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Google Drops 4th Preview of Android Wear

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Dec 13, 2016, 1:38 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today made Android Wear 2.0 Beta 4 available to developers. The in-progress platform for smartwatches gains a handful of new features in this latest beta. Some new functions include one-click Google sign-in thanks to the OAuth API, and in-app billing, which will allow developers to unlock new ways to earn. The preview brings back swipe-to-dismiss behaviors and improves backward compatibility with Android Wear 1.0 apps. It also smoothes over action and navigation drawer behaviors; makes the circular UI opt-in, rather than mandatory; and provides burn-in protection for complications. Developers will need to manually install Android Wear 2.0 Beta 4. Google has said Android Wear 2.0 won't reach consumer devices until early 2017.

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