Google might have found an interesting approach to competing against the Apple Watch that we didn't see coming: The company is reportedly going to bring its Android -
based wearables platform over to iOS, thus allowing iPhone and iPad users to buy Android Wear devices and pair them with their Apple products.
These run Tizen -
Based Wearable Platform 2.3.2.
On the software side of things, these smartwatches run a Tizen -
based wearable platform that is customised to be used on wearable devices with circular displays.
It runs a newer version of Tizen -
based wearable platform, and is powered by a 1 GHz dual - core processor with 512 MB RAM, and 4 GB internal storage.
Specifications: 1.3» Circular Super AMOLED display (360 x 360) 278ppi, Always On Display Corning Gorilla Glass SR + Dual core 1.0 GHz processor 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.2, Wi - Fi b / g / n, NFC, MST, A - GPS / Glonass Tizen
Based Wearable Platform 2.3.2 Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyro, Barometer, HRM, Ambient light Battery 380mAh Wireless charging (WPC Inductive) IP68 water & dust resistance Size: 46 x 49 x 12.9 mm, 63g (without band)
Not exact matches
In addition to the standard Android Wear version, LG has developed an LTE - capable version
based upon its own «LG
Wearable Platform» software, which is
based upon webOS.
Samsung plans to integrate the San Jose -
based company's AI
platform, called Viv, into the Galaxy smartphones and expand voice - assistant services to home appliances and
wearable technology devices.
The company is establishing a health data
platform for
wearables, taking advantage of the huge user
base of its devices like HUAWEI P8, HUAWEI Mate7, HUAWEI WATCH, HUAWEI TalkBand N1, and smart bracelet HUAWEI TalkBand B2.
The Gear Fit 2 is
based on a newer version of the Tizen
wearable platform.
The company says that the new chipset will offer lower bill of materials (BoM) costs, smaller printed circuit board (PCB) size and longer battery life to help manufacturers in making new affordable
wearable devices
based on Android Wear
platform.
Smart
wearables are
based on certain software
platforms as Apple has its watchOS for the Apple Watch, Google has Android Wear for some of the popular smartwatches and Samsung has its Tizen operating system for Galaxy range of
wearables.
This circular smartwatch uses LG's own
wearable platform,
based partly on the webOS
platform the South Korean brand acquired in 2013.
Firstly, it's not running Android Wear but its own
wearable platform based on webOS, the OS LG bought up from HP in 2013.
Samsung also wizened up by switching the operating system for the Gear 2 from a custom Android -
based system to Intel's made - for -
wearables Tizen
platform.
The new device is also perhaps the first
wearable that comes with Android, iOS and Windows Phone compatibility through cloud -
based Microsoft Health
platform.