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Apps that are **adaptive and differentiated** create a user experience that
isn't possible on devices with smaller screens.

These apps use new layouts, implemented at a key screen size breakpoint, to
derive additional value for users of devices with larger screens, enabling a
user experience that devices with smaller screens can't match.

## Add value by applying new layouts and templates

Adaptive layout differentiated apps follow [adaptive design practices](https://developer.android.com/design/ui/wear/guides/foundations/adaptive-layouts) but
also utilize breakpoints to apply different layouts and create an even richer
experience for users of devices with substantially larger screens, as shown in
the following examples:
![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-sizes-1.png) Add new glanceable information. ![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-sizes-2.png) Add more tappable affordances. ![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-sizes-3.png) Increase the information density of graphs and charts. ![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-sizes-4.png) Adjust component behavior or design with the use of breakpoints to fill the available space.

## Use breakpoints on Wear OS

Utilizing a breakpoint at 225 dp can help optimize layouts across a range of
sizes.

See the [Compose](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/compose/screen-size#breakpoints) and [Tiles](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/tiles/screen-size#breakpoints) implementation guidance for differentiated
layouts.  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-do.png)  
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### Do

- Think big.
- Design custom layouts and behaviors at 225 dp and larger.  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/larger-screens-differentiated-dont.png)  
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### Don't

- Settle for less.
- Design for just one device size.
- Let your app be unremarkable.