360 today and I'm a little concerned about this. I use the stock messaging app with my Moto X for texts, but I get no notifications on the watch when I receive a text. Do I need to switch to Hangouts? And I use the stock mail app for work email (Exchange). Those don't pop up either, but messages via Gmail do.

How do I work around this?

 

[SpookDroid]

You already got a 360??!! Lucky you!

As far as I know, you don't need to use Google's apps to get the notifications. Have you checked your notification settings? Maybe some switch is off that shouldn't be...

 

[monkmullen]

Yeah, just took a little persistence and a whole lot of luck.

 

[mr_nobody]

My understanding is you can get notifications from any messaging app...but you won't be able to reply from the watch without a compatible app (hangouts, 8sms, etc.).

 

[smooth4lyfe]

You should get any notifications that come to your phone
I have the 360 and I even get notifications from third party apps that I can interact with

I use default Samsung messenger and I get notifications from that as well as can reply

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[monkmullen]

Is there any way to send an email via anything other than Gmail? If I want to send an email to a coworker using my 360, it appears like it's always coming from my personal Gmail account.

Sorry if these are stupid questions.

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