{"id":230289,"date":"2026-04-02T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/google-embraces-the-future-mandates-64-bit-apps-for-wear-os\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:30:12","slug":"google-embraces-the-future-mandates-64-bit-apps-for-wear-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/google-embraces-the-future-mandates-64-bit-apps-for-wear-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Google embraces the future, mandates 64-bit apps for Wear OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-64-bit-wear-os-apps-3654251\/\">Google embraces the future, mandates 64-bit apps for Wear OS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-64-bit-wear-os-apps-3654251\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-64-bit-wear-os-apps-3654251\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-02 04:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google has mandated that all Wear OS apps need to have a 64-bit version from September 15.<\/li>\n<li>The company says developers can still offer a 32-bit app alongside the 64-bit version.<\/li>\n<li>This comes months after Google announced similar plans for Google TV and Android TV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It seems like 2026 is the year that Google\u2019s other platforms will embrace the 64-bit era. Android TV and Google TV will require 64-bit app versions from August, and the company has now announced similar plans for Wear OS.<\/p>\n<p>Google has announced that all new Wear OS apps and app updates hosted on the Play Store must have a 64-bit version alongside the existing 32-bit version from September 15, 2026. The company says Google Play will start blocking non-compliant apps after the deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not making changes to our policy on 32-bit support, and Google Play will continue to deliver apps to existing 32-bit devices,\u201d the company noted in its blog post. That\u2019s good news as many smartwatches are equipped with a 32-bit version of Wear OS, preventing them from running 64-bit apps.<\/p>\n<p>Google also notes that the \u201cvast majority\u201d of Wear OS developers have already implemented 64-bit versions of their apps. However, there are inevitably dormant or abandoned apps that get caught up in the 64-bit transition, so our fingers are crossed that these developers provide the necessary 64-bit update.<\/p>\n<h2>What does this mean for Wear OS?<\/h2>\n<p>History suggests that the requirement for 64-bit app versions alongside 32-bit versions will eventually lead to a 64-bit-only future. After all, Google mandated 64-bit app versions for Android in 2019 before Android 14 switched to a 64-bit-only architecture in 2024. So don\u2019t be surprised if Wear OS eventually drops 32-bit support altogether in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, Google says 64-bit architectures enable performance improvements and potentially \u201cfaster and richer experiences\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-64-bit-wear-os-apps-3654251\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google embraces the future, mandates 64-bit apps for Wear OS https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-64-bit-wear-os-apps-3654251\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-02 04:02:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google-pixel-watch-4-app-grid-launcher.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-230289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230291,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230289\/revisions\/230291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}