En Android Studio, haz clic en Tools > SDK Manager.
En la pestaña SDK Tools, selecciona la versión más reciente de Android Emulator y haz clic en OK para instalarla si aún no lo hiciste.
En Android Studio, selecciona Tools > Device Manager para abrir el Administrador de dispositivos. Haz clic en Create device.
En el panel Category, selecciona Wear OS y elige un perfil de hardware.
Haz clic en Next.
Selecciona una imagen del sistema de Wear OS 6 para descargar, que es la imagen con el nivel de API 36.0 y el destino Android 16.0 ("Baklava") (Wear OS 6.0).
Si todavía no tienes instalada una imagen del sistema que coincida con la definición de tu dispositivo, haz clic en Descargar junto al Nombre de la versión para obtenerla.
Haz clic en Next y, luego, en Finish.
Cómo probar tu app en el emulador
Después de crear el dispositivo virtual, ejecuta y prueba tu aplicación en un emulador que ejecute Wear OS 6:
Ve a la barra de herramientas de Android Studio y selecciona el dispositivo virtual que acabas de crear.
Haz clic en Run.
Apps disponibles en el emulador
Las siguientes apps de espacio de usuario están preinstaladas en el emulador oficial:
Encuentra mi teléfono
Linterna
Controles de contenido multimedia
Teléfono
Play Store
Configuración
Además, las siguientes apps del sistema están disponibles en el emulador:
Android Accessibility Suite
Bluetooth
Credential Manager
Administrador de descargas
Información de emergencia
Servicios de Google Play
Servicios de salud para Wear OS
Reconocimiento y síntesis de voz de Google
Servicios de Wear
Alertas de emergencia inalámbricas
Actualiza tu app para que se oriente a Wear OS 6
Después de actualizar tu app para prepararla para Wear OS 6, puedes mejorar aún más la compatibilidad de tu app con esta versión de Wear OS si la segmentas para Wear OS 6 (nivel de API 36), que se basa en Android 16, o versiones posteriores.
Para actualizar la versión del SDK de destino, abre el archivo build.gradle o build.gradle.kts a nivel del módulo y actualízalos con los siguientes valores para Wear OS 6 (Android 16):
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Última actualización: 2025-07-27 (UTC)
[null,null,["Última actualización: 2025-07-27 (UTC)"],[],[],null,["# Prepare for Wear OS 6\n\nThis page explains how to set up the official emulator for testing, and how to\nupgrade your app to target Wear OS 6.\n\nSet up an emulator\n------------------\n\n\nThe Wear OS 6 emulator lets you do the following:\n\n- Test behavior changes in Wear OS 6.\n- Explore the new features that are available in Wear OS 6.\n- View the watch faces that you create using [Watch Face\n Studio](https://developer.samsung.com/watch-face-studio/user-guide/index.html).\n\nUsing the emulator, you can test different screen sizes and watch faces.\n**Note:** The Wear OS 6 emulator isn't available in China. Learn more about how to [create Wear OS apps for China](https://support.google.com/wearos/answer/6321140) and support the China market. \nThe grid view of the set of apps available in the emulator.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n### Download and install the emulator\n\nTo set up a virtual device to run Wear OS 6, follow these steps.\n| **Note:** Unlike in previous versions of Wear OS, the emulator that runs Wear OS 6 **uses a signed build**. This means that you can't get root access to the emulator image.\n\n1. Download the [latest preview release of Android Studio](/studio/preview).\n\n | **Note:** You need Android Studio Narwhal or later to get the emulator for Wear OS 6.\n2. In Android Studio, click **Tools \\\u003e SDK Manager**.\n\n3. In the **SDK Tools tab** , select the latest version of **Android Emulator**\n and click **OK** to install the latest version if it isn't\n already installed.\n\n4. In Android Studio, open the Device Manager by selecting **Tools \\\u003e Device\n Manager** . Click **Create device**.\n\n5. In the **Category** pane, select **Wear OS** and choose a hardware profile.\n Click **Next**.\n\n6. Select a Wear OS 6 system image to download, which is the image with\n **API Level** 36.0 and the **Target** Android 16.0 (\"Baklava\")\n (Wear OS 6.0).\n\n If you don't already have a system image installed\n that matches your device definition, click **Download** next to the\n **Release Name** to get it.\n7. Click **Next** and then click **Finish**.\n\n### Test your app on the emulator\n\nAfter creating the virtual device, run and test your application on a\nemulator that runs Wear OS 6:\n\n1. Go to the Android Studio toolbar and select the virtual device you just created.\n2. Click **Run** .\n\n### Apps available on the emulator\n\nThe following user-space apps are pre-installed onto the official emulator:\n\n- Find My Phone\n- Flashlight\n- Media Controls\n- Phone\n- Play Store\n- Settings\n\nIn addition, the following system apps are available in the emulator:\n\n- Android Accessibility Suite\n- Bluetooth\n- Credential Manager\n- Download Manager\n- Emergency information\n- Google Play services\n- Health Services for Wear OS\n- Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google\n- Wear Services\n- Wireless Emergency Alerts\n\nUpdate your app to target Wear OS 6\n-----------------------------------\n\nAfter you [update your app](/training/wearables/versions/6/changes) to prepare it for Wear OS 6, you can further\nimprove your app's compatibility with this version of Wear OS by targeting\nWear OS 6 (API level 36), which is based on Android 16, or higher.\n\nIf you update your target SDK version, handle the system behavior changes that\ntake effect for apps that [target Android 16 or higher](/about/versions/16/behavior-changes-16).\n| **Note:** If you publish your Wear OS app to Google Play, you must [target a\n| sufficiently recent version of the platform](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11926878). To give yourself time to test your app, it's best to complete this upgrade soon.\n\n### Update your build file\n\nTo update your target SDK version, open your module-level `build.gradle` or\n`build.gradle.kts` file, and update them with the following values for Wear OS 6\n(Android 16): \n\n### Groovy\n\n android {\n compileSdk 36\n ...\n defaultConfig {\n targetSdk 36\n }\n }\n\n### Kotlin\n\n android {\n compileSdk = 36\n ...\n defaultConfig {\n targetSdk = 36\n }\n }"]]
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