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Android Wear to Android TV Communication

I'm looking for a way to have my android wear device locally communicate with my android tv. I was hoping that I could use the wearable Message API, which doesn't seem to work on android tv (probably because the android tv doesn't pair with android wear).

Ideally I was hoping if this would be possible without having to relay messages through the mobile phone app.

Any suggestions? Thanks

Solution

  • You can't connect to any other device directly, for example through Bluetooth or Wifi.

    All connections need to go through Google Play Services using Data Layer API or Channel API.

    For that, all devices need to be paired using a Android Wear app. Theoretically you could install Android Wear app on the TV but I don't think it will be usable with the controller.