Premade limited to Android 16 Beta

Watch Face Studio
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@Osman
We can take this off line if necessary as its sort of a WFS issue but more a Google Publishing issue i assume.

I created 3 faces with premades and published them on Google.
Now I understand that this is a limitation to 16 Beta Version of Android.

How does one publish a different variant that does NOT have the premade to allow more watches in the catalog. I understand in WFS i delete the premade and save it with a new version. But on the Google side are we able to publish a different aab for the older watches

I know in one of your replies you commented you were doing this

you can find me at gdcwatchfaces @ gmail.com

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I’ve been shying away from 1.9.5 because of this, and the fact that 1.8.10 won’t open 1.9.5 files. I found out by accident that when you create an .AAB/.APK, it auto saves the WFS. I have two faces I can no longer load into 1.8.10 now.

At this point, and I think the only thing you can do is maintain two versions. Or, not use any WearOS 6 only features until everyone has been upgraded. That’s the direction I’ve been going in.

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Do you publish regularly to Google? Do you have any experience with device variants?

Thanks in advance

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I have 3 different Galaxy Watches (2024 Ultra, 6 Classic, and 5 Pro). The first time I couldn’t sync a face to my 6 Classic or 5 Pro from WFS because of the API being too new, made to back pedal very fast.