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Wear Network Notifications on Windows Pc

Developed By: Dennis Mantz

License: Free

Rating: 3,3/5 - 23 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.4
Size 11.2 MB
Release Date October 23, 17
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (7)]

What's New:
version 1.04 - Support for Android Wear 2.0 - Connectivity graph (beta) - Added Privacy Policy - Removing donation feature [see more]

Description from Developer:
This simple app will show you notifications about the state of your phone network connection on the Android Wear device. Just one glance to know if you are using Wifi, LTE, UMTS or... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Wear Network Notifications and install on Windows PC. Wear Network Notifications is free Tools app, developed by Dennis Mantz. Latest version of Wear Network Notifications is 1.4, was released on 2017-10-23 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Wear Network Notifications is 3,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 23 users, 5 users had rated it 5*, 8 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Wear Network Notifications on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Wear Network Notifications on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Wear Network Notifications on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Wear Network Notifications using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Wear Network Notifications" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Wear Network Notifications on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Wear Network Notifications" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.4.

Download Wear Network Notifications 1.4 on Windows PC – 11.2 MB

This simple app will show you notifications about the state of your phone network connection on the Android Wear device. Just one glance to know if you are using Wifi, LTE, UMTS or if you are currently offline! See the signl strength in percent or dBm and the current network name! The information will automatically update every time the watch wakes up from ambient mode.

You even get a notification if your watch looses the Bluetooth connection to the phone. This makes any 'forgot my phone' app unnecessary!

The notifications can be customized through the companion app on the phone and it is also possible to only show the notification cards manually on the watch.



FEATURES
✔ Notification on transition between WIFI, MOBILE and OFFLINE states
✔ Customizable behaviour through the handheld companion app
✔ Signal strength indicatior icon and absolute value in %, RSSI/dBm and ASU level
✔ [NEW] Additional details pages showing MCC, MNC, LAC, CID, BSSID, IP, ...
✔ Automatic update of the notification when the wearable device wakes up
✔ Works with all watchfaces and Android Wear devices
✔ Available languages: English and German




PERMISSIONS
This app uses the following permissions to detect the network state and signal strength:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Get information about the network connection status
- ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: Get the wifi name and signal strength
- READ_PHONE_STATE: Get information about the cellular connection
- ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: To query the system for the currently connected
network cell (to get the signal strength) this permission is also required

In addition the following permissions are required by additional features:
- VIBRATE: Used to vibrate on notifications (can be turned off!)
- BILLING and INTERNET: Only used for donations via in-app purchases and PayPal, Flattr, Bitcoins, ...



THANKS
I want to thank Dominik Schürmann for developing a Android Donation Fragment (https://github.com/dschuermann/android-donations-lib) which is used by this app!




LICENSE
Wear Network Notifications is free open source software released under the GNU General Public License v2! You can get it in the Google Play store or download the APK file and the source code from GitHub (https://github.com/demantz/WearNetworkNotifications).

Please help me to improve the app by
- Reporting issues in GitHub (https://github.com/demantz/WearNetworkNotifications/issues)
- Rate the app
- Donate some money
version 1.04
- Support for Android Wear 2.0
- Connectivity graph (beta)
- Added Privacy Policy
- Removing donation feature
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.