sujith Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Google is partnering up with HTC, LG, Samsung and others to deliver a line of Android-powered smartwatches.Google is dipping its toes into the wearables world with Android Wear.In a blog post on Tuesday, the Internet titan unwrapped the details of a modified version of its mobile Android operating system. The OS will be heavily based on its Google Now voice-recognition technology, and is designed to be applied to wearables, particularly smartwatches but also other products.Google also introduced LG, Asus, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung as hardware partners to utilize Android Wear, and Broadcom, Imagination, INtel, Mediatek and Qualcomm as chip partners.CNET previously reported that Google would release the details of its smartwatch-centric OS in March. The report also noted LG and Google would unveil a smartwatch at the Google I/O developer conference, and a person briefed on the matter confirmed that LG would indeed be the first partner to have its smartwatch go on sale.Google's entry marks an attempt to provide a little stability and order in the wild, wild wearables world. Samsung and Sony have already created their own Android-based smartwatches (although Samsung has recently switched to Tizen), and Google is looking to set up a foundation with a more consistent experience, just as it has attempted to do over the last few iterations of Android in smartphones.Hopefully, Google's input will help with the aesthetic appeal of smartwatches. While wearables is considered a "hot" area, sales have been anything but. Samsung's original Galaxy Gear and Sony's Smartwatch remain niche products, and are seen as too bulky and cumbersome to be considered fashionable. Other complaints include weak battery low and the lack of certain functions.Still, there are a number of startups that have sprung up in hopes of meeting this new demand for fashionable technology. Pebble, for instance, has growth from virtually nothing to making headlines at a big conference such as the Consumer Electronics Show. Source-http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57620475-93/google-unveils-android-wear-its-modified-os-for-wearables/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Great, but from the last leak, it stated that asus will be the master minders behind Google's wearable device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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