Android Wear

Diesel on Tuesday announced a new smartwatch collection in the form of the Diesel On Full Guard lineup, adding that the model DZT2002 is available for purchase as of today. Macy’s will be retailing the unit exclusively until September 25, which is when more online shops and Diesel itself will start selling it, the company said. […]

Google has now launched a new update for Android Wear 2.0 and the company’s Google Mobile Management G Suite administrator tools to make it easier than ever for G Suite administrators to gain control over devices under their management. The launch has started as of this writing and will be rolling out across both Rapid […]

Developers looking to improve their Android Wear 2.0 apps should look no further than official Android Developers Blog where Google has just posted a comprehensive guide on app design and best ways of improving user experience. One of the main points of their guide is simplifying the navigation to the user, whether it’s switching apps […]

A recently reported bug in Android Wear that affected Google Assistant has now been fixed, according to the Google employees on the associated help forums. The issue, which was brought to light by users on the forum, was that Wear voice actions were not responding as they should have in some cases or not responding […]

Fossil has officially launched a pre-sale for its Q Explorist and Q Venture smartwatches. Both devices can now be picked up from Fossil’s online shop, with multiple variations of each watch including different colored watch cases and metal as well as leather bands. Both watches will cost $255 with the leather band, while the metal […]

After months of delays, it seems that ASUS has finally rolled out the Android Wear 2.0 update to the ZenWatch 2 as one owner of the smartwatch has seen the update themselves and posted proof of it on Reddit. The update is reportedly coming in two waves, with one being slated in July and the […]

Android Wear 2.0 users have brought an issue to light on the official Google product forums, and thankfully it appears that the tech giant is already actively working on a fix. According to user reports, the problem lies in some notifications being marked as “done” automatically and without user input. The issue seems to affect […]

The ASUS ZenWatch 3 is now receiving its much anticipated update to Android Wear 2.0, only five months after it was announced. It was recently reported that the ZenWatch 3 would be getting its update in July, and that appears to be correct now. As many owners of the ZenWatch 3 are reporting that the […]

Mobvoi, maker of the Ticwatch 2, is bringing two Android Wear smartwatches to market, called the Ticwatch E and the Ticwatch S, both of which are now going live on a Kickstarter campaign and will be launching later this year. Formally known as the Ticwatch Express and the Ticwatch Sport, both watches will have their […]

After initially missing its planned rollout of the Android Wear 2.0 to the ZenWatch 3 and ZenWatch 2, ASUS has now confirmed that the ZenWatch 3 is finally set to receive Google’s latest update on July 11. Additionally, the Taiwanese electronics giant also promised to roll out the  Android Wear 2.0 update to the ZenWatch […]

The ASUS ZenWatch 2 and ZenWatch 3 are some of the few Android Wear smartwatches that have yet to receive the Android Wear 2.0 update, and it appears that these two might be waiting a bit longer. According to the ASUS Germany Twitter account, the ZenWatch 2 update is slated to be available in July or […]

The Emporio Armani Connected Android Wear smartwatch, which was announced earlier this year, will be seeing a formal release around September 14th. This news emerged from the Milan Fashion Week where the device was shown off once again. The company’s hybrid smartwatches will also be available on the same date. The hybrid smartwatches will be […]

Cue, by Kiwi, is a new AI-focused Android Wear app that is designed to help smokers cut down on smoking. At present, the app is only available as an unreleased beta and is only compatible with Android Wear 2.0-enabled smartwatches. Those interested in joining the beta, can do so through a special sign-up enrollment form, […]

Today, and today only, A4C is offering up the Moto 360 2nd Gen for just $139. It’s part of their deal of the day, and it’s down from its regular price of $200. Making it a great smartwatch to pick up, especially since it does have Android Wear 2.0 already, which is the latest version […]

It now seems as though the Android Wear 2.0 update for Moto 360 devices is about to start rolling out. As a reply by Motorola Support to a question on Twitter is confirming as much. Noting that the update will roll out in phases, possibly starting from today, and with the second-generation Moto 360 smartwatch. […]

Google has released a new promotional video about Android Wear that’s trying to illustrate how to get the most out of its wearable operating system. Android Wear is essentially Android’s own smartwatch software that is there to help you make the most out of every occasion. In the video, a man can be seen replying […]

ASUS ZenWatch 2 and ZenWatch 3 owners have been patiently awaiting the release of Android Wear 2.0 for some time now, but an update released today for ASUS’s own ZenFit app may point to the imminent launch of the new platform. The rollout of Android Wear 2.0 has been problematic from the start; originally slated to […]

ASUS UK is releasing Android Wear 2.0 for the ZenWatch 3 according to its official Twitter page, which responded to a question from another user recently stating that the update actually started rolling out to ASUS‘ third-generation Android Wear smartwatch as of yesterday. This means there are potentially a fair number of users who already […]

Samsung’s spin on Tizen OS, commonly found in their smartwatch and smart TV offerings, has officially moved past Android Wear in the smartwatch market for the first quarter of 2017. Tizen surpassed Android Wear by a single percentage point, snatching up 19% of the market. Apple’s WatchOS towered over both of them, with 57% of the […]

The original Huawei Watch now has Android Wear 2.0 as Huawei has started the process to roll the new software update out to users sometime today it looks like. As with all software update it’s important to remember that even though it has started to hit some Huawei Watch devices it doesn’t mean that all […]

Fossil has a number of Android Wear-powered smartwatches on sale right now, over at Amazon. Many of them are around 25% off, making already low prices even lower. Included are their second generation smartwatches, as well as their first generation models. Many of which are getting the update to Android Wear 2.0, or will be […]

ViewRanger for Android Wear 2.0 started rolling out on the Google Play Store earlier this week and should now be available for download worldwide, mobile app developer Augmentra announced. The company’s new wearable app was developed in collaboration with Casio and was designed specifically for the recently released Casio Pro Trek smartwatch, though it also […]

Google is seeking help from Android Wear users for research studies and they’re tossing in a little extra incentive for anyone who might be interested but are on the fence about whether or not they actually want to participate. According to Google’s post on the Google Product Forums, they are looking for users who are […]

Android Wear 2.0 brings a ton of new features and Google has now updated the Android Wear support page with a list of watches that currently have the software, watches that should be getting it soon, and watches that won’t be getting an update at all. The second generation Moto 360 and its Sport variant, the LG […]

After having announced their first smartwatch, the ZTE Quartz is now available for purchase at T-Mobile. The ZTE Quartz is priced at either $192 outright or $8/month for 24 months and $0 down. That makes it one of the cheapest Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches on the market right now. And since it is being sold […]

Android Wear 2.0 users can now download the Handwriting Keyboard app from the Play Store on their smartwatches and use this as an alternate means of typing up a message or a response. While the keyboard did come on some devices which shipped with Android Wear 2.0 after launching this year, devices which have been […]

Software developer AppFour recently released Launcher for Android Wear, its latest mobile tool designed to ennoble the user experience of smartwatches powered by Android Wear 2.0. While the app boasts a number of features outlined below, its main selling point is the support for a simple swipe gesture that opens the list of your installed […]

LG’s Watch Urbane 2nd Edition will be getting its Android Wear 2.0 update at the beginning of May, LG announced in a press release. When it launched in late 2015, the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition garnered a lot of attention because it was the first Android Wear watch to come with a built-in LTE […]

Sports apparel brand New Balance officially confirmed its RunIQ smartwatch will be updated to Android Wear 2.0 by April 14. The retailer’s first Android Wear watch made a debut back in January and started shipping out in early February, but didn’t run the latest major build of Google’s wearable operating system out of the box. […]

Samsung’s Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier are a pair of great smartwatches just as they are, to be sure, but those who like to tinker with every electronic device they get their hands on or have one of those two smartwatches and want to try out Android Wear will want to keep an […]

The LG G Watch R and the 1st Generation LG Watch Urbane are starting to receive Android Wear 2.0 as users seem to be reporting the arrival of the software update on their devices. Both smartwatches are two of the devices which were listed as watches that would be getting the update when Google initially […]

Android Wear 2.0 update is now hitting the Nixon Mission, Fossil Q Wander, Fossil Q Marshall, and the Michael Kors Access, a Google Community Manager confirmed, adding that the last batch of the updates that started hitting select devices last week should now be completed. The software package containing the latest major iteration of Google’s […]

Polar has begun updating their M600 smartwatch to Android Wear 2.0 starting today, bringing all of the new features of the latest version of the software to users who own the device. This includes most notably things like the Play Store so users can install apps to the M600 directly from the watch itself instead […]

It would seem that a bug has been found by Google in the final stages of testing the Android Wear 2.0 update, causing a delay to the rolling out of the platform update to a number of devices. This information comes by way of official comments made by Google to Wareable where the admittance of […]

The Android Wear 2.0 update is hitting the Fossil Q Founder, TAG Heuer Connected, and the Casio Smart Outdoor Watch, one of Google’s employees revealed on the company’s official help pages on Tuesday evening. The upgrade to the latest major iteration of Google’s wearable operating system (OS) is being distributed as an over-the-air (OTA) update, […]

Swatch Chief Executive Officer Georges Nicolas Hayek recently announced that instead of adopting Android Wear, the Biel, Switzerland-based company is developing a proprietary smartwatch operating system that will debut on a Tissot-branded wearable in late 2018. The son of Swatch founder Nicolas Hayek stated that successful watchmakers need to “think small” when it comes to designing […]

Android Wear is finally coming into its own and it may or may not come as a surprise that the tech industry’s leaders aren’t the only ones responsible. Most of the big names in smart-tech appear to have mostly dropped support for the wearable platform, opting to either go with their own platform as Samsung […]

This week, Baselworld has been taking place in Switzerland, and there have been hundreds of new smartwatches announced this past week during that trade show – including about 300 from Fossil. Now the latest one is the Hugo Boss Touch, and it happens to be their first smartwatch, and it’ll be running Android Wear 2.0 when […]

Fossil’s new Q Venture and Q Explorist both run on Android Wear 2.0 software, making these the two latest Fossil-branded smartwatches from the Fossil Group which come with Google’s wearable OS. While these are not Fossil’s first smartwatches, they are acting as a couple of firsts for the brand. These will be the first two […]

Italian clothing and accessory company Diesel has announced its first smartwatch in collaboration with Fossil Group. The product is part of the Diesel On lineup which currently encompasses the hybrid watch Diesel On Time and the Diesel On Track fitness tracker, but unlike the aforementioned products, the new Diesel On smartwatch will be powered by […]

Misfit has confirmed that their Vapor smartwatch will run on Android Wear 2.0 software. The Vapor was announced back in January during CES but at the time Misfit had not shared what the software would be that was going to be powering the watch as it hadn’t been determined yet what they would go with. […]

Luxury watch manufacturer Michael Kors announced the Sofie and the Grayson, two new additions to its smartwatch family. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), both devices are running Android Wear 2.0 out of the box and will be compatible with a variety of straps. The Grayson is Michael Kors’ newest smartwatch designed for […]

When it is time to look for a well-made timepiece, the best place to start is at the annual watch trade show in Basel, Switzerland, aptly named, Baselworld, where Swiss luxury watchmaker, Gc announced their first smartwatch running Android Wear 2.0. The new device is called the Gc Connect and is based on their company’s […]

The ZTE Quartz that the Chinese tech giant has reportedly been developing for some time now seems to be real as the device was just leaked in a set of images provided to Android Police by an industry source. The images that can be seen in the gallery below depict a ZTE-made device that’s said […]

Baselworld 2017 – the yearly watch and jewelry trade show organized in Switzerland every spring is set to open its doors to the public in just a few days from now on March 23rd. Numerous smartwatch manufacturers are expected to showcase their latest products during the event, but interestingly enough, US-based clothing and fashion accessory […]

It was just a few days ago that news of Huawei planning an Android Wear 2.0 update for its original Huawei Watch in late March and it appears that time has come as it is now receiving the exciting update. The new Huawei Watch 2 just announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February will come […]

Swarovski is putting their Android Wear smartwatch on hold according to a statement from Robert Buchbauer who is one of the company’s executives. The watch didn’t have a release date as it was still very early but it was initially announced by Swarovski back during CES in the beginning of this year, and although the […]

Following in the footsteps of a number of high-profile and luxury brands, Montblanc has today announced a new smartwatch, the Montblanc Summit. Among other things, this is a smartwatch which comes running on Android Wear 2.0 and therefore, makes use of a number of Android Wear 2.0-specific features including the Google Assistant. However, with this […]

Fossil is already updating some watches to Android Wear 2.0 and it looks like they are now announcing updates for Fossil touchscreen display smartwatches – the Q Wander, Q Marshal, and Q Founder 2.0 today. This latest update, the biggest update since Android Wear was introduced in 2014 and will really be a noticeable change in […]

Android Wear 2.0 brought with it Complications that can display other content on a smartwatch’s watch face, and now Reddit user seapip has made a rudimentary effort to bring the ability to run Complications on Android Wear 1.0 devices. This was done by recreating the CanvasWatchFaceService object class present in Android Wear 2.0 as accurately as possible […]

On Tuesday, Sickweather announced the release of its self-titled application for the Android Wear platform. Sickweather for Android Wear includes the SickScore contagion sensing algorithm along with a Hand Washing Timer. As the app’s moniker suggests, Sickweather is somewhat similar to a weather application for illnesses, and as expected, the application provides a relative threat […]

Fossil is already updating watches to Android Wear 2.0, but before users get too excited this is just for the first generation watches so far. The good news is that Fossil is also looking to finalize the Android Wear 2.0 software update for users on remaining watches that are scheduled to get it (which all […]

The CEO of Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer has reported confirmed that Android Wear 2.0 will be arriving on the original TAG Heuer Connected smartwatch by the end of this month. It was just a short year ago that TAG Heuer announced that they were throwing their own twist of Android Wear into the smartwatch field with […]

A watch featuring everything but the kitchen sink; the LG Watch Sport truly has it all. When google launched the Android Wear platform nearly 3 years ago, they partnered with LG to create a watch that wasn’t big on style or flair, but would showcase the OS that the watch ran on. The LG G […]

Luxurious watchmaker TAG Heuer and Intel have officially announced the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45, an Android Wear-powered smartwatch designed to combine both style and substance. The wearable is powered by the Intel Atom Z34XX CPU and is running Android Wear 2.0 out of the box. The Swiss watchmaker confirmed that it started retailing the TAG Heuer Connected […]

Huawei says Android Wear 2.0 will hit the original Huawei Watch in March, which is this month, but more specifically they’ve stated that the software update will be coming to their first Android Wear smartwatch in late March which means that it will drop for that device towards the end of this month. With no […]

TAG Heuer seems to be teasing their new Android Wear smartwatch. On their official Twitter account page they have posted an image of a mostly covered up watch that says “coming soon” at the very bottom. While that isn’t terribly revealing in terms of specifics, the message in the actual tweet lists the date March […]

The list of OEMs stepping up to partner with Google and make a watch or two designed around Android Wear 2.0 is slowly growing and the latest addition to that list is the well-known watch maker Movado. As the company has now announced its intention to release a new smartwatch collection, the Movado Connect. Movado will […]

Nixon says Android Wear 2.0 will hit The Mission in March, mid-March to be more precise, which means that users of this particular Android Wear smartwatch are not too far off from receiving an update to the latest version of the Android Wear software. While a select few Android Wear smartwatches already have the software […]

Google only launched Android Wear 2.0 recently, so spicing up its appeal for its big appearance at MWC was a natural thing for them to do, and they chose smartwatch face community platform Facer to help them do it. Facer hosts thousands of watch faces for smartwatches across a number of smartwatch platforms, including Android […]