Video Shows How Android Wear Can Already Be Used To Control Your Home Using AutoApps

A young Android device doesn’t become a man until Tasker has come along to usher it into adulthood and some developer has used it achieve greatness. In the case of watches with Android Wear, this doesn’t even require much work, for all the ingredients are already in place. This YouTube video shows a wearer using his Samsung Gear Live to control his home using Tasker and a selection of AutoApps.

In the video, we see developer Doug GregoryÂ operate his living room lamp by issuing voice commands to his Gear Live. Likewise, he swipes on the watch’s display to toggle the lamp manually, with the background changing to show whether the light is on or off. Later in the clip, we see this same behavior in place for his garage door.

To make the magic happen, Gregory used theÂ AutoVera, AutoVoice, and AutoNotification Tasker plugins, which already happen to work with Android Wear. To pass the voice command back to Android, he neededÂ root accessÂ andÂ the Xposed Google Search API module. On the hardware front, he used an HTC One, a Gear Live, and a few of his company’s productsÂ -Â a DKC AutoVera Starter Pack with Vera Lite and two Z-Wave Modules, along with five NFC Tags.

Now we just need Google to cut down on the lag. Each command takes quite a deal of time to execute, and we wouldn’t mind seeing the latency reducedÂ to 1/10th of what it is now. In the meantime, I guess we’ll wait.

Tasker (Playboard) | Tasker (Play Store)

AutoNotification (Playboard) | AutoNotification (Play Store)

AutoVera (Playboard) | AutoVera (Play Store)

AutoVoice (Playboard) | AutoVoice (Play Store)

Thanks, Doug.

Source : Android Police – Android News, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets Â» Apps/Games