Friday, April 10, 2015

Google Allegedly Close To Releasing Android Wear iOS Compatibility

Ryan Whitwam
2015/04/09 11:51am PDT4 hours ago

According to a source who spoke to The Verge, Google is almost ready to add iOS support to Android Wear. If the timing is a coincidence, it's a very happy one for Google. Apple is getting ready to start selling the Apple Watch to compete against Android Wear. Of course, Apple could always try to block the Wear app.

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Android Wear on iOS will apparently plug into Google's apps and services on that platform to operate in a similar fashion to Android. There will be Google Now cards, voice search, and reply functionality for Gmail. It will also pull in app notifications from iOS via the companion app.

There are already smartwatches like the Pebble that work on both Android and iOS, but this is more of a general accessory than a competing platform. An Android Wear watch is Android, and Apple doesn't even allow apps to contain metadata that mentions competing platforms. There could be some unpleasantness. Neither Google nor Apple are talking about the rumors.

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as few would. He's the author of a sci-fi novel called The Crooked City, which is available on Amazon and Google Play.
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source: androidpolice

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