Quick update about my Pixel Watch project

[neuroexception@infosec.exchange]

Quick update about my Pixel Watch project

Progress so far:

• Wear OS and Android apps
• Stable and reliable Bluetooth connection between these two
• Basic Flask backend server
• Postgresql for data persistence

The Wear OS app runs the Bluetooth server to which the Android app connects to. After a lot of troubleshooting and testing, i've managed to make it work.

Even though i'm not sure why. Google claims that the Wearable Data Layer API is the only communication one can use. They even explicitly state that you cannot open a low level socket.

I will now start building my own wearable API via the existing Bluetooth implementation. I'm very proud of the progress so far. I wasn't sure if this project will be possible.

I will also try to reproduce the setup process so that one can setup the watch without needing to install the official Pixel Watch app even once.

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