Android Wear Improvements On The Way Thanks To Cronologics Acquisition.

I'm hoping my LG Urbane will get 2.0. Personally I'm liking the direction smart watches are going. We just need to be able to side load or run full android apps. At least some of them would be nice. I really want a S-Health Like App or S-Health to work with the Urbane. Fit doesn't "Fit" for me.

 

I'd settle for just being able to side UNLOAD apps. Nothing irritates me more than an app I like and need on my phone installing itself on my limited watch storage with no way to get rid of it unless I uninstall from my phone.

 

I agree Jonny. I was excited for AW 2.0, and was looking forward to trying out new functionality. With all of the delays I don't even really think about it anymore, and not really excited for it.

Overall though, I like the direction AW is headed, enjoy using it every day and don't see myself going back to a traditional watch anytime soon.

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I missed the part about communicating with Home when I first read the original post. Not sure what Google may have in mind with Home functionality on a watch? Since the Home is almost all voice controlled, I'm not sure what a Home app on the watch would bring to the table? Curious to see if they do incorporate something since I have a Home and a smart watch.

 

I have a first gen Moto 360 that I can't wear anymore. The battery doesn't last that long anymore. Just like any phone, the battery doesn't hold a complete charge and shuts off before noon. This is what I don't like about smart watches. I wore my 360 every day until the battery started to fail. I don't want to pay for a smart watch that I will have to replace in a couple years. I already do that with my phone.

 

This is true. At first i though the "Ok Google" on the Watch to do things for home but that would activate Home without the Watch. Unless you can Control Home from the Watch without being in that Room. We'll have to wait and See.

 

With so many wearable operating systems, why are we so hung up on Android Wear? There are open source technologies out there that look pretty nice. I was weary of getting anything but an AW watch, until I found out that AW 2.0 would be delayed. The whole reason to stick with something like AW was because it was suppose to be stable. We have Tizen, Android (not Android Wear), Asteroid OS, and TicWear OS to name a few. Speaking of TicWear OS, they have terrific looking watches, for great prices as well (Tic Watch).