Report: LG developing a smartwatch for Google, possibly around Google Now Get ready for a new Nexus device – on your wrist. According to the Wall Street Journal, LG’s head of mobile Jong-seok Park told a group of reporters in Seoul that the company is working on a smartwatch, which the Journal’s sources say is based on Google’s Android operating system. Combine that with a report from CNET, which says the watch will be a “Nexus-like model” set to debut at Google I/O in June. Reports of a Google smartwatch first surfaced last year, but the rumors have ramped up steadily since the start of Mobile World Congress on Sunday. Reliable tipster @evleaks noted the watch and an I/O launch date, and Tech Crunch claims to have some information about the device itself. According to its sources, an early prototype of the watch featured a design similar to the Pebble steel, with a metal band and square face. Unlike the Steel, however, the device featured a color display. The latest design is now said to feature a plastic band, but it keeps the color display, which looks “like a cheap smartphone.” The report goes on to say that the watch will be controlled by gestures like swiping and tapping, which sounds similar to a smartphone. There isn’t much additional information about the device, but CNET suggests the watch will be built around Google Now, the company’s context-driven personal assistant software. This is something my colleague Kevin Tofel has been hoping for a quite a while now, and echoes earlier rumors heard last year. I have to imagine if there’s any smartwatch that’s going to be built with Google Now at its core, it’ll be one with the closest ties to Google. Related research and analysis from Gigaom Research: Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial. The living room reinvented: trends, technologies and companies to watch Consumer privacy in the mobile advertising era Analyzing the wearable computing market #gigaom #HackThePlanet
Posted on: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:26:53 +0000
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