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<p>
  If you experience problems when developing and testing with the
  Wear 2.0 Developer Preview, please file bugs at
  <a href="https://g.co/wearpreviewbug">https://g.co/wearpreviewbug</a>.
</p>

<p>
  To discuss issues or ideas with other developers working with Android Wear,
  join the <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/113381227473021565406">
  Wear Developer Google+ community</a>.
</p>

<h2 id="dp">Developer Preview 1</h2>

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      <p><em>Date: May 2016<br />
      Builds: Wearable Support 2.0.0-alpha1, NVD36I <br />
      Emulator support: x86 & ARM (32-bit)<br/>
      </em></p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


<h3 id="general_advisories">General advisories</h3>

<p>
  This Developer Preview release is for app developers only and is designed for
  use in compatibility testing and early development only.
</p>

<h4 id="deprecations">Deprecations</h4>


<p>The following fields are deprecated in the Preview:</p>

<ul>
  <li>The <code>Notification.WearableExtender#setCustomSizePreset(int)</code>
  method no longer accepts <code>SIZE_FULL_SCREEN</code> and this value is now
  undefined.
  </li>

  <li>The <code>Notification.WearableExtender#setContentIcon(int)</code> method
  is deprecated.
  </li>
</ul>

<h3 id="known_issues">Known Issues</h3>


<h4 id="notifications">Notifications</h4>


<ul>
  <li>This preview release does not include support for notification groups,
  but will be supported in a future release.
  </li>
  <li>Tapping on next and previous controls in a notification while playing
  music does not work.
  </li>
  <li>Bottom drawer actions user interface overlaps with media card
  notifications.
  </li>
  <li>The system does not generate Smart Reply responses even if
  <code>setAllowGeneratedReplies(true)</code> is set.
  </li>
</ul>


<h4 id="complications">Complications</h4>

<ul>
  <li>Battery information is not synchronized between watch face and drop down
  quick menu.
  </li>
  <li>Play music crashes when tapping on music complication in watch face.
  </li>
</ul>


<h4 id="system_user_interface">System User Interface</h4>

<ul>
  <li>Pressing the hardware button in ambient mode triggers active mode with
  the app launcher instead of active mode only.
  </li>
  <li>Double pressing the power hardware button while on the launcher causes
  the watch screen to turn black.
  </li>
  <li>Dismissing multiple notifications can cause app to force close.
  </li>
  <li>Turning screen lock to off (Enable and disable) functionality is not
  reliable.
  </li>
  <li>Airplane mode does not work from quick settings.
  </li>
  <li>Tapping Google keyboard English (United States) displays a <em>Settings
  under construction</em> message.
  </li>
  <li>First calendar event notification must be dismissed in order to show the
  rest of the event card.
  </li>
  <li>Unable to turn off the Wifi on wearable.
  </li>
  <li>Voice transcription may not work reliably at this time.
  </li>
</ul>


<h4 id="companion_app">Companion App</h4>

<ul>
  <li>'More actions' via Companion app shows a blank screen on phone running
  nyc-release and watch running feldspar-release.
  </li>
  <li>Select watch face on companion wear app will not change watch face on
  wearable.
  </li>
</ul>


<h4 id="devices">Devices</h4>

<ul>
  <li>On the Huawei Watch, selecting the language, followed by multiple
  acknowledgement dialogues results in a black screen.
  </li>
  <li>On the LG Watch Urbane LTE, when answering call from the watch, the watch
  does not provide audio from the caller.
  </li>
</ul>