New Android Wear update rolling out to Samsung Gear Live
Google have pushed out an over-the-air update for the Samsung Gear Live moving the software version of Android Wear to 4.4W.1. This update is aimed at improving the navigation experience and enhancing the voice activation feature to make it more consistent. The update should make its way to other Android Wear devices in the next… Read more »
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Huawei to release an Android Wear-powered smartwatch in 2015
Richard Yu, Huawei CEO, has confirmed during an interview that the company plans to release an Android Wear-based smartwatch next year. He wasn’t exactly specific though. In an interview with Engadget during IFA in Berlin he said the watch will be “innovative and beautiful” while saying they will outdo Samsung’s Gear S offering. There are… Read more »
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Firefox for Android beta updated with Chromecast, Roku streaming
It was only a few weeks ago that Chromecast support was spotted in Firefox for Android’s nightly builds — now it’s one step closer to primetime: the feature is now a standard part of the browser’s beta package. This means that Mozilla fans eager to stream from their favorite browser can access the experimental feature from Google Play, rather than manually installing the update. It gets better, too: the official beta also has support for Roku streaming, assuming your set top box has the Firefox channel installed. Finally, Mozilla quietly announced that its bringing WebRTC support into the main beta channel of its desktop browser. All of these features are still in their early stages, of course, but if you want a sneak peek at what’s next for Mozilla’s stable releases, the source links are below.
Source: Google Play, Mozilla
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Facebook Messenger’s new trick brings doodles to your photos
Still looking for a reason to use Facebook’s now-unbundled Messenger app? A new feature learns from competition including Snapchat and Facebook’s own Slingshot by adding easy annotation on shared photos. Just click the picture icon like you normally do, then hit the edit button instead of send, and you can doodle with your finger (remember Draw Something? Is anyone still playing that?) or just type in some text before sending. Right now the tweak is Android-only, and should already be live if you’re running the most recent version of the app.
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Source: Facebook Messenger (Google Play)
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Google: Android Wear updates to include GPS, downloadable watch faces, and more
Google on Friday confirmed what was recently tossed about the rumor mill; an update is coming to Android Wear in the neat future. According to Google, all Android Wear watches will receive the update, including those that arrived on launch day. …we want to build devices that you can use when you need and forget about when… Read more »
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Android Wear-powered ZenWatch announced by Asus
Asus announced its Android Wear-powered smartwatch at this year’s IFA in Berlin. The device sports a 1.63-inch AMOLED display 320 x 320 in resolution. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.2GHz is powering the device with 512MB of RAM included in the watch as well. This watch comes with Bluetooth 4.0 and has IP55 certification… Read more »
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HTC already getting out of the smartwatch game?
And just like that, HTC is out of the smartwatch game. According to a recent Pocket-Lint story, that is. Reportedly, HTC has opted to abandon its plans for a smartwatch without ever having attempted a consumer launch. With multiple Android Wear devices already on the market and new ones announced this week, it’s about to get… Read more »
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Lockable can provide your smartwatch with simplicity and security [‘Watch’ This App]
If you’re looking to protect your smartwatch from pesky intruders but also want to keep your watch face looking sleek, then it might be time to try the Lockable smartwear app. It’s an app that provides your smartwatch with either a pin, a pattern, or a swipe lock screen, just like on an Android device, and also has… Read more »
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Huawei’s making an Android Wear smartwatch, too
Having built up a consumer-facing business over recent years with smartphones and tablets, Huawei made its first move into wearables this year with a fitness tracker-cum-smartwatch (pictured above). The company is far from finished in this burgeoning product category, though, as Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu has told us the company’s prepping another wearable that’ll launch next year — this time running Android Wear. He wouldn’t reveal too much more during an interview at IFA, but said it’ll be both “innovative and beautiful.”
Yu’s tight-lipped about what form factor the watch will take, but did say it’ll be “more beautiful” than Samsung’s latest effort, the Gear S. Huawei’ll have plenty of competition, of course — although perhaps none from HTC, which’s allegedly ditched its wearable plans for now. The likes of LG, Motorola, ASUS and Sony already have smartwatches running Google’s wearable platform, and there’ll likely be several more players and products by the time Huawei comes to market. Given the firm’s current smartband doubles as a Bluetooth headset, however, we wouldn’t be surprised if its smartwatch also had some kooky features to make it stand out from the crowd.
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HTC reportedly pulls the plug on its smartwatch
These days it seems like nearly every smartphone maker also has a smartwatch under its belt? Motorola? Sure. LG? It’s got two. Samsung? We don’t even need to go there. HTC has generally seemed content to avoid the fray, but according to a report from Pocket-Lint it wasn’t because they wanted to. The company planned to launch a smartwatch of its own before shelving the idea thanks to ballooning costs and a dearth of pizzazz — we reached out to the company, which declined to comment. Earlier reports suggested that HTC was shopping around a wearable prototype that used one of Qualcomm’s Mirasol displays — they’re low-powered color screens that offer pretty impressive legibility in broad daylight, but they never quite caught on with gadget makers. As always, you’ll want to take those findings with a grain of salt, but if true HTC almost assuredly made the right decision. There’s a surge of Android Wear smartwatches come out of IFA, Apple’s got a wearable of its own barreling down the pipeline and there’s no clear indicator that the masses actually want these things on their wrists. For HTC (and other companies weighing their options), the winning move may be to not play the game.
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