Top 5 things you should do after getting an Android Wear smartwatch
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A lot of you will have just gotten an Android Wear smartwatch for being an awesome father (on Father’s Day), whereas some of you will have gotten them as presents or self-presents – either way, welcome to the club. In case you’re new to the smartwatch and Android Wear scene, and you’re wondering what your smartwatch is good for besides telling the time, then here are the “top 5 things you should do after getting an Android Wear smartwatch”, according to me.
1. Use voice commands
When smartwatches started to go mainstream, images of Dick Tracy’s speakerphone watch came up at every turn. While they aren’t quite speakerphones yet, Android Wear devices are very capable listeners with an assortment of voice commands that will make you feel very Dick Tracy indeed. Some that you might like to try include:
“Start a timer for 20 minutes”
“Remind me to read a book at 2pm”
“What time is it in Sydney?”
2. Use the new wrist gestures
Android 5.1.1, which should be available for all Android Wear devices, introduced wrist gestures for the first time. If you’re so include, you will be able to twist your wrist to scroll through your notifications list. It does take a bit of practice, but before long, you’ll be a wrist gesture pro.
3. Pick your fitness app
In case you weren’t aware, Android Wear smartwatches are also relatively capable fitness wearables. While they’re no Fitbit or Jawbone, if you don’t have any of those, your Android Wear smartwatch will serve you just as well in tracking your steps everyday, and if you have one with a heart rate sensor as well, it can track how active your heart is as well. Choose from options like Google Fit, UP (by Jawbone), Runkeeper, and plenty more.
4. Try a music app like Shazam or Track ID
I mentioned before that Android Wear smartwatches are great listeners, and this extends to more than just spoken voices. Download an app like Shazam or Track ID and your smartwatch will turn into a song query device as well, though you may need to get your wrist closer to the source of the music first.
5. Download new watch faces
i.e. the whole reason this site exists in the first place. Unlike those chums using an Apple Watch, Android Wear smartwatches have an almost limitless library of watch faces for you to download and use. Some are available through the Play Store, and others can be downloaded and used through third-pary apps like Facer or WatchMaker. In essence, if you can think of something to put on a watch face, there’s probably a watch face for it already, and if there isn’t, you can probably make one yourself.
So there you have it – 5 things that you should do with your Android Wear devices once you have them. If you have any other good ones to add to the list, make sure to let me know down in the comments.
Originally published on WatchFaceADay.com where I am the founder.
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Google showcases 17 awesome, new Android Wear watch faces for you to use
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Android Wear is awesome compared to Apple’s Watch OS, if only for the fact that it has an almost limitless number of watch faces for you to download and choose from on the Play Store (and countless more available through apps like WatchMaker and Facer). To celebrate this fact, Google has highlighted 17 Android Wear watch faces that it thinks need airtime, and features an assortment of brands and familiar icons like Hello Kitty, Angry Birds and even Terminator Genisys. If you want to check out these 17 faces, hit the link below in Google’s tweet:
Adorable, elegant or fierce. Wear what you want with 17 new #AndroidWear watch faces https://t.co/VOLcXaanDK pic.twitter.com/pQzCsgPlu0
— Android (@Android) June 22, 2015
Unless you’re the type of person who likes to change watch faces everyday (like me), these 17 watch faces should give you more than enough to use for the foreseeable future, and based on the quality of the faces, you might want to check each of them out. We hope this is more of a regular thing for Google to highlight the selling points of their wearable OS which has somewhat fallen by the wayside with the release of the media sponge that is the Apple Watch.
What do you think about these 17 Android Wear watch faces that Google has highlighted? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Twitter (Google) via TalkAndroid
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Google reveals new health tracking wearable for medical professionals
Google has announced a new wearable, intended to give doctors and researchers quick and accurate data on their patients. The new wearable can measure a patient’s skin temperature, heart rhythm, and pulse. It’s also able to track environmental data, such as noise and light exposure, Bloomberg says.
The wearable isn’t going to available to the public. In fact, it’ll primarily be a prescription-based device. “Our intended use is for this to become a medical device that’s prescribed to patients or used for clinical trials,” says Andy Conrad, head of the life and sciences team at Google.
Google’s new wearable isn’t ready for medical facilities just yet, though. The search giant plans on collaborating with officials in the medical field to test the accuracy of the data the device provides. The wearable hasn’t received approval in the United States or Europe yet, either. But, Google does plan to begin trials with the new device this summer, which means it could be ready to go as early as late 2015, pending government approval.
If found successful, the device could prove to change how doctors and researchers gather data in the medical field. Slapping a wearable on a patient’s wrist would be much easier than current methods. But, there is one big hurdle that has to be worked on before facilities can even begin to think of adopting this new technology: unreliable patients.
“Historically, doctors do everything — patients just need to turn up at the trial site,” said Dennis. “Now, we’re asking patients to take on meaningful responsibility in gathering information.” As Bloomberg points out, asking patients to keep the device charged hurts data severely because you just don’t know if a patient will comply or remember. Not to mention that they’d need to keep the device on their wrist as opposed to taking it off.
I look forward to the day when this sort of technology is widely adopted, though. It would make it a lot easier to catch things before they happen, such as heart attacks and maybe sometime in the future, even strokes. If a simple wearable could detect or warn you when there’s heart irregularities or a blood clot forming somewhere, many potential harmful situations could be averted before they even happen.
Would you wear a device like this?
Source: Bloomberg
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Google reveals new health tracking wearable for medical professionals
Google has announced a new wearable, intended to give doctors and researchers quick and accurate data on their patients. The new wearable can measure a patient’s skin temperature, heart rhythm, and pulse. It’s also able to track environmental data, such as noise and light exposure, Bloomberg says.
The wearable isn’t going to available to the public. In fact, it’ll primarily be a prescription-based device. “Our intended use is for this to become a medical device that’s prescribed to patients or used for clinical trials,” says Andy Conrad, head of the life and sciences team at Google.
Google’s new wearable isn’t ready for medical facilities just yet, though. The search giant plans on collaborating with officials in the medical field to test the accuracy of the data the device provides. The wearable hasn’t received approval in the United States or Europe yet, either. But, Google does plan to begin trials with the new device this summer, which means it could be ready to go as early as late 2015, pending government approval.
If found successful, the device could prove to change how doctors and researchers gather data in the medical field. Slapping a wearable on a patient’s wrist would be much easier than current methods. But, there is one big hurdle that has to be worked on before facilities can even begin to think of adopting this new technology: unreliable patients.
“Historically, doctors do everything — patients just need to turn up at the trial site,” said Dennis. “Now, we’re asking patients to take on meaningful responsibility in gathering information.” As Bloomberg points out, asking patients to keep the device charged hurts data severely because you just don’t know if a patient will comply or remember. Not to mention that they’d need to keep the device on their wrist as opposed to taking it off.
I look forward to the day when this sort of technology is widely adopted, though. It would make it a lot easier to catch things before they happen, such as heart attacks and maybe sometime in the future, even strokes. If a simple wearable could detect or warn you when there’s heart irregularities or a blood clot forming somewhere, many potential harmful situations could be averted before they even happen.
Would you wear a device like this?
Source: Bloomberg
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Watch Urbane LTE impressions: LG’s little known WebOS experiment
When LG announced its pair of rounded, metal-made smartwatches earlier this year, all attention was focused on the WiFi only model that made use of Android Wear. The standard Urbane has already been discussed and dissected to death in the media, though very little is known about its sibling. But LG’s mysterious marvel, the Urbane LTE, is very much a real product. It’s also a product that has been out for some time now, though in a rather nontraditional sense.
Introducing the Urbane LTE
“LG Watch Urbane LTE” is a mouthful. It’s also quite possibly one of the biggest paradoxes of the year, for it’s a smartwatch from a major OEM that includes a cellular radio for calls and data (not unlike the Gear S), is designed for Android, and yet it runs… a version of Web OS, LG’s relatively new acquisition from HP (which HP itself acquired from Palm).
First off, there are a few caveats to offload:
1. The Urbane LTE is sold as a carrier-exclusive device in South Korea, and exclusively on LG’s own U+ network.
2. The Urbane LTE has an embedded SIM which means that you can not insert yours. This is not unlike the Gear S which Verizon sells.
3. The Urbane LTE is expensive. At the time of purchase it was sold at just over $500.
4. The Urbane LTE doesn’t have a leather band, rather it has a thick plastic one. The design itself is quite stylish, but there is a sense or irony that with the extra cost of LTE comes the replacement of premium leather with a cheaper material.
Before starting this piece in earnest, please be aware that I have not used the Android Wear Urbane. To this end, I can’t make a value judgement about battery life comparisons between the LTE model and its WiFi-only Android Wear sibling.
What’s with WebOS?
Ring my bell: everything from the app selection to menus try to make use of a circular interface, sometimes with much success, sometimes not.
First, let’s clarify one thing: the operating system of the Urbane LTE is based on WebOS, but LG actually calls it “LG Wearable Platform OS.” We don’t know the reason for using this stuffy moniker, but we do know in fact that it’s a version of WebOS – LG confirmed it to us at MWC and the name “WebOS” appears in the Japanese version of the companion Android app (but not in the English version).
The software works much like Android Wear, but with the inclusion of circular designed navigational menus in key places. Honestly speaking, the ring interface is quite cumbersome if not downright infuriating (at times) to use. Your input is frequently rejected, which causes either a mistake or else nothing to happen. A perfect example of this is selecting a time zone. The device wants you to scroll through the list of what must be every single time zone in the world, and the movement is incredibly laggy, almost as if the entries were streaming over a 2G connection. Take a look at this image to get an idea of what happens should you move your finger too quickly:
This blurry mess is exactly what you will see if you try and navigate long lists too quickly. The Urbane LTE simply can’t handle the task despite such simplicity.
Another frustrating circular-shaped interface problem is setting the brightness. While touching the quick setting button will allow you to select from four preset levels, if you want to manually set the backlight level, it means touching the perimeter of the phone at the set percentage you want, with 12:01 representing the lowest setting and 12:00 representing 100%. This sounds fine on paper, but in practice it’s rather annoying because your finger is much larger than the tiny granular elements of the UI and thus precision is lost. In a very real way, the Urbane LTE is it’s own worst enemy, simply because the device uses a (small) circular screen, and because the bezel around the screen is elevated. The Samsung Gear S, for example, works much better, as does the Apple Watch for that matter.
While the clock setting is much more precise given the spaced out nature between numeric values, the brightness menu isn’t.
The main menu is a little better, thanks to the presence of large circular icons as can be seen below. Simply rotate your finger in a circular motion and the list will cycle through all the installed apps. Given that this product is sold exclusively through a mobile carrier, it also means that there is a sizable amount of bloatware installed on the device, not to mention other carrier-specific settings and menus. Again though, there is an incredible amount of lag involved in the process, something that might have been acceptable in 2010, but in 2015 where mobile phones have 4GB of RAM and even TouchWiz is smoothing to silk, this wearable feels like it fell into a time warp. Hopefully LG will eventually make significant improvements with the WebOS build (which, despite several updates, is still on version number 1.0).
To navigate this menu, simply move your finger in a circular gesture on the screen. Truth be told, I’d have preferred navigation a la the Apple Watch, with the rather large “crown” button.
The actual watch navigation centers around the three buttons on the right side. The center button, the crown, is used to access the main menu or return to the watchface. The upper button is used to access quick settings as seen below: the default settings can be seen on the left image and includes Bluetooth, WiFi, Brightness, Silent Mode, Volume, and Data Transmission. The second image is the second screen (activated by pushing the center of the Quick Settings ring) and contains NFC, Airplane Mode, Eco Mode, Driving Mode, GPS, and Voice Input. Finally, below the crown we have the bottom button, basically a “back” key that usually has no function except when several layers down into the OS menus. The last two pictures show the System Update and System Info; pressing Back would return to the upper layer of system settings.
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In all honesty, having used the Apple Watch for about a week last month, I would much rather have seen LG make use of the Urbane’s crown in a similar fashion as to what the “fruit” did. Turning a dial would have been much easier to navigate through the various menus, or at least have served as a viable alternative for those who found the touch-based navigation too cumbersome. This is hardly a deal breaker per se, but at the same time I haven’t been wildly eager to play around with some of the settings that require significant scrolling.
Some (very incomplete) battery life impressions
Now, because LG only sells the Urbane LTE on one carrier in Korea, I wasn’t really able to test the device the way it was meant to work. Because of the construction of the device, you can’t just pop in a different SIM and get cellular connectivity. So that means I relied on Bluetooth and WiFi whenever I needed to sync it.
If I didn’t turn on Bluetooth or WiFi at all, the Urbane LTE can get about three days of use out of the thing before having to recharge. Yes, I realize what you’re thinking, “that defeats the entire purpose of having a smartwatch” and indeed it’s a valid point to make. While the Bluetooth connectivity trials I’ve made between the watch and my phone have yielded results that were somewhat better than those on Android Wear devices I used in the past, the fact that I couldn’t use LTE means that I can’t really comment on the battery life of the device.
One other thing that needs to be said about Bluetooth syncing: notifications on the watch also seem to suffer a delay, at times in upwards of 15 seconds or more, but the reason is not clear to me.
Also related to battery life is the fact that the Urbane LTE uses the same always-on screen feature as Android Wear, but it seems there are major issues with either the sensor calibration or the software, as the watch often fails to wake when my arm is raised, requiring multiple attempts to complete a very simple task.
Intelligent design
As we have already reviewed the standard, Android Wear-toting Urbane, I’m not going to touch upon the physical design of the wearable in great detail. Suffice to say that the device looks much better in person than it does on any press render that LG has put out, and several friends of mine have came to the same conclusion. It’s a very thick watch and somewhat heavy, given the use of metal, but at the same time it doesn’t look gaudy or weigh down my wrist. I would suppose a thin leather band might also reduce some weight as opposed to the thick piece of rubber the LTE model comes with.
Gasp at the clasp: while it looks nice enough, the LG Urbane LTE’s choice of a thick rubber band as opposed to the luxurious leather included in the Android Wear (WiFi-only) model is a curious decision at best.
Why the Urbane LTE comes with a rubber band is beyond my capacity for understanding. Considering the device actually costs substantially more than the standard WiFi version, one might expect it to have an element of extra-premium potential, all the more so given that its using a somewhat “experimental” OS that LG is testing out (assuming one might call WebOS experimental, and Android Wear not). Still, it’s quite thick and well-made so the watch feels firmly attached to the wrist. It can also be adjusted to a wide range of different lengths.
What truly surprised me though, was just how impressively integrated and intelligently designed the Urbane LTE is… on the Android side of things. The LG Watch Manager (made exclusively for the Urbane LTE) app is just fantastic, quite possibly the best smartwatch companion app I’ve used to date.
You can change the watch face design , of course, or the numeric design, or even the clock hands. You can save the finished theme for quick selection layer. Other features include the ability to send files on your smartphone to the watch, at least music or pictures. The few songs I transferred took a rather long amount of time to download to the Urbane LTE, which was a bit frustrating. I’m not sure if this process works faster on the Android Wear platform, in which case it would seemingly be an issue with WebOS’ file management. Take a look at the interface and some of the features:
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In my opinion, LG has created a piece of software that is far, far superior to that of Samsung’s Gear Manager, and looks far less gaudy no less.
With respect to intelligent design (planning), I must tip my hat to LG for getting one thing right: device pairing. Given that I test various different phones, it goes without saying I have ran into one major problem with Android Wear: every time you want to pair a wearable with a new device, all the data is deleted from the old one. Amazingly, LG has actually considered this and allows you to pair the Urbane LTE with a new device sans deleting the memory. While it will be removed from the previous phone or tablet it was paired with, switching back would just require a quick repairing Bluetooth authorization. This means that any songs or pictures and whatnot you’ve transferred will still be on the device.
One last pet peeve is the mildly frustrating reminder that the Urbane LTE needs to be activated each time it’s restarted. Given that I don’t have a contract with LG U+ for it, let alone reside in South Korea, it’s something that is never going to disappear. Thankfully opting not to activate the watch allows it to (seemingly) work uninhibited.
Ecosystem
Watch LTE is clearly an experiment by LG and so it’s no surprising that there isn’t a real ecosystem to talk about. There is a small number of apps available through the Watch Manager app, many of them supplied by LG. Don’t expect anything resembling the variety and richness of the Android ecosystem, or even the Android Wear ecosystem, for the matter. You get some productivity apps, a few games, communication apps and of course many watch faces.
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The LG Watch Urbane is a fascinating product for several reasons, perhaps the largest being WebOS, and the second being the fantastic level of connectivity that LG included. It’s every bit as integrated as Samsung’s Tizen, and that’s what really counts. Of course there are several strikes against it as well, namely the laggy software, the embedded SIM, and the high cost of the device.
LG has made no small effort to maintain the device’s existence as an “experimental” product, and truth-be-told the retail device still feels like it in many ways, at least the hardware. Software wise, the Android application is top-notch. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for this potential product line: will WebOS become a true competitor for Android Wear, or is LG just timidly trying to hedge its bets?
Google introduces 17 new Android Wear watch faces from top designers
Google has just released 17 new Android Wear watch faces, adding to its collection of 1,500 different options. While there’s no way you’ll go through 1,500 different watch faces, there is something available for just about anyone.
These 17 new additions bring beautiful designs from top-of-the-line brands like Cynthia Rowley and Lulu Frost. There are some fun ones in there, too. There’s a really awesome Terminator-themed watch face, along with an Angry Birds option. Check out the gallery below for a preview of what Google is offering:
You can download the collection of 17 new watch faces here. What watch face are you currently using on your smartwatch? Sound off in the comments!
source: Android (Twitter)
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Google introduces 17 new Android Wear watch faces from brands like Lulu Frost, Triwa and more
Just in the past year, more than 1,500 different watch faces have become available for Android Wear devices, and today Google is announcing quite a few more. The newest Google Play collection features 17 new watch faces in all, bringing a wide variety of different looks to your Android Wear device. Featured watch faces include selections from elegant brands like Cynthia Rowley, Lulu Frost, and Triwa, as well as a few fun watch faces that include Angry Birds, Hello Kitty, and Moomin.
Check out the gallery below to get a closer look at the new watch faces:
If you’re interested, be sure to check out the full list of new offerings in the Google Play Store. Do you see anything you like? If so, let us know which watch faces you decide to download.
Android Wear gains a slew of new watch faces
Google has kicked off the week with a number of new Android Wear watch faces from some 17 brands scattered about the globe. Available immediately, you can pick up designs from the likes of Angry Birds, Hello Kitty, Moomin, Lulu Frost, and Bang & Olufsen. Indeed, you can also find a watch face to help display your excitement over the upcoming Terminator Genisys film.
- Moods of Norway
- Hello Kitty
- Time Will Come
- Rubik’s
- ANREALAGE
- Angry Birds Aviator
- George Frost
- Terminator Genisys
- Lulu Frost
- Kevin Tong
- TRIWA
- Rowley
- Bang & Olufsen
- Gundam RX-78-2
According to Google there are now more than 1,500 watch faces to choose from for Android Wear devices. We’ve played with a couple of these recent additions and think they’re superbly done.
What about you? Which of these look the most intriguing to you?
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Sony launches its range of Ultra Thin, 4K televisions with Android TV baked-in, starting from $2,499
While 4K content might be a little thin on the ground at the moment, Ultra HD televisions with Smart services are gaining in popularity as consumers attempt to future-proof their purchases. Sony is hoping this continues to be the case, avoiding the false dawn that was 3D. Today, the Japanese company is finally launching its range of ultra thin 4K Ultra HD TV’s with Android TV baked in that first appeared back at CES in January of this year.
The two models on offer are the X900C and X910C, both of which feature 4K resolution and Android TV. Where they differ is in size, with the X900C being available in both 55- and 65-inches, and the X910C a massive 75-inches. You can see from the image above how thin the X900C and X910C Ultra HD televisions are, just .19-inch thick (5.08mm).
Other than being ultra thin and offering Triluminos displays with 4K resolution, the range of television’s other claim to fame is Android TV which brings access to content from the usual suspects. Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Pandora, SlingTV, CBS Sports and over 600 other providers are on tap, with games available to download and play on the TV. And if that isn’t enough, Android TV brings GoogleCast with it, meaning you can stream content such as HBO Go from your smartphones, tablets or computers straight to the television.
Because 4K content isn’t exactly widespread at the moment (other than Netflix and Amazon Instant Video), the televisions are able to upscale HD content to 4K quality thanks to Sony’s 4K X-Reality Pro up-scaling technology.
Finally, as you would expect from Sony, you can stream your PlayStation 3 games directly to the X900C and X910C televisions.
You are probably wondering what the damage is for Sony’s latest 4K televisions. As you might expect, you wallet is going to cry a little. The 55-inch X900C is priced at $2,499, the 65-inch version is a bit more at $3,999 and the 75-inch is going for $5,499. The TV’s are set to become available from June 21st, with full availability from Sony Stores, Amazon and Best Buy scheduled by the beginning of July.
What do you think? Are you racing out the door to buy one? Is having Android TV baked in the TV set something that would appeal to you or would you prefer a separate set-top box that you can upgrade as and when you want to?
Full Press Release:
WHAT: As part of its 2015 4K Ultra HDTV lineup, which includes six new series, Sony Electronics announced today pricing and availability for the X900C and X910C series 4K Ultra HD TVs.
- X900C 4K Ultra HD TV – [$2,499, $3,999] 55” class (54.6” diag) , 65” class (64.5” diag)
- X910C 4K Ultra HD TV – [$5,499] 75” class (74.5” diag)
WHEN: Pre-sales on the X900C begin Sunday, June 21, 2015, with full purchase availability beginning July 2015. The X910C will be available this summer. Reseller price may vary.
WHERE: Sony stores and online at store.sony.com, Best Buy stores and bestbuy.com/SonyExperience and Amazon.com/Sony.
About the X900C and X910C 4K UHD TVs:
The X900C combines 4K clarity and brilliant color with an incredibly thin design. At just under 0.2 inches thin, the X900C model is thinner than a smartphone and is Sony’s thinnest TV yet, and the X910C is the thinnest TV of its size ever made. The ultra-thin profile is virtually frameless and mounts flush to your wall, leaving only a stunning 4K picture for an unparalleled viewing experience.
Powered by the X1 processor engine, the X900C and X910C feature maximized contrast, color and clarity in both HD and 4K content. The X-Reality™ PRO Picture Engine upscales all existing HD content to super clear 4K quality, and colors come alive on the screen in the widest range ever thanks to TRILUMINOS™ display technology.
Lastly, the X900C and X910C are powered by Android TV. Android TV delivers great content, streaming apps and Android games to the TV to provide a personalized and easy-to-use entertainment experience. It allows users to easily access content from favorite apps like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube, Hulu, CBS News, CBS Sports, Crackle, NBA Game Time, Pandora and SlingTV and over 600 other apps or access a huge selection of games and additional content from the Google Play™ store right on the TV. With Google Cast™, users can cast their favorite entertainment apps such as HBO GO from their Android or iOS device, Mac or Windows computer or Chromebook to the TV. The voice search feature helps users find content or a wide variety of information quickly and easily, and the Android TV home screen provides personalized content recommendations from Google Play, YouTube and supported apps.
This summer, gamers can also bring the immersive world of PlayStation® direct to the TV with PlayStation® Now. PlayStation® 3 games can be streamed to the TV and played with a DUALSHOCK® 4 controller.
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Trademark filing points to a deluxe version of LG’s Watch Urbane
Android Wear smartwatches are getting better looking with each new design. One only has to look at LG’s offerings to see how each new product has evolved; from the original G Watch’s functional square design (which I actually prefer), the G Watch R‘s sporty round face to the Watch Urbane‘s more sophisticated steel finish. But what if the Watch Urbane simply isn’t luxurious enough for you and you don’t want to splash the cash on a Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01?
According to the trademark application below, LG are preparing a follow-up to the Watch Urbane, imaginatively called the Watch Urbane Luxe. There are no details on specifications, but just the added ‘Luxe’ implies that LG will attempt to offer an even more sophisticated design. The trademark was filed just a few days ago on June 11th. As for when it could be launched, would it be silly to imagine that the Watch Urbane Luxe could be announced around the same time as the rumoured G4 Pro smartphone in the last quarter of 2015?
Source: USPTO
Via: Phandroid
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