Android Wear

Asus ZenWatch: Home-Grown Functionality With a Big Price Tag

Asus has announced its first smartwatch at IFA in Berlin. Shuning the fashionable round faces of Moto and the like, this watch has a whole heap of home-grown software and a hefty price, too. The watch uses a square 1.63-inch, 320 x 320 AMOLED touchscreen—in fact, it’s the same as the Samsung Gear Live—and the…

Report: The Asus Smartwatch Will Cost Less Than $200

We knew that Asus was working on an Android Wear smartwatch, and now we have some details. According to China’s Central News Agency, the ZenWatch will be announced on Wednesday and sell for less than $200. The report explains that Asustek CEO Jerry Shen has let slip that the device will include voice control features—though…

Watch Out Moto 360, There’s Another Gorgeous Android Wear Watch

Motorola’s 360 was the first beautiful round Android Wear, but it’s certainly not the last. LG is bringing one to the table as well, the LG G Watch R. Not to be outdone, LG’s second Android Wear outing has a few fancy special features of its own: No “flat tire” on its screen and a…

Best Buy’s Website Prices Moto 360 at $250

Motorola’s upcoming, stunningly circular wearable has been a pretty leaky ship. We even got to spend some hands-on time with the device. But the one thing that’s been eluding us is the price. According a Best Buy product page, you’ll need to shell out $250 if you want a Moto 360 smartwatch. That prices makes…

The Least Stupid Way to Type On a Smartwatch

If you really need to type on your smartwatch (you don’t) there’s finally a solution (that you should avoid needing). Minuum, the premier super tiny keyboard, is coming to Android Wear and from the demo reel, it doesn’t look half bad. Minuum’s style of hyper-predictive, low-profile keyboard was basically screaming for smartwatch integration, so this…

The First Apps and Custom ROMs For Android Wear Are Here

Android Wear is finally shipping to early adopters which can mean only one thing: a slew of third-party apps and hacks. Now, the first are here. Perhaps don’t get too excited, though. The first third-party app is Byte Me Software’s Binary Watch Face, reports Verge. It’s, well, a binary watch face, designed for people who…

11 Dumb and Awesome Tricks Your Android Wear Watch Can Already Do

The smartwatches are here! Pre-orders of the first Android Wear watches from LG and Samsung ship today. But what can you do with your new toy when it actually shows up? You can get notifications on your wrist(!) sure, but there’s more where that came from. Here are some of the highlights. In addition to…

​LG G Watch Review: A Wearable You’ll Actually Consider Wearing

The LG G Watch is one of the first Android Wear wristables to reach the arms of those anxiously waiting for a smartwatch that’s more than hype. Until now, the options have all been a little clunky, lacking either beautiful hardware, usable software or both. This is better. But that doesn’t make it good enough—yet.…

Samsung Gear Live Review: That’s a Pretty Big Baby Step

Whether you believe that smartwatches are the inevitable future or that they’re the Devil’s own handcuffs, almost everyone can agree that they’ve been pretty weak so far. Android Wear is here to fix that. And it just might! Eventually. Samsung’s Gear Live is the first attempt, and while it’s got some issues, it’s a great…

Ugh Fine, I’m Buying a Moto 360

I do not need a smartwatch (no one does). I do not think smartwatches are anywhere near fully functional yet, or if they’ll ever be. But after seeing the Moto 360 yesterday, I know one truth that supersedes those others: I am going to buy one as soon as they let me. For as long…

At a wearble computing talk at Google I/O we learned that Android Wear notifications that pop up on your wristables will be available to Google Glass this Fall. It’s an obvious evolution that’ll sync notifications to all your devices.

Moto 360 Hands-On: This Smartwatch Will Make You Swoon

We just went hands-on with Samsung’s first Android Wear, the Gear Live. It was lovely and very promising. But then we just got to strap Motorola’s Moto 360 on, and oh man, it’s gorgeous. GORGEOUS. Here are our quick first impressions. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-gear-live-hands-on-turns-out-smartwatches-coul-1596056417 The first round-faced Android Wear is just great-looking. Samsung’s is by no means…

Samsung Gear Live Hands-On: Turns Out Smartwatches Could Be Great

We got a surprise announcement at Google I/O today, with Samsung unveiling its first Android Wear, the Gear Live. We slapped it onto our wrist and got to play with it for a few minutes, and while it was in its demo mode so we couldn’t dive in too deeply, we were impressed. The hardware…

You Can Pre-Order the First Android Wear Devices Today

We’ve known about Android Wear for a few months now, but Google just announced that the LG G Watch and Samsung’s just-announced Gear Live will be available to pre-order from the Google Play Store today. The sleeker-looking Moto 360 however, won’t be coming out until later this summer. https://gizmodo.com/lg-is-working-on-a-smartwatch-with-android-wear-1546420726 The Samsung Gear Live In addition…

Google I/O Wishlist: What We Want (And What We’ll Get)

Google’s biggest day of the year is here: Google I/O! And along with fancy developer seminars with enticing names like “open-source technologies from the Hadoop ecosystem as part of your Cloud toolkit,” we’re also going to get some Fun Announcements. Here’s what we’re expecting, what we’re hoping for, and what’ll have to wait. What’s certain…

The First Real Look Android Wear In Action on a Smartwatch

When Google announced its Android Wear smartwatch program, we got some slick little teasers detailing how it might look. We’ve seen bits of the interface and glimpses of hardware. But never all the pieces at once, until now. It seems that some crafty Germans got their hands on a prototype version of LG’s upcoming Android…

The Android Wear Smartwatch Apps We Want the Most

The main concept of Android Wear is simple; it’s a Google Now watch, which is awesome. But the right suite of compatible apps could make it even better, so long as they don’t get in the way of the simple Google Now-ness we all want and deserve. https://gizmodo.com/android-wear-is-just-a-google-now-watch-and-thats-grea-1546476502 Of course Android Wear won’t have its…

Android Wear Video Walkthrough: It’s Got the Basics Down

Until Android Wear actually comes out on some real hardware, it’s not much more than a bunch of promises, some of which are a little lofty. But if you look at the developer preview, there’s some good news: Android Wear gets the basics right. https://gizmodo.com/android-wear-heres-the-future-of-android-smartwatchwe-1546388688 Macmixing took a spin through the preview of Android Wear,…

Android Wear Is Just a Google Now Watch (And That’s Great)

Google just announced its first real foray into the frenzied fray of the smartwatch world: Android Wear. That’s an accurate name for a wearable, Android-powered device, sure, but it’s also a little misleading. This is a Google Now watch. And that’s excellent news. https://gizmodo.com/android-wear-heres-the-future-of-android-smartwatchwe-1546388688 Google Now While the name says Android, Google’s more-than-a-little-optimistic teaser trailer…

LG’s G Watch Will Be One of the First Android-Wear-Powered Wristables

It appears to be a banner day for smartwatch news. Engadget is reporting that LG is also cooking up a smartwatch of its own. It’s coming out next quarter and will run on Google’s just-announced wearables OS, dubbed Android Wear. https://gizmodo.com/android-wear-heres-the-future-of-android-smartwatchwe-1546388688 The report does not include any specs, but the existence of the arm computer…