Monday, March 19, 2018

Wear OS

The Android Wear brand introduced in 2014 is going
away and being replaced with a new name: Wear OS.
A new area of Google’s website has officially confirmed
the change. Wear OS even has a new slogan: “Make
every minute matter.” For now, that’s really all the news
there is; since it works on both Android and iOS, Google’s
smartwatch platform is being given a more flexible moniker
that doesn’t tie it to a specific mobile operating system.
Apple’s software platform on the Apple Watch is called
watchOS.

And even though Wear OS doesn’t give iPhone users
all the same features as Android users, some iPhone
owners are actually picking watches with Google’s
software over the Apple Watch. “In 2017, one out of
three new Android Wear watch owners also used an
Phone,” claims Google. Android users still make up
the majority of customers, but it’s not as lopsided as
you might think. Over 50 Wear OS watches have hit
the market so far, and fashion brands have really
gravitated to the platform. It can be a bit hard to tell
some of their offerings apart at this point.

“We’re announcing a new name that better reflects our
technology, vision, and most important of all — the people
who wear our watches. We’re now Wear OS by Google,
a wearables operating system for everyone,” Google’s
Dennis Tropper said in a blog post. “You’ll begin to see
the new name on your watch and phone app over the

next few weeks.

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