WearRelay: iPhone Notifications for Wear OS
WearRelay is a Wear OS app in development for bringing iPhone notifications to your watch over Bluetooth. The local ANCS relay foundation is built, but notification delivery and battery life still need testing with real devices.
Quick Facts
- Platform
- Wear OS
Coming Soon to Wear OS
WearRelay: iPhone Notifications for Wear OS is currently in active development. The features listed below represent the planned scope.
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- Designed to show supported iPhone notifications on a Wear OS watch using Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) over Bluetooth LE
- Implemented foundation for BLE association, connection management, ANCS attribute requests, and local notification handling
- Watch setup and diagnostics screens expose connection state and guide the user through association
- Connection strategies and background recovery are being evaluated with bounded retries and session isolation
- Notification content is designed to stay on the devices, without a cloud relay for the core feature
- Real iPhone notification delivery, reconnection after interruptions, battery impact, and device compatibility still require physical testing
- Does not provide full iPhone companion features; dual-phone operation is an experimental future goal
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I install WearRelay from Google Play?
Not yet. WearRelay is in development and has not passed real-device notification, reliability, battery, or release testing.
Will it work with my iPhone and Wear OS watch?
Compatibility is still being tested. The ANCS and Bluetooth foundations are implemented, but successful notification delivery from a physical iPhone to a Wear OS watch has not been verified.
Does WearRelay need a cloud account?
The core notification bridge is designed to run locally over Bluetooth, without a developer-operated cloud relay or account.
Can it connect to an iPhone while my watch also uses an Android phone?
That is an experimental future direction. Maintaining the normal Android connection alongside an iPhone ANCS relay has not yet been verified.
Help & feedback
Report a problem, suggest an improvement, or contact the developer about WearRelay: iPhone Notifications for Wear OS. No GitHub account is required.