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@dharmabruce dharmabruce released this 14 Jul 21:04
v1.27-tap1
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First alpha of the tap-gesture fork of WearMouse — a Wear OS app that turns your watch into a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard for a computer or AR glasses, no software needed on the host. This fork adds hands-light IMU gesture control on top of the original air mouse.

What this fork adds

Opt-in IMU gestures — on by default; toggle in Settings → Input:

  • Tap-to-click & grab-to-scroll (beta) — pinch your fingers to click, double-tap to double-click, tap-and-hold to drag, and pinch-and-move to scroll with release inertia. No touching the watch face to click.
  • Wrist-flip Back / Home (beta) — flip your wrist over and back for Android Back; hold it flipped for about a second for Home. Works on either wrist (the detector auto-calibrates to the flip direction).

Always available:

  • Back / Home / Pause in the mouse action drawer (swipe up on the mouse screen). Pause freezes all motion/clicks while you type on the host, then resumes instantly.
  • Per-device scroll direction, remembered per connected host.

Install

Grab wearmouse-tap-1.27-tap1-universal.apk below — it works on any watch (arm64-v8a / armeabi-v7a are smaller downloads if you know your watch's CPU). It's the Wear OS app; it installs on the watch, not on a phone.

Requires Wear OS 5 (Android 14 / API 34) or newer. First, on the watch, enable Settings → Developer options → Wireless debugging, and put the watch on the same Wi-Fi as whatever you install from. (No install method skips this — it's a Wear OS requirement.)

No computer needed

Wear OS can't install an APK straight from a browser, but a phone-based ADB app can push it to the watch over Wi-Fi — no cables, no command line. Heads up: these apps get full debugging access to your devices, so pick one you trust and vet it yourself. Mainstream Play-Store options include Bugjaeger and AnExplorer; for step-by-step walkthroughs (and other tools) see the guides at 9to5Google and XDA.

  • From your phone — install one of those apps, point it at the APK, and push it to the watch over Wi-Fi.
  • From the INMO AIR3 — the AIR3 runs Android, so you can run the same kind of sideloader app on the glasses themselves and push to the watch from there — no phone or PC in the loop.

From a computer (if you prefer)

adb install wearmouse-tap-1.27-tap1-universal.apk

Notes

  • Uses its own application id (com.ginkage.wearmouse.tap), so it installs alongside the original Play Store WearMouse — you don't need to uninstall it. (Only one WearMouse can hold the Bluetooth mouse role at a time, so close the other if you hit connection trouble.)
  • Not on the Play Store.

Status & known issues

⚠️ Alpha. The gestures were tuned on a limited set of hardware — expect rough edges, and please file issues.

  • Verified on a Samsung Galaxy Watch: tap-to-click, grab-to-scroll, and wrist-flip Back/Home all confirmed working on both wrists, connected to INMO AIR3 glasses.
  • Connecting to some Android phones as a mouse may not work (a phone that is the watch's own companion can refuse the HID connection). AR glasses and desktop/laptop hosts work.

Credits & license

A fork of ginkage/WearMouse, licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Modifications are noted in the changed files. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Google or the original author. If the upstream app is useful to you, consider supporting its author (links in the README).

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