Google launches finally, Android Wear 2.0, together with two watches connected LG – 01net.com

Android Wear 2.0 – Google

Several times repulsed, Android Wear released today with some new features that are worth the detour. No surprise, on the other hand, as these innovations had been presented at the Google I/O in the month of may 2016.

More possible interactions with the watch

It begins with the ability to access the Play Store directly from the watch. A real plus very expected, which will avoid now use her smartphone to download applications.

also of Note is the customization of the idle screen with ” watch faces “, dials, digital displays of information from third-party applications installed on the watch : your upcoming appointments, the weather, or your progress in sports. It is then enough to type briefly on the screen to access a service such as ordering an Uber, for example.

We can still dictate a message when receiving an SMS or a call. But now, we also have access to predefined formulas generated according to the received text. And especially with a virtual keyboard makes its appearance to write. Finally, given its small size, it is mostly a to begin a-term then be completed through the recognition of words.

there has been progress also on the side of Google Did. The application is enriched with new data such as heart rate, distance, speed, or calories burned. It was time.

let’s End with Google Wizard who arrives on Android Wear 2.0. The intelligent personal assistant was also unveiled at the conference, developers may 2016. He is able to converse in a bidirectional way and was already available on Google Home.

The update will be rolled out gradually in the coming weeks in the world. French users will unfortunately not enjoy it to the full. Many services will actually not be available in our country such as Android Pay or Google Assistant, which is only available in English and German.

A LG Watch Sports 4G $ 349

As expected, the release of Android Wear 2.0 comes with the marketing of two flagship products. It comes to watches, LG Watch Style and LG Watch Sport, designed by the Korean manufacturer in collaboration with Google.

Google – The LG Watch Style. The LG Watch Style is the more elegant, with its fine lines and its strap 18 mm silicone or leather easily removable. It is available in color silver, pink gold and titanium and can be accessed from 249 dollars. Google – The LG Watch Sports.

But it is the LG Watch Sport, which should retain more attention from the geeks. It is presented as ” the watch Android the most powerful to date “ and comes with a GPS sensor, NFC for Android Pay, a sensor, a heart, a microphone, and has” a cellular connectivity “. Understand a SIM card for 4G as stated in The Verge, which was able to test it in exclusive. This is not a first for LG, which had already released a smartwatch 3G : the LG Watch Urbane 2. As this last, the LG Watch Sports allows you to connect to the internet, as well as make and receive calls. Its price ? $ 349.

The two watches will be available on February 10, the United States, and in some countries such as Great Britain, but not France in the immediate future.

Google, however, had stated as early as last December that many other smartwatches are going to be able to switch to Android Wear 2.0. You can see the list here.