We have news from the house of Google that Android Wear 2.0 is coming up early next year and they will launch two flagship smartwatches. Put in own words by Google, the Android Wear 2.0 is sought to be a major overhaul in Google’s wearable platform. Here in checkout whats new in the Android Wear 2.0 update, release date, features and list of devices getting the Android Wear 2.0 update.
Android Wear 2.0 Update
Android Wear 2.0 will be aimed at staying connected with your watch. It will bring upgrade in terms of fitness, watch faces, messaging and standalone apps and standalone Play Store. Wow! That’s really interesting because after 2.0 update you will be able to get into Play Store and download apps directly without the need of installing them on your phone.
Android Wear 2.0 Features
- Integrates Android Pay, enables you to make mobile payments directly from Android Smartwatches.
- Standalone Google Play Store : No need to download app on your phone/tablet as Android Wear will now have standalone Play Store app on your watch. So bring on your standalone Android Wear apps.
- Redesigned App launcher
- New watch faces
- Messaging app improvements
- Focus on Fitness
List of Eligible Devices
- Samsung Gear Live
- Asus ZenWatch
- Sony Smartwatch 3
- Moto 360 2nd Gen
- Motoro 360 Sport
- Asus ZenWatch 2
- LG Watch Urbane
- LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE
- LG G Watch R
- Fossil Q Founder
- Fossil Q Marshall
- Asus ZenWatch 3
Sadly Motorola Moto 360 and LG G Watch are not included in the update roll-out schedule.
Although Google made it clear that which watches will get the update but they didn’t mention which smartwatches will get the software roll out first.
Not even the timeline or ETA for each model was mentioned. So overall the Q1, 2016 is the time period where all of the above mentioned watches will get the update.