{"id":6945,"date":"2014-03-20T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T10:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2014-03-20T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T10:45:57","slug":"google-unveils-android-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/google-unveils-android-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"Google unveils Android Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLadies and gentleman, this is your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/188\/Watches\/\" target=\"_blank\">watch<\/a> speaking.\u00a0 To your left is your favorite coffee shop\u00a0 and you have 15 unread emails\u201d.\u00a0 If you think this is something from a science fiction movie then you are half right.\u00a0 The future of watches, fitness bands and monitors is about to be changed forever.\u00a0 Google has released a customised version of Android\u00a0 that is specifically designed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=smartwatch\" target=\"_blank\">smartwatches<\/a> and wearable technology products.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the second major mobile manufacturer (Motorola) unveiled the Moto360. Samsung has their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Samsung+galaxy+gear\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Gear smartwatches<\/a>\u00a0 and their contender to battle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=fitbit&amp;bcid=8599\" target=\"_blank\">fitbit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Nike+fuelband\" target=\"_blank\">Nike<\/a> called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/60189574\/Samsung+Galaxy+Gear+Fit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit<\/a>. All of these products have one consistent similarity \u2013 they are all powered by Android. Google has pretty much shown all their cards in terms of software for the wearables category. The only thing missing is their own smart watch. What are the odds that it will be called the Google Nexus Watch?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Android Wear<\/strong>: Information that moves with you<br \/>\nToday we\u2019re announcing Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearables. And we\u2019re starting with the most familiar wearable\u2014watches. The devices and apps will provide users the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Useful information when you need it most<\/li>\n<li>Straight answers to spoken questions<\/li>\n<li>The ability to better monitor your health and fitness<\/li>\n<li>Your key to a multiscreen world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Google\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> has put the entire smartwatch industry on notice and in doing so also thrown down the challenge to Apple to respond.\u00a0 Think about it for a minute \u2013 Android for wearables will provide users with additional benefits when walking through cities etc. The health industry is seeing disruption whereby users are able to access their own key health information (blood pressure, cholesterol levels and heart rate) without having to visit the doctor. Google is becoming part of\u00a0 our daily existence and by leveraging their technology users will be spending less time doing nominal tasks (calling a taxi, booking a table at restaurant etc).<\/p>\n<p>Where does this leave Android\u2019s biggest competitor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Apple\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>? Apple has to respond by either unveiling a product like a smartwatch or fitness\u00a0 tracker and has to make changes to iOS. Siri needs to be leveraged more and Apple will need to respond in the coming months to Android Wear. Businesses like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Pebble&amp;sort=score+desc&amp;search_category_id=187\" target=\"_blank\">Pebble<\/a> who have a small advantage in terms of hardware and user interaction need to be mindful that Google is coming.<\/p>\n<p>Are you considering purchasing a smart watch or one of these fitness trackers (fitbit and a Nike Fuelband)?\u00a0 If not\u00a0 &#8211; tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-smartwatch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6946\" alt=\"google-smartwatch\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-smartwatch.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLadies and gentleman, this is your watch speaking.\u00a0 To your left is your favorite coffee shop\u00a0 and you have 15 unread emails\u201d.\u00a0 If you think this is something from a science fiction movie then you are half right.\u00a0 The future of watches, fitness bands and monitors is about to be changed forever.\u00a0 Google has released<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/google-unveils-android-wear\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}