Android users are alarmed about the recent news that the well-known screen lock pattern can easily get hacked by any third-party element.
Android Wear 2.0 gives smartwatches an interesting makeover following the announcement of Google to make wearables increasingly and more useful relevant to people as possible. The three main goals of the latest and the biggest software tweak in Android Wear are watch faces, messaging, and fitness.
Google's smartwatch platform Android Wear has received one of the biggest software update ahead of Apple Watch launch. Here're four major highlights from the update:
Google is close to making Android Wear - Google's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables - work on the iPhone, according to reports.
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer has teamed up with Google and Intel to build its first smartwatch.
Android Wear's next software update will turn on Wi-fi support, according to a report by The Verge. Majority of the Android Wear watches already have Wi-Fi built-in.
Apple Watch - the highly anticipated smartwatch - may be lacking number of health-monitoring features such as heart activity, blood pressure, but it's expected to sell around 5-6 million units.
Pebble has been updated with PlexFit and Android Wear notification. To gain access to Google Fit - a Google-made and Google-handled fitness system for Android devices - the smartwatch now works with the PlexFit app. Pebble, after keeping the Android Wear system in beta for several weeks, has released it for public.
More than 720,000 Android Wear devices were shipped last year out of total 4.6 million smart wearable bands, according to a report by analyst company Canalys.
Google has updated Android Wear for the second time since its launch in June. After this update, Android Wear users will get customized watch faces along with some new features such as battery tracking and card dismissal undo.
