Motorola is not the only company to unveil a new smartwatch powered by the new Android Wear operating system. Boasting of a close relationship with Google as it developed its smartwatch LG today unveiled the LG G Watch. As with other Android Wear smartwatches, it will bring both contextual information in the form of Google Now cards to your wrist and offer the ability to use voice commands (“Ok Google’) to perform a number of tasks and actions.
“The opportunity to work with Google on LG G Watch was the perfect chance for LG to really pull out all stops in both design and engineering,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.“With the LG G Watch, LG is continuing the milestones we’ve set in wearables following in the footsteps of the world’s first 3G Touch Watch Phone in 2009 and the Prada Link in 2008.We’re confident that a well-designed device has the potential to take the smart wearable market by storm.”
Unlike the Moto 360 which features a round dial, the LG G Watch will feature a more typical rectangular smartwatch dial.
LG will unveil hardware specifications of the LG G Watch and other details later on. It plans on launching it sometime in the second quarter. Pricing was not announced.
Source : LG