More than a few Moto 360 smartwatch owners were disappointed earlier this month when Motorola confirmed that the Android Wear 5.1.1 update was on hold as “performance is not quite there.” Working with Google, it has now resolved the issues and confirmed that Google has now begun to push out the update. Android Wear 5.1.1 for the Moto 360 brings with […]
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Motorola: Moto 360 performance under Android Wear 5.1.1 “not quite there”
While the Android Wear 5.1.1 update is now rolling out to a number of smartwatches, Moto 360 owners have not been quite as lucky and most if not all are still waiting to see it land on their smartwatches. Motorola has now acknowledged that it is working through some issues with the update. As it stands, “performance is not quite there” […]
Wi-Fi connectivity coming to LG G Watch R in upcoming “maintenance update”
One of the most interesting new features in Android Wear 5.1.1 is support for Wi-Fi connectivity. It allows a smartwatch to connect to a Wi-Fi network and receive various notifications and perform certain actions even a paired smartphone is not within Bluetooth range. Unfortunately, a number of Android Wear smartwatches cannot take advantage of this feature. Among these is the LG […]
Android Wear 5.1.1 update now rolling out to all compatible devices
When Google unveiled Android Wear 5.1.1 last month, it indicated that the latest update would initially be available only for the new LG Watch Urbane. More recently, we’ve seen the update begin to land on the ASUS ZenWatch. Google yesterday announced via its help forums that the update is now beginning to roll out to all compatible devices. Among the […]
ASUS ZenWatch Android Wear 5.1.1 rollout now underway
The rollout of Android Wear 5.1.1 (also known as version 1.1.1.1910765) to the ASUS ZenWatch is now underway. The first reports began to trickle in yesterday via Reddit. This latest update brings a number of new features to the Google wearables platform including Wi-Fi support (a feature that the ZenWatch will not be able to take advantage of unfortunately), low power always-on […]