Appeared in "Android Wear 2.0", greatly advanced to the independence of a smartwatch

Google in the United States is a new major version of the OS for wearable terminals on February 8 (local time)."0" was announced.

Android Wear 2.0 was announced on Google I/O 2016 in May last year, and was scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016, but the preview period for developers has been extended due to a large change.The official release version has all the features announced on Google I/O.

2.0 Enhancements and new features include "Stand Alone App", "Enlarge Communication and Sensor Options", "New User Interface", "Expanding Watch Face Customization Function", "Strengthening Google Fit", "Expanding input methods", "Google Assistant" "Such.

With the enhancement of the standalone application and communication options, Android Wear watches, which can be widely used as an independent Android device, can be used as an independent Android device.Stand -Alone App is an app that can be used only with Android Wear watches without needing cooperation with smartphones.The Android Wear has a Google Play store and can be installed on the Android Wear watch.You can also specify the installation on the Android Wear watch from the web version of Google Play Store.The wireless function supports options that make smartwatches supporting the Internet alone, such as Bluetooth, single Wi-Fi communication and cellular functions including LTE.

The user interface is simplified, navigated, can be intuitively operated by the axis, and is easy to access frequently used functions and apps.It incorporates support for operations using rotation, such as turning the crown or turning bezel.

One of the features of Android Wear is that you can choose a wealth of watch faces, but users can customize the color, background, compression, etc. of the watch face on the terminal.Completion APIs that display information in the watch face have been prepared, and the third party is also provided.

It supports NFC and can use Android Pay.Supports sensors required for fitness, such as GPS, motion sensors, and heart rate sensors.Google Fit supports distance, pace, calorie consumption, heart rate, and how to measure weights, and has a changing function such as push -ups/abs/squats.

The input function can be input to the keyboard by tracing with the fingertips even on a small screen (Swiftky input), and can also use smart replies and handwritten recognition.

Google Assistant is a conversational digital assistant using AI.The Android Wear Watch talks about "OK, Google" or presses the power button to start up to get information and use the service.However, at this time, support languages are only English and German.Although the future expansion has been announced, it is unknown when the Japanese support will be.

Android Wear 2.As a smartwatch with 0, LG announced "LG Watch Style" and "LG Watch Sport" developed by LG in collaboration with Google on the 8th.Also, Android Wear Watch, including the following models, Android 2.An update to 0 will be provided.

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