One of the best things about Android smartphones and Wear OS is the open attitude toward allowing third-party developers to create apps for the device. This is similar to Google’s approach to Android phones, and it means that there are a lot of extra pieces of software available that can do things with your smartwatch that the manufacturer doesn’t officially support. One great example of this is the Wear Audio Recorder, a popular app by Svet Kuz that allows users to record audio with their Android smartwatch.
Almost all Wear OS and Android watches feature a microphone of some sort, either to allow the user to answer phone calls or talk to Google Assistant. The Wear Audio Recorder app utilizes this same microphone to record audio, giving you an easy way to back up important conversations, meetings, and lectures without the need for other recording equipment or a smartphone. It’s an elegant solution and non-intrusive as the watch can just sit happily on your wrist with the screen turned off.
When used on a smartwatch, Wear Audio Recorder can automatically back up recordings to Google Drive and allow you to see how long a session has lasted, as well as pause and restart recordings. The app can also be synced with a smartwatch so that you can have access to more functions, such as the ability to listen to recordings, organize them into folders, or edit them to remove things such as silences or unwanted noise.
