Gadgetory

well android is going everywhere and next up on google's agenda watches google announced android wear and march and now at i/o we've got some details on the first devices first up samsung it's called the gear live and it'll be available for pre-order from the google play store later today LG's previously announced g-watch will also be available for pre-order and Ezra Motorola's rounder Moto 360 which was first teased months ago well that's still being planned for release later this summer the gear live actually marks a return to android smart watches for samsung last year release a galaxy gear smartwatch running a modified version of android but just half a year later samsung abandoned android for the Tizen operating system when launching the gear to google also showed off a few Android wear demos on stage day at i/o using the Moto 360 which included everything from setting reminders about double-sided peanutbutter jars to ordering a pizza this sudden and quick push into smartwatches is no coincidence the space has increasingly become a subject of intense interest following pebble smashing Kickstarter success and beyond that Apple is reported to be working on a SmartWatch release later this year one that's believed to be able to measure aspects of squares health to that gives google and others good reasons start getting ahead we should see soon how well that first run aware devices holds up you