{"id":6187,"date":"2014-03-23T22:32:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T02:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/?p=6187"},"modified":"2014-03-23T22:32:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T02:32:29","slug":"google-wear-smart-watch-launched-wearable-computing-gains-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/google-wear-smart-watch-launched-wearable-computing-gains-traction\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Wear for smart watch launched as wearable computing gains traction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google’s recent announcement of a dedicated operating system for the smart watch – and most probably for Google Glass as well – is understandable. Consumers are gradually shifting to wearable computing technology.<\/p>\n

Google Wear is a customized Android software, a dice that Google is carefully throwing as a harbinger of the next big thing in the consumer electronics industry. Adapting Android toward market trends, that is, the changing consumer behavior is an imperative move for Google to survive, especially at a time when the smartphone may have seen the last of its glory days as represented by plunging sales figures.<\/p>\n

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The move also indirectly hurls a hard blow at the rumored iWatch by Apple<\/a>, which is still perhaps in its nascent stage of development, according to people privy to the Cupertino giant\u2019s plan (Apple remains silent on the report). Put another way, Google is getting past Apple as a frontrunner in wearable computers, though other smart watches such as the Samsung Galaxy Gear and Pebble have already seen the light of day to much unfavorable reviews due to their awkwardly bulky shape.<\/p>\n

The launch is perhaps deliberately timed with the introduction of LG’s G Watch and Motorola Mobility\u2019s Moto 360, the first two smart watches that run Google Wear. The G Watch is voice-controllable by the preface “OK Google” followed by whatever command you wish to relay to the device. \u00a0Google is also collaborating with Asus, HTC and Samsung for such products.<\/p>\n