“Android Wear gets more interaction watch faces’ – Android World

Android Phandroid Website has information in the hands of the next version of Android Wear, the Android version for smart watches. The upcoming update will bring according to the site include support for “interactive” watch faces and communication between smart watches.

Interactive watch faces

According to Phandroid will the developers of watch faces in the next version of Android Wear possible to add more interaction. When you press on the watch face is the current version still open the application launcher, may at a subsequent version are then linked to actions. For example you can watch the face to give a different look, or you can leave open the app.

It will also be possible to display more information at the touch of the screen, such as weather information or for example fitness data. Opening the launcher also remains possible to drag from the side.

According to the documentation which holds Phandroid there comes a kind of messenger function in Android Wear. The function is called internally Together and would currently be part of a single watch face. Perhaps it is a kind of example app, but it is with this watch face possible other smart watches example emoji, drawings, send pictures and messages. Whether it is a similar messenger function as Apple in its Apple Watch has built, which include drawings and the ‘heartbeat’ can be sent, is wait and see.

Availability

When the update will be released exactly is not known yet. It is also not known whether the update, as the current version, is based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop or on the upcoming Android-M release. The update will also enable at least the WiFi function on the LG G R Watch and since LG has given the WiFi update would follow in the third quarter, we can expect that the new version will be rolled out before the end of September

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