9to5google.com/2026/11/01/wear-os-status-bar Wear OS adding ‘system status bar’ to apps, Wear OS 7.1 coming
Google's Wear OS canary emulator in Android Studio adds a system status bar showing time and status indicators across app windows. Apps targeting API 35 with Compose for Wear OS 1.8.0-alpha02 can opt in automatically, though the bar won't ship in the upcoming Wear OS 7.1 stable emulator.