Gadgetory

Android wear is Google software for a new wave of smartwatches unless you've been keeping a keen eye on all the tech news it might be difficult to quite grasp exactly what Android wear really is and why it's important so let me take you through it Android wear is as my name suggests Android that you wear the watch connects to your Android phone acting almost as a second screen using your phone's internet connection to display notifications and other information it's best to think of it as taking Google now from your phone and squashing it into a watch like Google now Android wear aim to show you important information on your watch right when you need it without having to get your phone out and search for yourself you can perform searches on it and control music playing on your phone see incoming calls messages and other alerts and surprise surprise it even tells the time the information is presented as cards that pop up that you can swipe through on the touch screen but you can also perform actions using voice commands unlike with Android on phones Android wear is not skinned by manufacturers meaning that each watch runs plain untampered versions of the software that allows for an identical user experience across all watches and by key from the architecture the same it's much easier for app developers to create their apps there are various absolutely download on your phone that have some interaction with the watch recipe app cook bad for example lets you find a recipe on the phone then follow it step by step on the watch there aren't many apps to get particularly excited about just yet but as Google has done it's best to make it easy for developers to create apps we should start to see the shells filling out soon although it's exciting to think of wearable technology as the next big thing there's not yet anything that Android wear smartwatches offer that makes them a critical purchase instead of just a novelty buy for the dedicated gadget geeks its early days though and with most of the biggest tech runs on board we're certainly going to continue to see more models arriving and more refinements to the software in the future the next big thing in technology may not be here just yet but watch space as it might be just around the corner