Gadgetory

we're right at the beginning in a new phase in the miniaturization of technology which means that it's finally possible to make a powerful computer small enough to wear comfortably on your body all day long and there's a huge opportunity to bring rich user experiences to these devices and that's why we're building Android wear as our platform for wearables based on android android wear makes it easy for developers to reach users on this new form factor using precisely the same tools we're already familiar with on android phones and tablets people will people will be wearing these small powerful devices so style is important and that's why Android wear supports both square and circular screens and we think that there will be a wide variety of fashionable designs sensors will help them understand your context so they can provide useful information when you need it and help you reach your fitness goals and as the device that you always have with you your watch will also provide intelligent answers to spoken questions and as Dave showed us earlier act as your key in a multi-screen world across the world people check their Android phones an average of 125 times every day and that's why we've designed Android wear to quickly show you relevant information and make sure you never miss an important message while letting you stay engaged with the people that you're actually with we do this by working to understand the context of what you care about while enabling very brief interactions with the device let's take a closer look at some of the contextual information that Android wear provides when you're traveling so jeff's about to leave on that big trip to the world to the World Cup it's the morning of his flight so his phone is already displaying relevant information for his trip he can see his flight status and even show his boarding pass his hotel address will be there when he needs it and he knows whether or not he'll need to pack an umbrella it does look like it's going to rain in Brazil on Friday once he's in Brazil Android wear continues to give him useful timely information at a glance whether it's his restaurant reservation the time back at home so he knows when to call his family or the local bus schedule and while he's walking around the city Jeff can see how many steps he's taken today along with a step history for the week on devices that support it he can even check his heart rate after a jog so we've shown you what Android wear can do out of the box we're even more excited to see what developers build on top of this platform with Pinterest you can follow other people's pins Pinterest app will let you know when you're near a place has been pinned by someone you follow so Jeff's friend Suzy loves korean BBQ and she's somewhat of an authority in the best restaurants in San Francisco so when Jeff is in the city pinterest can notify him that he's near one of Susie's pinned restaurants the notification will appear on his wrist just like this and it uses pages allowing him to quickly glance at the details then swipe to see a map and if he likes it he can start navigation right from his wrist this is using Google Maps for Mobile which gives you turn-by-turn directions on your watch it's particularly useful when you're walking and it works with all Android wear devices in addition to what's possible with notifications bridge from the phone today we're making a full android wear SDK available which enables you to write code each 24 is an app that makes food ordering both fun and easy I watched this hopefully I'm going to order a pizza in 20 seconds when it comes to take I'd I'm a creature of habit and eat 24 is recognized this and takes advantage of that contextual stream around the same time I made an order last week it posts a notification suggesting i order again I can tap on the notification and launch into their full screen you I and here I'm presented with a beautiful interface that lets me confirm the kind of food I'd like today let's stick with pizza and then I can quickly swipe to see and repeat my last order just one more tap to pay and the pizzas on its way I think that clocked in under 20 seconds lift is a transportation service and ride-sharing app that allows you to request a car to pick you up at your exact location lift have implemented our call a car intent so it's really easy to just walk outside and say ok Google call me a car you'll see that lift is able to determine Jeff's exact location from his phone presents this confirmation screen so he can verify his address the app has also made great use of notifications in the stream you can see when your car has arrived keep up-to-date throughout the journey and even rate your driver right from your wrist when you're at your destination thanks to all our developers alright we showed a preview of a couple of watches we were working on with our partners back in March the LG G watch will be available to order later today on the Play Store in addition you might have caught a glimpse of a new device during the demos we're very happy that Samsung is joining the Android wear family with the Samsung gear lives and the samsung gear life is also available to order later today the Moto 360 is the first watch to adopt the rond Android wear UI and it will be available for sale later this summer those are just the first three watches there are many more on the way and we're thrilled to enable developers across the world to build apps for what we believe will be a revolutionary new form factor you