Disconnection indicators let users know when a Wear OS device is disconnected from its companion phone or the internet.

## Usage

When Wear OS device are disconnected, your app can lose some functionality. To indicate this, use an offline indicator.

![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/disconnection_1.png)

An offline indicator at the top of a view helps users identify that some functionality in the app may be not be available. Your app can gray out or hide the functions that are not available when disconnected.

![](https://developer.android.com/static/wear/images/design/disconnection_2.png)

An offline indicator at the bottom of a list or a scroll view lets users know that no more content can be loaded while the app is disconnected.