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You’ll soon be able to install paid apps on Android Wear as Google offers ‘workaround’

If you’ve been frustrated by the fact that you can’t install paid apps on your Android Wear devices, your frustration should soon be at an end. Google has just notified developers of a workaround to the problem, which was caused by a bug in the anti-piracy measures employed with paid apps … 

The workaround is a little clunky, and Google is promising a neater solution soon, but at least developers are now able to repackage their paid apps in a way that will allow them to be installed.

It is likely that developers will implement the fix and issue updates within the next day or two.

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