Android Wear bring WiFi and Gestural Controls Support in Next Update

Android Wear thrown its way to independence smartphone: Native WiFi in its next version. While all the media were focused this week on the Apple Watch and the announcement of the arrival of Apple smart watch market, Android Wear continues to evolve and is already preparing his next major update. As they have known sources of The Verge, the next version of Google’s operating system for wearable come with interesting new features that will only feed the dichotomy of the concept Apple Watch – Android Wear.

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One such big news is that the system will incorporate WiFi support, in other words, the smartwatch can connect to the WiFi network without having to be directly synchronized with your phone and be able to use features like Google Now. At present, most smartwatch have built WiFi chip, so a simple software upgrade can put them to work natively.

In this regard, the Apple Watch also has WiFi built in, but by the Apple Watch does not allow the device to connect directly to the network but requires the synchronization with the iPhone. As we have recently discovered, the WiFi module Apple Watch will be activated when you are on the same network as the iPhone, so that synchronization via Bluetooth is not required.

Following the news of the next version of Android Wear, the system will also incorporate gestural controls, which allow us to navigate the system without physically touching the screen. For example, moving the wrist we can move through the different cards Google Now, something ideal for when we cannot use the other hand.

Android Wear enables us to navigate menus with simple gestures wrist, without touching the screen

Finally, the system interface will also receive some improvements, such as a more straightforward to access applications and contacts. This aspect will also be appreciated, because now to reach our application list must iterate through various menus of the system.

As explained in The Verge, still no firm date for this new version of Android Wear, though of course Google is making great efforts to make life very difficult for the Apple Watch. Without going, any further, recent rumors revealed that the company is preparing compatibility with iOS Android Wear something that could rob many potential Apple customers of its intelligent clock. What do you think the improvements? Do you think Android Wear is developing properly?

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