Not able to connect Android Wear Emulator with Device Not able to connect Android Wear Emulator with Device android android

Not able to connect Android Wear Emulator with Device


@Lance Nanek basically helped me solved this problem. In case you had the similar problem, these steps might be helpful.

  1. run 'adb devices' , you should see two devices, one is youremulator, the other is your device with Android Wear Preview appinstalled.

  2. you might see your emulator offline, if so, kill the emulator. From avd, start it, carefully uncheck 'launch from snapshot' - thisis contrast to Android Wear Get started instruction: "Start the AVDagain, but select Launch from snapshot and deselect Save tosnapshot."

  3. run 'adb devices' again, make sure you do see twodevices online
  4. run command 'adb -d forward tcp:5601 tcp:5601'
  5. from the android wear preview app, tape connect, you should be readyto go.


On the newly updated Android Wear app (Aug 2014) there is a settings button top right when asked to choose a device connected via bluetooth. Pressing this button will connect to an emulator instead.


  1. Enable adb debugging in the developer options on your watch.
  2. Enable bluetooth debugging in the developer options on your watch.
  3. Enable bluetooth debugging in the wear app on your phone. run in terminal:
  4. adb forward tcp:4444 localabstract:/adb-hub; adb connect localhost:4444

See this training.

I think I also had luck with using the cradle plugged directly into the computer, but unable to confirm that now.