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hey this is Dan Seifer from The Verge we're here at Google i/o and we are checking out Google where 2.0 this was just announced on stage it is the next generation of Google's wearables platform and the company says it's the biggest update to the platform in since its launched it has a bunch of new UI features so you can see there's a new controls using physical buttons this particular watch has a button on the side that launches the new app launcher which you can see has kind of this new carousel feature which is very cool very slick push that back and go back to your watch face and what's really neat here are these complications that let you tap into apps directly from any watch face so this is a to-do list from todoist that's been set up on this particular one you can add tasks you can add your water intake for other apps as well and a bunch of different things that developers will be able to plug into and add more complications it's pretty similar to what Apple is doing the Apple watch but it's cool to see this in both third-party watch faces and with third-party apps another thing that is new is the way you can reply to messages so if we go to hangouts here you can reply to messages using a new tracing keyboard which is a little wild there's a full keyboard on the there as well as a new handwriting recognition thing so you can write words on your on the screen there with your finger and send it away that's different from the emoji recognition system that's been there before so those are both new and you can't back button to go back as well overall on this particular watch this is the LG watch urbane LTE which means that it has a bunch of settings that you might not find on a Wi-Fi only watch you can use this watch without your phone connected and there's a bunch of new things for that but the UI is actually pretty slick and pretty quick it's much more responsive than I'm used to on the we're watching I wear everyday the other thing that's new here is there some new Fitness features where it will automatically detect new things like strength training exercise so if you're doing pull-ups or bicep curls or deadlifts or something like that that watch can now automatically identify that in addition to the other activities that it's already there google says that Android wear 2.0 will be available later this year but if you're a developer you should be able to start downloading it today and get it running on your watch's already so there you go that's a quick look at Android wear 2.0 for from Google i/o I'm Dan Seifert thanks for watching