The wait is over: Android Wear 2.0 makes its official debut, with the intention to evolve the concept of smartwatch, making watches smart devices more versatile and independent, able to provide advanced functionality even when not used in tandem with a smartphone. The first two models to debut on the market with the new platform are LG Watch Style and the LG Watch Sports, as anticipated in recent days by some of the rumors.
Android Wear 2.0: news
In terms of novelty, it should be noted first of all, the integration of theAssistant Google, the artificial intelligence (the same is also present in the spaker Google Home and smartphones Pixels) that allows users to interact by voice to perform actions like call a vehicle of Uber, or even book a table at the restaurant: to activate it you simply press and hold the power button.
then There is a method novel and simplified to respond to messages received: when you view a notification (for example from WhatsApp) you can hide or replicate directly, through dictation, writing free-hand on the dial, by typing the text or by drawing an emoji. There is also the Smart Reply that suggests an answer autoconfezionata on the basis of what was received. Great importance is now given to the customization of the watchface, that show information from third-party applications, completely configurable to your liking.
Android Wear 2.0 show information from third-party apps directly in the watchface
The new wait is, perhaps, that which concerns the stand-alone applications, or that can be downloaded and installed directly from Play Store without the need to rely on a smartphone. If the clock is dedicated to modules for mobile connectivity, it can also make calls or connect to the Internet independently. Not to forget even the integration with the service Android Pay dedicated to the payments.
Update
Finally, here is the complete list of the smartwatch, which in the course of the next few weeks will receive theupdate the official to version 2.0 of Android Wear, and announced by Google on their official blog: the ASUS ZenWatch 2, ASUS ZenWatch 3, Casio Smart Outdoor Watch, Casio PRO TREK Smart, Fossil, Q Founder, Fossil, Q Marshal, Fossil, Q Wander, Huawei Watch, LG G Watch R, the LG Watch Urban & 2nd Edition LTE, Michael Kors Access Smartwatches, the Moto 360 2nd Gen, Moto 360 for Women, the Moto 360 Sports, New Balance, RunIQ, Nixon Mission, Polar M600 and TAG Heuer Connected.
The smartwatch LG Watch Style and the LG Watch Sports with Android Wear 2.0