Google announces Android Wear, its Android OS for smartwatches and wearables

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <figure class="content-image" style="background-color: #ececec; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin: 10px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><div class="view view-article-images view-id-article_images view-display-id-block view-dom-id-aacd83293b6fa4b96ae35f38b0e38028" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="view-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Google-Android-Wear" height="400" src="http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/2014/03/22/221753-lead.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 677.328125px;" title="Google-Android-Wear" width="400" />Google - Android Wear (Photo Courtesy of YouTube)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></li> </ul> </div> </div> </figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Google has officially announced</strong> Android's submission into the wearables community with project 'Android Wear'. The developers behind the project aim to integrate a variety of features into the Android powered wearables which will heavily rely on the Google Now functionality.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Along with this announcement Google stated that they are working with a number of partners which will bring Android powered wearables to the market by the end of the year.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> As per reports, Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung; chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group will bring you watches powered by Android Wear later this year.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Google released this on their blog site while making the announcement.</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> 'Most of us are rarely without our smartphones in hand. These powerful super computers keep us connected to the world and the people we love. But we're only at the beginning; we’ve barely scratched the surface of what’s possible with mobile technology. That’s why we’re so excited about wearables—they understand the context of the world around you, and you can interact with them simply and efficiently, with just a glance or a spoken word.'</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">They also released a bit of information about the Android Wear.</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> 'Today we’re announcing Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearables. And we’re starting with the most familiar wearable—watches. Going well beyond the mere act of just telling you the time, a range of new devices along with an expansive catalog of apps will give you:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Useful information when you need it most. Android Wear shows you info and suggestions you need, right when you need them. The wide variety of Android applications means you’ll receive the latest posts and updates from your favorite social apps, chats from your preferred messaging apps, notifications from shopping, news and photography apps, and more. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="" src="http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/2014/03/22/221754-inline.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Straight answers to spoken questions. Just say “Ok Google” to ask questions, like how many calories are in an avocado, what time your flight leaves, and the score of the game. Or say “Ok Google” to get stuff done, like calling a taxi, sending a text, making a restaurant reservation or setting an alarm. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> The ability to better monitor your health and fitness. Hit your exercise goals with reminders and fitness summaries from Android Wear. Your favorite fitness apps can give you real-time speed, distance and time information on your wrist for your run, cycle or walk. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Your key to a multi screen world. Android Wear lets you access and control other devices from your wrist. Just say “Ok Google” to fire up a music playlist on your phone, or cast your favorite movie to your TV. There’s a lot of possibilities here so we’re eager to see what developers build. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QrqZl2QIz0c?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Google also released a <a href="http://developer.android.com/wear/index.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2731f5; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">developer preview</strong></a> that can be downloaded which will allow developers to bring features from their existing Android apps to smartwatches and other wearables that are running Android Wear.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Google coupled this announcement with another another video</strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xQ3y902DEQ?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div> <br /></div>

Google announces Android Wear, its Android OS for smartwatches and wearables

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