Google I/O 2015 was a little sparse on new features for Android Wear, especially as the latest update had just been released shortly before Google’s latest developer conference. With an updates rumoured for later this summer, details are now emerging about two new features that could soon grace our smartwatches. The first will add support for a native single tap […]
Google X developing health-tracking wristband
Google could soon be jumping into the wearable hardware business. Its experimental research Google X lab, the same that came up with Google Glass and self-driving cars, is now working on a a health-tracking wristband that can collect minute-by-minute medical data and pass it to physicians and researchers. It can measure pulse, heart rhythm and skin temperature as well as environmental information like light […]
Google I/O 2015: Upcoming features for Android Wear
Google kicked off its annual Google I/O developer conference with a keynote that gave us a look at what is coming next from the company, including Android M. One area that got less attention than we expected is Google’s Android Wear platform. The company chose to focus more on the recent Android Wear 5.1.1 release than on showing us what […]
Google I/O 2015: Google Android M coming later this year
As expected, Google kicked off Google I/O 2015 with the announcement that the next major version of Android is coming out later this year. Much as it did last year, it unveiled a developer preview version today. Known only as Android M for now, Google will announce the official version number and name later this year when it’s ready for […]
Updated Google Fit app includes new Android Wear watch face
Google yesterday announced an updated version of its Google Fit app. Included in the update is a new Android Wear watch face that sports an activity ring subdial very similar to ones sported by watches like the Activité Pop (and its Activité sibling) and Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Smart. Google Fit has been enhanced to track additional data. Using information […]
Get your Google News & Weather on your Apple Watch
Google would prefer that everyone strap an Android Wear smartwatch to their wrist but it is well aware that the Apple Watch will likely end up as the best-selling smartwatch this year (and likely for a few more years after). Recognizing this, it has taken the first step to bring its services to Apple’s first wearable. The latest version of […]
Google to announce Android M at Google I/O 2015
Much as it has done in years past, Google will formally introduce the next major version of Android at its Google I/O 2015 developer conference. And like last year, it will be announced with a single letter designation. Last year, Google gave us Android L and, this year, it will be Android M’s turn. While Google has yet to confirm […]
Luxottica working with Google on new Google Glass version
When Google announced the shutdown of its Glass Explorer Program on January 19th, it promised that we would see “future versions of Glass,” now part of a new business unit headed up by Tony Fadell who also heads Nest Labs, when they would be ready. It’s been fairly quiet since though, leading to speculation that Google Glass was well and truly dead. […]