YouTube app on Android Wear…Seriously, On a Watch?

Android wear is a excellent effort from Google to bring brilliance to your watches as well as other wearable gadgets however appears like some designer made an advanced move and came up with a well-not-so-smart-idea. A new Youtube app on Android wear will let you search as well as watch videos on your teeny small wrist watch. I am a crazy YouTube enthusiast and spend hours watching videos for nothing however definitely not on a watch. catching Youtube videos on a wrist watch with a little screen would most likely be the worst video experience ever however appears like we can do that now.

Developer Appfour has introduced a new video player for Android wear which is powered by Youtube as well as has Chromecast support. The app is offered in Google Play store with the name Video for Android Wear&YouTube and you can discover the link at the end of the post. thanks to the developer, we can now enjoy Youtube videos on our smartwatches however do we truly care to watch videos on a small screen? In my opinion, it’s a excellent output from the designer however not so useful in daily life if we care about battery backup.

Android wear is not designed to handle tasks like media streaming, it’s as simple as that. The primary function of the wear innovation is to bring brilliance to your watch by adding useful features as well as provide an ideal battery life, the latest Youtube app just beats that purpose. It’s obvious that this small app would take in a great deal of battery as well as equine power to play a simple Youtube video on your watch when you have the choice to watch it on a much bigger screen of your smartphone.

As all of us know, Android wear gadgets have no speakers, so the app likewise supports Bluetooth headphones as well as speakers. However, they requirement to be linked to the watch not to the smartphone which will further deplete the battery on your wise watch. when you open the app, you can browse the videos as well as begin playing them. You can likewise use some basic options to pause/play, seek, as well as change volume on the small screen. The app likewise supports Chromecast which means you can utilize your smartwatch to beam Youtube videos on a Chromecast equipped TV. You can see the app in action from the below video.

To conclude, the app seems to work smoothly however most most likely it will suck your battery dry in less than an hour or two. However, this is not the dumbest concept as well as you can utilize it for fun however it definitely won’t replace our smartphones ever. Anyway, you can download it from the link below:

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So, do you truly believe you can watch a video on a small screen on your Android wear device? let us understand in the comments section below.

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