What's new for Android Wear?

Latest Update?

Android wear will be getting a software update that will enable interactive watch faces and support for Google translate. Lets see what this update offers android wear users.

Interactive Watch Faces:

 According to the official android blog-post, “Today, we’re launching interactive watch faces, making it easier (and more fun) to stay connected, right from your wrist. Now, with just a tap, your watch face can change its design, reveal more information, or even launch a specific app.” Interactive watch faces will make android wear more advanced and user will be able to get information quickly without opening apps. Right now there are three interactive watch faces available as announced in official blog-post.

Bits:

A collection of widgets that lets you choose the information you want to see. Ranging from weather to email alerts.

Under Armour:

It lets you see your fitness stats.Tap to switch between steps, distance walked, and calories burned.

Together:

It lets you pair up your watch with someone else’s and share things like photos and emoji.

Google Translate:

This update will also bring Google Translate functionality to android wear. It is designed to enable bilingual conversations. How it works?  Just speak into your watch and then turn it towards the other person, as the watch changes direction, it'll switch translation over to that person's language. Turn the watch again when they respond and you will see translation in your language. Translate will automatically recognize which two languages are being spoken. Right now it can only translate 44 out of 90 languages supported on Translate. 

This Android wear 1.3 update will come out over the next few weeks.

What's new for Android Wear?

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Android M Has a Name: Google's Next Update is Marshmallow

Keeping up with their tradition of making all of you sugar lovers salivate by naming their updates after sugary treats (alphabetically of course), Google has revealed the name of its next update, known previously as only Andriod M at the I/O conference held by the company earlier this year in May.

This will be available to users in the fall, and will bring with it the following new features:

• Android Pay: this service will let the users pay for items, both online and in physical stores, using their phones. 
• Now on Tap for Google Now: this will give you relevant information based on what you are doing. 
• It will feature other improvements in the operating system..

While 80% of smartphone users have Android as the operating system, only about 18% are using its latest version: Lollipop. 

Android M Has a Name: Google's Next Update is Marshmallow

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