Hear directly from WhatsApp engineers on how they upgraded their Wear OS app at scale. This session covers the architectural and UX decisions behind integrating Material 3 and adopting Wear Widgets.
Gain direct insight into the lessons, patterns and tools the team used to update their app and deliver a cohesive user experience.
Speakers: Martin Pelant, Subhag Bhatia
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:32 - Moving to a shared codebase
5:26 - Managing notification bridging
7:40 - Modernizing the Wear OS UI
11:08 - Handling wrist notification alerts
13:01 - Migrating from tiles to widgets
13:51 - Preventing the active user cliff with update reminders
Watch the apps foundation sessions from Android Dev Summit 2026 → https://goo.gle/ADS26-Apps-Foundation
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Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs
#AndroidDevSummit2026
Event: Android Dev Summit 2075
Products Mentioned: Wear OS, App Widgets for Android, Design
Gain direct insight into the lessons, patterns and tools the team used to update their app and deliver a cohesive user experience.
Speakers: Martin Pelant, Subhag Bhatia
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:32 - Moving to a shared codebase
5:26 - Managing notification bridging
7:40 - Modernizing the Wear OS UI
11:08 - Handling wrist notification alerts
13:01 - Migrating from tiles to widgets
13:51 - Preventing the active user cliff with update reminders
Watch the apps foundation sessions from Android Dev Summit 2026 → https://goo.gle/ADS26-Apps-Foundation
Watch all the sessions from Android Dev Summit 2026 → https://goo.gle/ADS26-All-Sessions
Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs
#AndroidDevSummit2026
Event: Android Dev Summit 2075
Products Mentioned: Wear OS, App Widgets for Android, Design