What's New?
- New link action sheet with:
- Web preview
- QR code
- Link shortener
- Quick view
- Easy access to AirSync and more
- Custom app icons
- Accessibility shortcuts
- New: Essentials watchfaces
There are 2 options,- Use the built-in watchface of the Essentials WearOS app
- WearOS 5 and below
- Material You dynamic colors
- Customizable fonts
- Native complications
- Use the new WFF watchface - Recommended
- WearOS 5 and above
- No dynamic colors (System limitations)
- Tons of custom color presets
- Customizable fonts
- WearOS complications (Check below)
- Use the built-in watchface of the Essentials WearOS app
- Re-organized watch settings
- Watch ADB info
- MeDrop integration
- Some cool AGSL shaders in UI
- Ripple effect
- Motion blur
- Licenses and credits section
- Fix permission sheet being overflown by @PramudithaN
- More lottie animations
- Settings description cleanup
- A lot of refinements and minor fixes
How to use Accessibility Shortcuts?
You can setup all 3 shortcuts from DIY automations. It will prompt to enable if you have not already for each shortcut. In accessibility settings, you can pick what shortcut/ gesture to trigger each one. Here's my usage for example:
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Shortcut 1 : Screen bottom 2 finger gesture -> Take screenshot
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Shortcut 2 : Floating button -> Screen off
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Shortcut 3 : Hold both vol buttons -> Toggle vibrate mode
I just found out that we can dynamically assign what shortcut to show up and enabled. So I got some ideas for the future as well. :)
How to use new watch faces?
If you are on WearOS 5 or later, First install the Essentials WearOS app, Then download and sideload this watch face app (It need to be a separate non executable APK).
On some OS, it might not show up on watchface picker. In that case, try running the below command from adb.
adb shell am broadcast -a com.google.android.wearable.app.DEBUG_SURFACE --es operation set-watchface --es watchFaceId com.sameerasw.essentials.watchface
Then, in edit mode, setup your complications as below (Some might be already selected) :
- Essentials - At a glance
- Essentials - At a glance (This is the middle of the watch face, used for the top glow)
- Steps - Or up to you
- Heart rate - Or up to you
- Battery
- Day and date
- Essentials - Phone battery
If you are on WearOS 5 or older, You can also use the built-in watch face of the Essentials WearOS app alone without another WFF app which also allows customizations from Android app as well as extra features. But WFF might be a bit more efficient?
PRs & Contributions
- feat(link-picker): add Tools tab with URL Shortener Studio, QR Code Generator, and Quick Settings Tile by @Balajitechlabs in #833
- feat(link-picker): add Tools tab with Private Floating Web Preview and Material 3 QR Code generator by @Balajitechlabs in #830
- Refactor: tile/widget registry, debugging tile name and icons by @thekrdev in #838
- Develop - url shortener, qr code and qs tile improvements by @sameerasw in #842
- Develop - Improved unified link actions sheet by @sameerasw in #849
- Community translations by @Fuchs23 by @github-actions[bot] in #828
- Community translations by @ArthusPVP by @github-actions[bot] in #829
- Community translations by @OrdinaryPerson0 by @github-actions[bot] in #831
- Community translations by @agent13fab by @github-actions[bot] in #832
- Community translations by @Naxomega by @github-actions[bot] in #835
- Community translations by @makarena2938 by @github-actions[bot] in #836
- Community translations by @snowwysillycat by @github-actions[bot] in #837
- Community translations by @paul1126 by @github-actions[bot] in #839
- Community translations by @Ndraaa-repo by @github-actions[bot] in #841
- Community translations by @lt723707-tech by @github-actions[bot] in #844
- Community translations by @LK024 by @github-actions[bot] in #848
- Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #851
- Develop - Essentials watchface controls by @sameerasw in #854
- Develop - Custom app icons by @sameerasw in #858
- Develop - Upstream by @sameerasw in #864
- Develop - MeDrop button, AGSL ripple effect by @sameerasw in #872
- fix: add verticalScroll to TimeSelectionSheet to fix unclickable save… by @PramudithaN in #876
- Develop - Permission by @sameerasw in #882
- Community translations by @youseffahed861-code by @github-actions[bot] in #855
- Community translations by @elchumy6960 by @github-actions[bot] in #856
- Community translations by @ru-tei2 by @github-actions[bot] in #859
- Community translations by @DDOneApps by @github-actions[bot] in #861
- Community translations by @Yonkae by @github-actions[bot] in #863
- Community translations by @gluetheknot2 by @github-actions[bot] in #865
- Community translations by @OrdinaryPerson0 by @github-actions[bot] in #866
- Community translations by @Fuchs23 by @github-actions[bot] in #867
- Community translations by @Ark-droid596 by @github-actions[bot] in #871
- feat(locale): added zh_TW by @olivertzeng in #873
- Community translations by @AhmedAwad7 by @github-actions[bot] in #874
- Community translations by @Amonoman by @github-actions[bot] in #875
- Community translations by @Arno313 by @github-actions[bot] in #878
- Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #883
- Develop - Motion blur, watch settings re-organization, watch adb info, smart pixel lottie, minimal settings descriptions, battery widget to sheet, accessibility shortcuts by @sameerasw in #889
- Korean translations by @paul1126 in #884
- Community translations by @Kawaharu869 by @github-actions[bot] in #885
- Community translations by @mariohdel14nasa-lang by @github-actions[bot] in #886
- Community translations by @productbyPHT by @github-actions[bot] in #888
- Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #890
New Contributors
- @PramudithaN made their first contribution in #876
- @olivertzeng made their first contribution in #873
- @paul1126 made their first contribution in #884
Full Changelog: v17.2...v17.3
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