This could be done either from the Play Store app installed on your watch or from your phone as well. However, you might not be able to get hold of all your apps from the Play Store, due to region restrictions and other reasons. If such a case arises on your smartphone, then you could sideload the APK, enable Unknown Sources, and then install the resulting app. However, a few users have voiced their concern that although they were able to sideload the app onto their Galaxy Watch 4/5, they couldn’t find the option anywhere to enable Install from Unknown Sources. As a result of which they are unable to install the app onto their watch. If you are also in the same boat, then this guide will help you out. Follow along.
Where is Install from Unknown Sources in Galaxy Watch 4/5?
There is no Install from Unknown Sources option in Galaxy Watch 4/5, or for any smartwatch running WearOS for that matter. So how could you then install an app onto your watch? Well, you will have to take the help of the ADB Commands to get this job done. Given below are the shorter steps to do this task, if you are looking for detailed instructions, then do check out this guide instead. That’s it. These were the steps to install apps on your watch. As you would have noticed, there’s no Install from Unknown Sources option on your Galaxy Watch 4/5 because there is no need for this feature in the first place. You could easily sideload the APK directly via the ADB Commands itself. With that said, if you still have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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