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Add Wear OS app: subscription and playback sync (phase 1) #276

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Build a standalone Wear OS module (wear/) that runs a companion podcast app on an LTE-capable watch, independent of the phone being nearby.

Since the target watch has LTE, phase 1 does not require moving downloaded audio files to the watch — episodes stream directly from enclosureUrl over the watch's own connection. That keeps this phase self-contained: no dependency on the download subsystem.

Scope

  • New wear/ Gradle module sharing data/local entities/DAOs and data/repository with the phone app.
  • Sync of subscriptions/queue (feed item metadata: title, enclosure URL, artwork, playback position) from phone to watch via the Wear OS Data Layer API (DataClient/MessageClient).
  • A MediaSessionService on the watch module streaming directly from enclosureUrl (lighter than PlaybackController — no local-file-vs-stream branching needed since this phase streams only).
  • Bidirectional playback-position sync so phone and watch stay in sync regardless of which device is playing.
  • Minimal Wear Compose UI: queue list, now-playing/transport screen.

Out of scope (see follow-up issue)

Sending downloaded episode files to the watch for phone-free/off-LTE playback.

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