Too many swipes to get to desired app?

[Sammuel1973]

I was watching a YouTube demo video. Google Now and Google Voice look impressive, but is there a way too shrink the apps to 4 smaller size per screen for easy access like the Gear 2? So far, it seems there are too many unnecessary swipes needed.

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[Fearless Freep]

If it's an Android Wear app you can launch it by saying "Ok, Google, Launch Evernote" (or whatever app). The screen swipes are somewhat more involved but still not a big deal. It's not a phone screen, thus you don't want to place full-time icons there. At some point maybe they'll implement some sort of gesture shortcuts to launch an app, but it's still OK to me.

 

[Sammuel1973]

Thanks for your answer.

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[Fearless Freep]

Seems that someone has agreed with you and has released an Android Wear app to do just what you described:

Android Wear Mini Launcher makes it easy to get to apps

 

[Sammuel1973]

Great, seems like it would help. Too many swipes can be too cumbersome. Why do extra steps if you don't need to?

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[nyijedi]

Mini Launcher has made me go from wanting to throw this watch out the window to really enjoying it.

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[bujin]

I don't know if it's correct, but I always feel that adding "always on" apps like this will cause a battery drain. I'm curious as to whether that's the case here. Definitely a convenient app.