After months of rumors, Google is officially entering the wearables market. On March 18th, 2014, the company unveiled a specialized version of Android — Android Wear — designed to power smartwatches and other wearable products. On the same day of its major announcement, Google also revealed that it's already signed on a number of hardware partners including LG and Motorola to help realize its vision.Android Wear promises to deliver notifications, reminders, and navigation directions. Google says it also puts a huge focus on fitness tracking. The first smartwatches running the platform are set to arrive this year. Google has already released a preview of Android Wear to ensure that smartphone apps are optimized with support for the operating system by the time it reaches consumer devices.
Apr 20, 2015, 2:00 PM UTCJosh Lowensohn
Android Wear’s biggest update ever takes aim at the Apple Watch
Wi-Fi, hand-drawn emoji, and gestures come to your wrist
Mar 20, 2015, 12:22 AM UTCJosh Lowensohn
Android Wear can now help you find your lost phone
At least if it's entombed in your couch
Dec 17, 2014, 3:05 PM UTCVlad Savov
These are the new faces of Android Wear
Google promised choice and there sure is a lot of diversity here
Dec 16, 2014, 12:12 PM UTCVlad Savov
Netflix now supports Android Wear, but it's not the remote control you're hoping for
Now pushing social recommendations to your wrist
Dec 10, 2014, 6:00 PM UTCVlad Savov
Google brings custom Android Wear watch faces to the Play Store
The new Android Wear update includes a whole new section to the Play Store dedicated to watch faces for Google's smartwatch platform
Sep 10, 2014, 3:50 PM UTCVlad Savov
Between Google and Apple, the smartwatch wars are over before they've even begun
Theirs is the Earth and everything that's in it
Sep 4, 2014, 2:00 PM UTCVlad Savov
This is the LG G Watch R
“Smart comes full circle” as LG introduces its second Android Wear smartwatch
Sep 3, 2014, 2:45 PM UTCVlad Savov
Sony joins the Android Wear ranks with underwhelming SmartWatch 3
Also introduces a SmartBand Talk with voice commands, an altimeter, and sleep detection
Sep 3, 2014, 11:52 AM UTCVlad Savov
Asus adds Zen to the Android Wear smartwatch
The ZenWatch is Asus' contestant in the Android Wear beauty pageant
Apr 16, 2014, 8:06 AM UTCVlad Savov
Samsung's Android Wear watch and Google-less phone coming this year
Simultaneously supporting and competing with Android
Mar 24, 2014, 8:02 PM UTCValentina Palladino
LG shows another photo of its Android Wear-powered G Watch
Mar 19, 2014, 4:37 PM UTCDavid Pierce
The story of Motorola's smartwatch from the man who designed it
The Moto 360 is a breathtaking design — here's how it came to be
Mar 18, 2014, 4:02 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches
Smartwatches coming soon from Motorola, Samsung, LG, and more
