Advertisements Google loves to rename things. If something is not working, re-brand it and try again. That has been Google’s mantra and now, the company is applying it to Android Wear, the operating system for smartwatches. The search giant on Thursday announced that Android Wear will now be known as Wear OS by Google. “As […]
Advertisements Fossil Group already sells multiple Android Wear smartwatches under several of its brands and it is further expanding the portfolio with the release of smartwatches under the Kate Spade New York and Skagen Denmark brands. Both Kate Spade and Skagen have offered hybrid smartwatches in the but past, this is the first time these […]
Advertisements Update (Dec 10): Google has now revealed which of the Android Wear-powered smartwatches will be updated to Android Oreo. According to the company, the update will be first released to Fossil Q Venture, Louis Vuitton Tambour, Michael Kors Sofie, Montblanc Summit and LG Watch Sport smartwatches. In addition to the above five models, Android […]
Advertisements Google has announced that Android Wear 2.0 has been hiding a very useful functionality all this time. According to the company, with Android Wear 2.0, the smartwatches no longer need over-the-air updates to get new features. They will be able to get the new features with the Android Wear app updates in Play Store. […]
Advertisements Google has announced that several of the Android Wear partners will be releasing smartwatches this fall (autumn). The search giant is working with watch makers like Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, Guess, Gc, Hugo Boss, Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger to produce Android Wear-powered smartwatches. “Android Wear was created to take smartwatches beyond “one size […]
Advertisements Research firm IDC has published the first quarter numbers for the wearables market and the market continues to be dominated by the fitness band makers. According to IDC, Fitbit and Xiaomi accounted for 58.8 percent of all wearable shipments in Q1, 2015. A total of 11.4 million wearables were shipped in the last quarter, […]
Advertisements Google earlier today clarified that the recently added Wi-Fi support will only be arriving on four Android Wear smartwatches. These smartwatches include LG Watch Urbane, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360 and Sony SmartWatch 3. Other Android Wear smartwatch owners will continue to receive notifications from their paired smartphones like always, but won’t get the […]
Advertisements Bloomberg is reporting that TAG Heuer’s first smartwatch will be arriving in October-November this year and will cost around $1400. While none of these details are official, they are said to be coming from TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver. Biver told Bloomberg that TAG Heuer’s smartwatch battery will last about 40 hours, which is […]