The two smartwatches from Google, known under the code names of Angelfish, and Swordfish, will be devices high-end and the first in the market with Android Wear 2.0, the long-awaited update that has been delayed until 2017. With this move, Google hopes to have a rebirth within this market, more now that is going through a very bad time.
Among the first details that have been revealed, highlighting the decision not to use the brand ‘Pixel’ for these devices, the change will carry the brand name ‘Google’, this despite the fact that they have been manufactured by another company, which declined to give the name.
This association is somewhat similar to what existed in the range Nexus, only this time there will be to know the name of this company, as part of the new strategy of Google to promote your name and brand as a manufacturer of hardware. Among the new features that will arrive with this update, are native applications, which do not need a Smartphone to function, in addition to support for Android Pay and the incorporation of Google Assistant, which is already available at Google Home and the equipment Pixel.
An important point of Android Wear 2.0, is that it will expand support to iOS with new features and new features, although it will not be able to match what will be in Android, yes we will have, for example, the arrival of Android Pay to Apple devices.
This announcement comes at a crucial time for both to smartwatches as a device, as to the own Android Wear as a platform, which has suffered a precipitous fall during this 2016. the First, by the lack of important releases such as LG, Huawei, or Sony, in addition to the confirmation on the part of Lenovo that is not going to manufacture watches, at least in the medium term.
With all of this, the 2017 will be a determining factor for Google as a software developer and now as a manufacturer, as this will depend on the smartwatches remain an interesting product, but especially useful in the eyes of consumers.
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