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Google has published a workaround that allows paid-for apps to be installed on Android Wear devices, but it's hardly straightforward and it's nothing device owners can do themselves. Early adopters who purchased LG G or Samsung Gear Live smartwatches have been stymied by a glitch in the Google Play store's app encryption …

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  1. Manny Bianco
    FAIL

    Quite an oversight...

    I'm not 100% up on the details of this stuff, but are we saying that Google released Android Wear with a bug in it that means paid-for apps cannot be installed on Wear devices? Who the hell tested this? Surely one of the tests is to check that you can install free AND paid-for apps on the device?!

    Shoddy, Ted, SHODDY!

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    1. Bush_rat
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      Re: Quite an oversight...

      I'm betting it was a cost cutting measure to only try free apps...

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    2. Dan 55 Silver badge
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      Re: Quite an oversight...

      They only test major use cases, obviously paying for Android apps is not one of them.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    A bit overdramatic

    I mean it will take about 15 minutes work to re-package these...

    "...including shuffling files around by hand and even hand-coding some XML properties files..."

    Even editing an XML file... they are simple text files it doesn't get much easier!

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    1. dotdavid
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      Re: A bit overdramatic

      Overdramatic? El Reg? Never!

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  3. Bush_rat
    Paris Hilton

    Well...

    Maybe Google should push an update to Android Wear to allow it access to the assets/ folder?

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