Android Wear Receives a Big Update with Native WiFi, Fixed Screen Apps and More

Google makes Android Wear point to the imminent departure of Apple Watch his last major update. Android Wear those users already have available two days ago a new update loaded with new features. Not surprisingly, it is one of the most significant updates since the release of the operating system does little more than a year, it incorporates a number of features that make the more independent, more versatile, more useful smartwatch and, above all, more comfortable use.

Source droid-life

Although Google did not disclose the number of update, we must assume that it is 5.1. As we announced just over a month ago, the great feature of this update is that it incorporates native WiFi support, so no longer need to be connected to our phone to make use of those functions that require an Internet connection. Just need the smartwatch is connected to a WiFi network known.

Another important development we find is the ability to set applications in the home screen of Android Wear. This allows us to have an application open in the background when the device screen, so that goes round the wrist and turn it see this app and not the watch.

Why is this feature useful? Very simple, so far, every time the watch is blocked and came back to it, we had to go back for the application you were using, which was annoying if you were viewing a shopping list to check off items, or watching the direction on a map. With this new feature, we leave open the app in the background for instant access to the same form.

Gesture controls, apps and more accessible contacts and stationary applications in the home screen

Android Wear also remodeling some of its sections to make them more accessible and intuitive. For example, applications and contacts will now be accessible by sliding your finger twice since the watch display. Furthermore, if we can not talk to reply to a message, we can draw directly on the screen to create a emoji answer for us. Lightweight inspiration in the Apple Watch?

Finally, as we read in Androidpolice, Android Wear also incorporates gestural controls that allow us to interact with the system without touching the screen. Thus, to move between the different cards we can make a flick of the wrist, which seems very useful when we have the other hand busy. What do you think the new features?

Via androidpolice