Google rebrands Android Wear

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…and hello to Wear OS by Google.

The move is being made ahead of the upcoming show Baselworld show, where we can expect many a model smart watch to be announced.

Dennis Troper (Director of Product Management, of Wear OS by Google) writes:

As our technology and partnerships have evolved, so have our users. In 2017, one out of three new Android Wear watch owners also used an iPhone. So as the watch industry gears up for another Baselworld next week, we’re announcing a new name that better reflects our technology, vision, and most important of all—the people who wear our watches. We’re now Wear OS by Google, a wearables operating system for everyone.

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The new associated domain is https://wearos.google.com/

The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45, pictured right, supports both Android Pay and built-in GPS.

You can get a flavour of the range of watches built with Google’s system at www.blog.google/products/android-wear/android-wear-20-watches-fall/

 

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