Category: WearOS (watch)
Launcher/watch face on Wear OS (was Android Wear)
Feature highlight: “analog ↔ digital” quick toggle
Set up a shortcut to switch between analog and digital watch face modes quickly
Feature focus: WIFI Toggle Bubble
Feature focus: WIFI Toggle Bubble
App restore assistant
Bubble Cloud can backup apps and watchfaces to be reinstalled after reset
Tasker plugin demo: direct toggle vibration using a bubble on the watch
Bubble on watch to toggle sound mode on phone (with visual feedback). Short Tasker tutorial video.
Version 9.54: Text-Clock and more
Improvements: New clock bubble type: Text Clock and many complication and LiveInfo bubble layout improvements
Bug fixes: to double press detection and contact cloud both on the watch and in the home screen widgets!
Active vs. inactive vs. ambient screen
Interactive mode = when swipes and long presses are captured by Bubble Clouds, Inactive mode = when only taps are captured by Bubble Clouds,
and Ambient = “Always on” mode
Bubble placement variations
You can control where the bubbles appear using the “Size variance” option
Bubble types
Filled, hollow, icon-only, themed, and using icon-packs
How to apply and adjust 1-click themes
This post includes 3 short tutorials:
Quick apply 1-click themes
Customize 1-click theme component colors
Quickly change background color
Custom Layout Editor vs Smart Auto Layouts
Instead of a custom layout I recommend using one of the Smart Auto Layouts, as these place the bubbles more precisely for a much more even look
Feature focus: Find my phone
Tap the phone bubble (battery level + find my phone)
Choose which bubbles are shown in ambient mode
The setting “Ambient mode” controls whether bubbles show in Always-ON Display or not
Notification icons plugin: block all notifications except a few whitelisted apps
When we whitelist by phrase, it also matches the phrase against the name of the app
Tutorial: use wallpaper from icon pack on the watch
1. Download wallpaper to your device 2. Set custom image background in Bubble Cloud’s expert mode
Wear Stand Up Alert
This is a small utility, the main idea is that it will buzz your wrist if you sit too long, and you can quickly glance on the watch to see how long you have been sitting and whether you should take a break or not yet.
Peek card watch face complication
Bubble Cloud can show a long text watch face complication in peek card format.
Watch face mode
Using Bubble Clouds as the watch face – this is where Bubble Cloud can show its full power!
Full feature list – with links to help
Active / inactive / ambient modes – explained
How to show notifications?
Using Paramedic timer without the app drawer
You can assign the timer to a hardware button push, then disable the app drawer. The button will string bring up the timer!