[Idea] How About a Complications Review Category?

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Hey @Facer_Official and everyone,
Now that complication spaces are up and running, does anyone have an interest in reviewing how watch application data looks in these spaces?

I thought it might be interesting to start a running list of everyone’s favorite watch apps and how they look in a complication space.

  • List the app in the subject: maybe it’s heart rate, or your favorite music player, or Outlook for Android… whatever you use from your Apps tray.
  • say how it looks in the complication space. Is it only text? are there icons or other graphics?
  • does it play better in the rectangle spaces or in the circle spaces (or doesn’t matter).
  • If the overall watchface is themeable, which part of the space gets the color?
  • does it kill your battery?

Basically just a critic’s review of an Android app and how it looks in one of the Facer spaces.

Whaddayathink?
John

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Oh, you want to know what we think about Android Wear 2.0 features like spaces and themes? :thinking:

I think other than maybe four people who post regularly, the rest of us are thinking:

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Hahaaaaa! good point. Still, there are tons of “members” on Facer that don’t build watch faces at all. They just download and install from the community (free & pay). For those out there that own Android 2.0 devices, they can certainly contribute as purely the end-user.

I think it would be helpful for the developers to understand what the users (devs or not) are interested in. For example if 90% of watch wearers are more interested in the rectangular spaces, then we should cater more to those spaces.

I suppose this is an idea pitch more to the general wearers, not necessarily the developers

Thanks,
John

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@jmorga106 this is a great idea and we’re happy to support it in any way we can!

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Awesome @Facer_Official! Can you let us know when the forum section is open and I’ll start adding some content.

Thanks,
John

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@jmorga106 here you go: Smartwatch App & Complication reviews - FACER Community

I made it more general than complications and include regular apps as well because I think that would also be interesting to the community. Maybe prefix complication reviews with [Complication]? Have fun!

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Thanks!:+1::+1:

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Thanks! If you find a good complication to track the stock market in real-time, I’m interested! :wink: