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Cithen posted:Is there any anticipation as to when Android Wear will roll out its second generation? I am excited about wearables, but not sold on the functionality quite yet for either Apple or Android devices. Plus I would really like to get away from Apple stuff. With that said, I expect Android Wear changes to be incremental, not revolutionary, and for existing models to get new features (unless they require different hardware).
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Unfortunately (for your use case) "a small extension of my phone" is where Google seems to be going with Android Wear. If you want more of an independent device there's the Samsung Gear S and the LG Watch Urbane LTE.
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Apr 19, 2015 03:14
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Android Wear protips: Tired of seeing the persistent Android Wear notification on your phone? Upgrade your Google Play Services to 7.3. Tired of seeing an app's notifications on your Wear device? you can block that app from sending notifications to Wear.
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Apr 19, 2015 12:40
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Wee Bairns posted:Yes, its a very decent introduction to Android Wear at that good of a price. It does have a reset button hole you can push with a paperclip however. Also it can take a standard watch strap.
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Apr 20, 2015 01:26
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To explain what is happening in this animated screenshot: Now if you tap the watch face, you will get the option to launch apps, scroll right to message most frequent contacts and scroll right again to perform voice commands. This is actually a pretty significant change, and should address all the complaints that "Android Wear sucks because it's hard to launch apps".
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Apr 20, 2015 16:22
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w00tazn posted:One of the watches on the top of the moto blog site has the tire and one doesn't...
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Apr 20, 2015 21:07
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Sony made a blog post about the Android Wear 5.1 update. Two of the items in their list were not mentioned previously: quote:* Much like your Android smartphone, the new Android Wear update will bring pop up notifications (even when you’re looking at something else), meaning you’ll never miss anything important
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Apr 20, 2015 22:41
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MC Hawking posted:Can you be a little more specific? I've not used Now because it requires location data to be turned on which makes my inner tinfoil hatter break out in hives. With that said, Google Now is pretty great, and you should use it. Google is not going to let anyone but Google know about your location without deliberate action on your part.
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Apr 21, 2015 02:33
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MC Hawking posted:Hey maybe you could answer the question of 'what functionality to I lose by not enabling google now with android wear" instead of getting all huffy that I'm not utilizing my gadgets in exactly the way which you deem preferable. Rastor posted:according to Reddit, it will work.
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Apr 21, 2015 04:12
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booshi posted:Anyone know if any good todo apps have been moved to AW yet? Todoist can do it, but required manually pushing data. Worth a shot, depending how feature-rich you need your todo app to be.
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Apr 23, 2015 17:37
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TraderStav posted:Have a link? Nothing good is coming up in the play store. The Pip Boy faces that go into the play store seem to get disappeared, you may have better luck with a Facer theme.
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Apr 23, 2015 19:35
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StackSocial is giving away a Huawei Watch, which they value at $500: https://stacksocial.com/giveaways/the-huawei-watch-giveaway They cross-brand their site widely so chances are there's an affiliated link through your favorite Android blog.
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Apr 24, 2015 04:03
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For me, the unveiling of the Huawei Watch stole a lot of the Urbane's thunder. On the other hand, the Urbane is available now / tomorrow and the Huawei Watch is not.
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Apr 27, 2015 20:51
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Watch Urbane is now available in The Google Store, $349. G Watch R Was $299, now $249. The two watches have the same internals except the Urbane has a Wifi antenna and therefore supports the new Wifi features.
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Apr 28, 2015 00:28
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Reverse Centaur posted:May be too big for people with small wrists - it feels bigger than the GWR somehow (more rigid/flat maybe?), and you can see how small the 360 looked on me up thread. Droid Life published two Android Wear related items this morning: http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/29/moto-360s-monolink-band-is-back-in-stock-at-moto-maker/ The classy monolink band is now back in stock when you customize a Moto 360 order. http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/29/tag-heuers-android-wear-watch-will-cost-around-1400-have-40-hour-battery-life/ TAG Heuer smartwatch rumors: It will come out in October-November timeframe, it will have 40 hour battery life, and it will cost $1400. Interesting price point, falling in between the Apple Watch Standard and the Apple Watch Edition.
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Apr 29, 2015 16:39
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LG has released a Wear app to make calls, but only for the Watch Urbane.
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May 1, 2015 18:43
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Reverse Centaur posted:Someone finally made an Urbane review. Actually pretty much all the usual sites did reviews: http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/lg-watch-urbane-reviews-round-up-find-out-what-tech-critics-are-saying-266711.html
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May 12, 2015 03:57
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RZA Encryption posted:I'm really having trouble finding the use case for smart watches. It seems like in most cases you're either able to take out your phone or it's not situationally appropriate to be on your phone. (In which case it probably isn't appropriate to be swiping away at your watch, either!) A smartwatch isn't (usually) life changing, it's a convenience gadget. Like a Roomba, or a TV box that supports multiple sources of content. Yeah you could vacuum floors yourself, yeah you could plug your laptop into your TV, but with the gadget you don't have to deal with that. A lot of smartwatch havers talk about how they don't have to pull out their phone much thanks to the smartwatch and the dubious responses have been things like "but if I'm standing on the subway I can work my phone with one hand but a smartwatch would require both hands" or "but if it's not situationally appropriate to be on your phone it probably isn't appropriate to be swiping away at your watch, either". But that isn't what it's about at all. It's about making information from your phone available with just a glance at your wrist. It's about making quick tasks a matter of just lifting your wrist to your mouth and then back down again. For me personally the biggest benefit has been making Google Now reminders so quick and easy to create that it's effectively zero effort. I do it all the time now and it has noticeably improved my life (I am just one of those very forgetful people). So for me, that convenience makes the smartwatch worth it. I think the continuing popularity of hugephones will be part of what drives smartwatches -- the bigger the phone, the more of a convenience it is to not have to pull it out.
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May 12, 2015 18:49
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Desk Lamp posted:Why are people assuming there won't be huge strides in the tech of these devices when competition is just starting to heat up? Things will continue to get a few percent better every year, but legitimate huge strides would surprise me.
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May 12, 2015 22:03
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bull3964 posted:It's android wear itself that is going to bring innovation to this space, not the SoC inside the device or how much bezel it has. Bezels won't be a source of much innovation, but they will be a way for manufacturers to differentiate. I expect to see more and more devices with identical innards but different fashion aspects.
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May 12, 2015 22:25
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Nobody posted that the Moto 360 is the Woot of the day? I'm disappointed in you all. I think this is the clearest sign yet that the Moto 360 2 will be announced soon.
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May 14, 2015 14:36
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Android Wear 5.1.1 has been spotted rolling out to the Asus Zenwatch.
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May 15, 2015 14:53
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thebushcommander posted:Not sure what that means. I was just looking for someone to tell me it's decent enough to keep.. The design of the Urbane is somewhat polarizing. IMO whether or not you keep it should actually depend on how you think it looks on you.
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May 21, 2015 01:31
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Shai-Hulud posted:So which watch faces are you guys using? I'm using Pujie black, but im looking for something with lighter colors.
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May 21, 2015 14:57
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Original LG G Watch on sale for $50. This is probably one of your last chances to buy one new. It's not the best of Android Wear -- but it is very affordable.
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May 21, 2015 19:13
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Thermopyle posted:As long as you're ok with something that looks like it was built by someone in their basement. It doesn't look like your standard fashion watch, but personally I don't think it's so bad.     
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May 21, 2015 19:49
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Google Play Services 7.3 improved support for linking more than one Wear device to a single phone. It shouldn't be as hard to switch now as when Wear first launched.
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May 21, 2015 20:29
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Android Wear 5.1 OTA File Roundup: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/05/27/android-wear-lollipop-ota-roundup/ OTA links are provided for: LG G Watch (platina) LG G Watch R (lenok) LG Watch Urbane (bass) Sony SmartWatch 3 (tetra) Asus ZenWatch (anthias)
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May 27, 2015 14:55
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The 360 lacks a physical port for sideloading an OTA file.
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May 27, 2015 16:09
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Kakairo posted:Would I be a total moron to buy a Moto 360 at the moment? I've been waiting for v.2, but since there weren't any major Android Wear enhancements announced at I/O, I can't imagine the new model will be anything more than a minor update (except maybe for eliminating the flat tire).
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May 29, 2015 15:18
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Three Olives posted:I'm still really happy with my G Watch but $80 seems really, really high for a refurb this late in the game, there have been lower prices on new G watches weeks and weeks ago. For $80 for a refurb I'm going to wait for either the second gen or pick up a G Watch R next time it goes on a decent sale. AT&T Wireless dropped the G Watch R to $99 today but of course the inventory available on the website sold out almost immediately.
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May 30, 2015 03:45
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Reverse Centaur posted:Zenwatch 2 was announced I guess? Fall release Haha, an extended battery back for your smartwatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxawWV5dEAA&t=90s The haters are going to get a lot of Android mocking mileage out of that one.
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Jun 1, 2015 15:25
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Jun 1, 2015 16:11
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Some buzz about the Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01: http://www.wareable.com/android-wear/tag-heuer-carrera-wearable-01-ceo-reveals-name-of-first-luxury-smartwatch-1191 Interesting for the fact it is not using a Qualcomm processor and for the idea of a smartwatch with upgradeable innards.
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Jun 1, 2015 20:01
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Apparently the reason the Moto 360 hasn't received the newest update yet is performance issues: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-blames-performance-issues-moto-360-update-delay
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Jun 4, 2015 21:33
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The $50 for a refurbished LG G Watch (original) deal is back: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171816938160
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Jun 9, 2015 18:58
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Personally I never expected anything other than Q4 for that thing just based on how non-specific they were being when it was announced.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:40
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Well, I guess now we know why all the Pip Boy watch faces were removed from the Play store: http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/14/8780111/fallout-4-pip-boy-edition-e3-2015
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Jun 15, 2015 04:37
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Reportedly the 5.1.1 update is coming to the Moto 360 starting today.
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It looks like Woot! has picked up the final supply of the original LG G Watch. $69.99
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