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There are two paths for migrating existing Wear tiles: dual service (keeping the existing tile service for older Wear OS versions while adding a Glance Wear Widget service for Wear 7 and above, recommended) and single service (creating a Glance Wear Widget service that handles both protocols).
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Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
10/30/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 1/28/2027
Sources
Jetpack Glance + Remote Compose: Wear OS Tiles Evolve into Widgets
youtubeAndroid Developers10/30/2026
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