Todoist for Wear OS lets you check and manage your tasks right from your watch. Browse your views, add or complete tasks, break them down with sub-tasks, and change a task’s date, deadline, and priority. Select tiles and complications that help you keep track of your progress.
Install Todoist for Wear OS
You can install the Todoist app on watches running Wear OS by Google. Here's how to install Todoist:
- Open Google Play on your Wear OS device.
- Search for Todoist.
- Tap Install.
- Log in with your phone's Todoist account (Continue as), your Google account, or use Sign in on phone.
Check your task lists
You can browse through views like Inbox as well as look at any favorite project, label, or filter in Todoist for Wear OS. Here’s how:
- Open the Todoist app on your watch. You'll see the menu by default.
- Scroll down to find the view you’re looking for (for example: Inbox, Today, your favorite project, label or filter).
- Tap any of these views to see the list of tasks.
When you're done, swipe right to go back to the previous screen and to choose another view.
Add a task
Have a new task to add? Just tell your wrist about it. Here’s how:
- Open the Todoist app on your watch.
- Tap Add task at the top of the screen or the bottom of any task list. To add a sub-task, tap the task to open it and tap Add sub-task.
- Select the task input method. This may not be available on some watches.
- Speak or type your task name and date, like today, next Saturday or May 31. You'll see the parsed results of your input. You can add a description, or keep editing the task name, date, deadline (only for Pro and Business), priority, or project.
- Scroll down and tap Add task.
Schedule or reschedule a task
If you need to add a date or change the existing date:
- Open the Todoist app on your watch.
- Open the view containing the task you want to reschedule.
- Tap on the task you’d like to reschedule.
- Scroll down and tap the date.
- Speak or type the new date, or tap the shortcuts like Tomorrow, Next week and Postpone. Typing may not be available on some watches.
Complete a task
Complete a task on your watch with a tap:
- Open the Todoist app on your watch.
- Open the view containing the task you want to complete.
- Tap on the circle to the left of the task you’d like to complete.
Enjoy themes on your watch
Add a pop of color to your wrist by changing the color theme for Todoist.
Switch to Todoist on your other devices and change the color theme. Your watch shows the light version of your theme. If you set Appearance to Dark, your watch shows the Dark theme instead.
Add Todoist tiles
Add Todoist tiles to your Wear OS device to check your progress from your watch's home screen. There are two tiles:
- Day progress shows how many of today's tasks you've completed.
- Goals and progress shows your progress towards your daily and weekly goals, your karma level, and how many tasks you have left today. Your karma level only appears if karma is turned on.
When you're ready, here's how to add these tiles:
- Open the Wear OS home screen.
- Swipe right or left. You'll see existing tiles or the default “Add a Tile” screen.
- Touch and hold the screen. This turns on Editing mode.
- Tap the Add button. You'll see a list of all the tiles.
- Scroll down and tap Day progress or Goals and progress.
Use Todoist complications on your watch face
Stay updated with Todoist at a glance by using any of the five available watch complications:
- The Daily goal complication shows your progress towards your daily task goal with a circular progress bar around the number (the exact visual can vary from watchface to watchface).
- The Weekly goal complication shows your progress towards your weekly task goal with a circular progress bar around the number (the exact visual can vary from watchface to watchface).
- The Day Progress complication shows you how many tasks you’ve completed today out of all the tasks due. The progress is shown with a circular progress bar around the number (the exact visual can vary from watchface to watchface).
- The Day summary complication shows you your next task due for the day, and how many more tasks you have to complete today.
- The shortcut complication is simply a shortcut you can tap to open Todoist from your watch face.
Limitations
Todoist for Wear OS works on its own once you’re signed in, but a few things still need your phone or another device:
Log in options
When logging in to Todoist for Wear OS, you'll see two login options that depend on the phone your watch is paired with:
- Continue as: appears only if you’re logged in to Todoist on the Android phone your watch is paired with.
- Sign in on phone opens the Todoist login page on your phone, so your watch needs to be connected to it.
If you'd rather not use your phone, log in with your Google account on the watch instead.
Change task details
Once you add a task to Todoist for Wear OS, you can only change its date, deadline, and priority on your watch. To change the task name, description, or project, use Todoist on another device.
Features not supported on Wear OS
When using Todoist for Wear OS, you can’t add comments, create reminders, assign tasks to other people, or create projects, filters, or labels, on your watch.
Log out of Todoist
Logging out of Todoist on your phone doesn’t log you out of Todoist on your watch. To log out on your watch, open Todoist for Wear OS and tap Logout.
Get in touch
If you're having trouble installing Todoist on your Wear OS device, or using the app to add or update your tasks, get in touch with us.