WearOS Support

[caffeinejolt]

Now that WearOS is becoming more prevalent, it would be pretty cool to offer a companion WearOS app. A concern with watch use is always going to be battery efficiency. It would be great to just glance at the watch and have some basic options.

[biodranik]

The idea is good, but the battery consumption is not suitable for everyone. There are already some issues related to watches.

[biodranik]

To make it more productive, let's focus on a proper design of such an app. What should be there (for a minimum viable product level)? How it should look? How it should work?

[grevory]

Is there a place to contribute ideas?

[hb0nd]

Is there a place to contribute ideas?

The best place is in this issue :)

[grevory]

WRT to WearOS, I think a UI which is predominately an arrow which points you in the direction of the trail you are on, and toward waypoints if they exist (I couldn't find a way to add waypoints). This would make trekking easier so you would not need to keep pulling out your phone on a trail. And also a notification if you veer X meters away from trail you have set.

I am doing a hike this summer where there is no trail and game trail can often take you off course. I would love a minimum effort solution to solve that problem :)

[biodranik]

What are "waypoints" in this context? Intermediate stops on the way? Select any place after building a route, and press "Add stop" at the bottom.

[mxdanger]

It might be even better to add support for both watchOS and Wear OS It would be possible to add full navigation on watchOS if that was the end goal but that might not be possible on Wear OS devices for now. So just having it act solely as a companion seems like the best choice for batter efficiency as you mentioned.

[ghost]

+1 for WearOS or HarmonyOS support! I've installed OM on my Huawei Watch 3 and it's a perfect replacement for other map apps, especially for having offline maps on my wrist. If you need UI/UX suggestions (including a working prototype with Figma) let me know :)
Cheers!

[eamag]

+1 as pixel watch also uses wear os

[grevory]

Thank you! Yes, intermediate planned stops or landmarks. The arrow could point to the course or to the waypoints. If a user has veered too far off their course they get buzzed, so they don't need to keep the map out while traveling.

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[TheWanderer1983]

+1 Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 uses WearOS
+1 OnePlus 2R watch uses WearOS also.

[TheWanderer1983]

Saved/Starred locations become easily accessible.

[janlr123]

Is there any update here. With more and more wearOS decides on the marked with linger battery life a watch version would be amazing.

[alexnagorn]

Hello. I'v installed organic maps on Oneplus watch 3 46mm. It works really fast. For my feelings faster then Gmaps and better then list of all wear os outdoor applications. I tried to build an outdoor route and I succeeded. However, size of the control elements and absence of the 'Cancel' button ruins all normal use case. As well wheel works just for zooming in any scrolling direction. It takes wrong coordinates (around 500m from actual point) when searching GPS and can't locate North so compas arrow also wrong... I would tell it has huge potential and can easy overtake Garmin and Suunto just needs some UX/UI and pairing of the internal sensors. Hope some developers would see this comment. Regards!

[wrathgewp]

+1 Galaxy Watch 7 uses WearOS

There are already some OSM clients for WearOS, but they are all close source with In-app purchases.

[datend3nker]

I’ve started a proof-of-concept Wear OS companion at https://github.com/datend3nker/organicmaps-wearos. The current state is mostly “vibe coded” because I’m not familiar with Kotlin (I’m an embedded security engineer). It’s intended to explore UI/UX and find the most useful flow; once I’m happy with the design I’ll rewrite the app from scratch without AI assistance.

I’m at university and short on time, so please be patient I’ll iterate on this when I can and welcome feedback on the approach and UX.

[datend3nker]

For now just meant as proof of concept. Once I am happy with the flow and the feature set, ill make my hands dirty.
PR before rewrite or after satisfiable state reached?

[biodranik]

After is better => less efforts to review )

[alexnagorn]

Is it possible to add one screen more with real map, arrow and built way? Just like on phone. Very useful for tracking and running

[datend3nker]

Already on it. But not easy as you would sacrifice power due to rendering or streaming. Newest version has some sort of standalone mode and companion mode. There you'll have a map as well depending on your settings.

Hoping to finish the "vibe" phase this week

[angelooribeiro]

Whenever you want to update a beta version I can test it on samsung ultra and provide feedback.
Would be really nice to have the offline map available in the watch without having to start a route or something. Is power efficient for when you do some marked hike and want to know where is the next water source or hut.