LG has progressed from the G Watch to the Watch Urbane; Motorola has issued the second generation of its Moto 360 and Android Wear is starting to attract new manufacturers like Fossil and Tag Heuer, as it moves from the preserve of tech companies, to
traditional watch brands.
In the past couple of years, there are several Android Wear smartwatches even from the fashion and
traditional watch brands like Montblanc, Fossil, TAG Heuer, and Louis Vuitton.
Tag Heuer hasn't been shy about teasing its upcoming smartwatch, and as a stalwart of
the traditional watch brands there's plenty of interest in what's up its sleeve.
Once gadget manufacturers started producing smart, connected watches, it was never going to be long before
traditional watch brands got on board.
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When Volvo unveiled a prototype only to auto journalists a few years ago, design chief Thomas Ingenlath described the Compact Modular Architecture (small) models, including the XC40, as aiming for a much younger — say, thirty - something — audience rather than
traditional customers of the
brand, who are old enough to have
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It will be interesting to see if luxury
brands will start to adopt the new glass into their future products, from
traditional watches to smartwatches.
Spotify already has a wide range of ad experiences built for
traditional brands, from audio ads to display units to sponsored sessions where users get ad - free playback in exchange for
watching a commercial.
It's well - built with a handsome,
traditional design, just as you'd expect from a
watch brand like Fossil.
Android Wear is no more as Google looks to reflect on how Android OEMs have not made products for the platform, but rather,
traditional and more chic
watch brands.
Frankly speaking,
traditional Android manufacturers have taken light treads to smartwatches in recent days, leaving legacy
watch brands as the main hardware contributors in the field.
It's a blessing because it gives you the chance to enjoy a «smart»
watch with
traditional looks, and a curse because its very existence gives every
brand on the planet a chance to augment its range with a fashionable smart product.
Fossil is a
brand well known for its
traditional watches, and now the company has plans to include far more reaching fitness attributes to those designs.
Unlike other luxury
brands and
traditional watch makers, it almost feels as if its heart isn't in the game completely.
There are numerous Michael Kors
watch faces to choose from, all of which can be customised and all of which lovers of the Kors
brand will likely recognise from the huge portfolio of
traditional watches offered by the company.
Ironically enough, however, it's the
traditional watch makers and fashion
brands that have been making the most waves as of late.
Most of these
brands do little to explain what Android Wear is, or why their customer would want it instead of a
traditional watch.
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watched the career marketing industry grow more sophisticated as
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