If Pebble can continue that momentum, partnering with interesting third - parties and leveraging the under - tapped space on your wrist
for glanceable information and simple controls, its stands an excellent chance of cocking a continued snook at companies many times its size.
Not exact matches
Android integration gives drivers access to apps and services, which have been optimized
for the car with voice input and
glanceable controls.
It's otherwise mostly a gimmick, though — the colors are fairly muted (I'd almost describe it as «black - and - white plus»), and Pebble has done a good job demonstrating that a
glanceable source
for the time and notifications doesn't really need color to get the job done.
The aim is
for notifications to be
glanceable, and easy to identify without getting out your phone.
On stage, Google executives sold Android Wear as an opportunity to avoid fumbling about in your pocket
for your smartphone, and as a
glanceable interface
for quickly communicating important information.
«Instead, we mean
for Now Playing to be
glanceable and ambient.
To give you a nice
glanceable overview, we compiled a chart showcasing the best features from each of the top five browsers available
for Android.
Google stresses the four elements of an Android Wear experience among all this, steering developers to focus on being contextually aware and smart,
glanceable, helpful, and doing so with little or no need
for interaction.
Glanceable information is something Microsoft has done
for years in Windows on phones.
When Android Wear 2.0 was introduced back in May, it was said to represent a redesign and includes more
glanceable notifications, support
for keyboards, handwriting and smart replies, and a new user interface.
There's also a dark mode
for the entire interface to take advantage of the power savings on an AMOLED display, as well as a new ambient mode that will pulse and give you
glanceable information on your locked screen.
Again, most weather apps have at least one widget to put
glanceable conditions or forecast on your home screen, but if you're in the market
for some top - notch weather widgets, here are our recommendations:
Samsung's always - on screen tech is back again, sporting tons of options
for keeping as few pixels lit, all while delivering as much
glanceable information as possible.