Gadgetory

it's Tuesday March 18 2014 I'm Sam Shaffer and we just got a pretty big donation for a new executive producer to help with the show this is 90 seconds on the verge sponsored by my great aunt Liz Google is officially getting into smartwatches in a very big way the company today announced android wear a version of its popular operating system designed for wearables details are still forthcoming but here's what we know so far taking a cue from the company's own glass headset Google now plays a major role here providing automatic passive reminders the watches will also connect with Android smartphones so that you'll be able to get all the notifications you want you'll be able to interact with an Android wear device either by touch screen or by using your voice for things like dictation and search and because it's a wearable the watches will track your steps best of all Android wear will support circular watch faces and Motorola has wasted no time taking advantage of that the company is calling it moto 360 and it's much more elegant than any SmartWatch we've seen thus far Motorola hasn't released any details like battery life or screen resolution but it's promising the watch will launch globally this summer LG has also announced the g watch with the more SmartWatch conventional Square screen the company says it will come out in the second quarter of this year google says it's working with a handful of other Android partners including a sous HTC and Samsung and that's it for today's top stories coming up our executive producer says I need to settle down with a nice girl and to call her more often