The Apple Watch has just gotten a lot of new competitors. Google has announced that Android Wear-watches also work with the iPhone. The LG Watch Urbane is the first Android smart watch officially receive the support.
Google has released an app called android wear for iOS, which serves as a hub between the platforms. The functionality of android wear watches with iOS is limited to notifications, fitness and Google Apps.
Google reports that new android wear watches, among other Huawei (photo below), Asus, Motorola and get support for iOS. Furthermore, an iPhone 5 and iOS 8.2 or later later. The integration is not as complete as the Apple Watch, but more complete than those of the Pebble Time
Android Wear with iOS:. The possibilities
Google should like to keep any other manufacturer account with the limitations Apple imposes on developers. That is to say that it is not possible to make phone calls, or to reply to iMessage messages. This is possible:
- Notifications of the iPhone are also displayed on Android Wear
- Some native apps such as weather and translate turn on the watch
- It is possible to set different dials.
- Voting based search works with the Google app on the iPhone.
- Fitness tracking does not work with HealthKit, but with Google Fit.
- Only interactive notifications from Google’s own apps like Hangouts, Gmail and Google Calendar.
<.. li> Google Now displays notifications and Kaaren on the watch.
Older smart watches work unofficially
Official working android wear for iOS only with new smart watches Huawei, Asus and Motorola. Unofficially it also works on virtually any existing android wear watch that Android 1.3 Wear running. A factory reset is enough to iOS app to recognize the watch. 9to5Google made a video impression with an iPhone and Moto 360.
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