The tips and the tricks

I've seen a recent upswing in the number of posts asking for tips and tricks for their new watches. And so this is the be all and end all Android Wear tricks thread.

Share your favorite useful app or beautiful watchface people might not have heard of, or hidden or especially helpful features of any watch. Wear is more awesome with customization!

Here are the best little-known watchfaces suggested so far:

• Looks and Moods are some of the coolest faces from Ustwo, you may have seen them in ads

• Sky Watchface is a cool-looking watchface that doesn't use too much battery

• Line and Pear watchfaces are cool, minimalist watchfaces with an Appley vibe

Here are the best little-known apps suggested so far:

• Wear Audio Recorder to record voice memos on your watch that sync to your phone

• Google Keep to take notes and create lists right on your wrist

• IFTTT and MacroDroid to automate basically anything, especially your smart home and smartphone

• Attopedia to read Wikipedia on your watch

• Looking for Twitter to view your timeline and tweet from your watch

• ClassTime to help students manage their schedules

• Calculator to calculate stuff on your watch

• Sleep As Android to track your sleep

• Pomotodo to make you more productive

• Wear DND Sync to make Do Not Disturb work like it should on AW2

• Wear Charging Widget to make your watch beautiful and while it charges

• Wear Battery Full to track your watch's charging progress from your phone

• Citymapper to help you navigate your city's public transportation with ease and beauty

• Transit to know exactly when your bus is coming

• Pandora to play music for free from your watch

• FlightRadar24 to track nearby airplanes and their routes from your phone or watch

• App In The Air to track your flight from your phone or watch

Here are the best tips and tricks suggested so far:

• Turn off WiFi and tilt-to-wake to save battery life

• Use Wear DND sync to make DND work right again

• Many battery issues are caused by not properly quitting apps. Many apps can run in the background indefinitely, sucking battery. To quit an app, swipe from the left edge. Pressing the crown merely puts the app in the background, where it can continue to run.

• Managing a bluetooth headset and a watch with a speaker can be hard but u/strongdoc has a great method.

If you're having an issue with your watch and looking for a fix, check out my list here.