Sundar Pichai, Android’s senior vice president and Chrome & Apps, announces official “Android Wear”, the platform designed by Google for wearable devices, like the smart watch still not only.
Obvious it goes well beyond the presumptions of a simple clock but will be integrated to support an advanced notification system, support for the search and dictation Google Now, the ability to monitor your own health and fitness, but also have access and control your smartphone.
You can get the latest posts, updates from social applications, chat applications from your favorite messaging, notifications, news, photography and shops, and more.
In addition to a streamlined interface and designed for the display rounds, the focus of the interaction will be entrusted to voice commands and then to Google Now.
Saying ” Ok, Google” you can then ask questions, execute commands such as calling a taxi, make a reservation, send a text or even set an alarm.
You can further access your phone and start playing a music playlist or a video.
You will have access to real-time data of speed, distance and information from fitness apps to have them at hand while you are walking, cycling or running.
In Google’s vision, one SmartWatch is focused on one task at a time, but often displays two different situations. Critical information is put on the bottom of the screen while the background contextual usually appears above it.
In some cases, full information will appear in the background : When using a map, Google Maps will appear in the background while path information is presented in the inferior part of the larger display.
Google has opened a new section on the site dedicated to developers wearable, and it is already possible to download the Developer Preview through which you can customize the already existing app notifications for watches powered by Android Wear.
Nevertheless, since Wear works with Android notification system of Android, many applications already work well, but they will come later more resources and APIs for developers.
The possibilities are numerous, however, and depend also by the developers, so we’ll see how the producers will face what seems an ambitious challenge, we’ll see who will win the challenge among many manufacturers, including LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony and HTC, which in the coming months will launch its own Android smart watch Wear.
Among the partner with whom Google is working there are several manufacturers of consumer electronics such as HTC, Asus, LG, Motorola and Samsung, both chipmakers such as Broadcom, Intel, Imagination, Qualcomm and Mediatek, and fashion brands such as Fossil Group.
