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it's finally time for some Android wear watches I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the world of Android has now expanded into smartwatches and also cars and televisions at the annual Google i/o Developers Conference the company showed off new software for upcoming Google products the presentation lasted nearly three hours but I'll sum up the highlights for you in under three minutes google gave a demo of how smartwatches work with the Android wear operating system the idea is that you would have notifications that you can quickly glance at there will be cards that you flip through to see text messages or other alerts now if you get a phone call you can answer or hang up from the watch or swipe up to send a quick text saying that you're busy it understands voice commands so you can set a reminder by talking to your wrist Dick Tracy style the Android apps on your phone will be simplified for the small watch screen for example all the cooks app shows recipe steps on your wrist but not all apps for a watch will make your life better pinterest has this pointless push alert that shows you when you're near a restaurant that your friends pinned to their wall yeah too many notifications could be a drag on the watch's battery life the first two smartwatches to run Android wear will be the LG G watch and a samsung model called the gear live both can be pre-ordered now and what's arguably the best looking one it's the round Moto 360 that is an on sale until later this summer Android will become part of your car's dashboard some cars coming out this year will support Android auto so when you plug in an Android phone into your car the cars touch screen will show a Google interface for maps music and other apps and all this can be controlled with voice commands Android also wants control over the living room android TV is an entertainment hub for your television that's controlled with a phone or a tablet or your SmartWatch if you have one you can look up shows open apps and even play android game like everything else you can also control this with voice commands google TV flopped but maybe android TV will be different it comes out this fall but you'll need a special TV or a set-top box to use android TV we got a quick peek at the new design coming to the next version of android it's called android l know they didn't give it a cute sweet treat codename not lollipop or licorice just el google had lots to show off but we didn't hear anything about glass so for now that your tech news update you can get more details on all these stories at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey