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Contents:

Introduction

What Is Android Wear?

What Android Wear Does?

Features And Applications

Android Wear’s User Interface

How To Set Up Your Android Wear

Advantages & Disadvantages

Future Scope

Conclusion

Introduction:

In March 2014, Google officially announced a wearable

version of the Android OS called “Android Wear”

It is designed for smartwatches and other body-worn devices

It only connect to handheld device(s) running

Android 4.3 or higher

The heart and soul of Android Wear is “Google Now”

(A intelligent virtual assistant)

What Is Android Wear?

A smartwatch is a computerized wristwatch with

functionality that is enhanced beyond timekeeping.

Notifications

Apps on Wear

Android Fit

What Android Wear Does? Android Wear is intended to provide "information that moves with you”

'Okay Google' on the wristGoogle Wear fitness apps

Fig: On paired watch and phone

Set goals for daily steps

Turn off Fit cards entirely

On Android Wear only

Show or hide Fit cards

Features And Applications:

How many calories burnt

Distance covered

Speed

Heart rate

GPS

Offline music

The gadget also has sensors fulfilling the following purposes:

Sony’s Smartwatch 3 is the first Android Wear watch to include a GPS

sensor

The technology used is SPOT (Smart,Personal,Object,Technology).

Android Watch Models:

The Moto 360, the first Android wearable with

a round display

The Asus Zen includes a bio sensor, so you can

keep tabs on your fitness and relaxation levels

throughout the day

The LG G Watch R uses a circular display,

includes a heart rate monitor

Sony Smartwatch 3 uses a transflective display

for easier readability in sunlight, includes a

GPS sensor

Android Wear’s User Interface:

Context Stream

Major components:

Cue Card

Guidelines for creating a glanceable app

Display One Piece of Information at a Time

Keep Text to a Minimum

Increase Font Size

Make Use of Background Images

Keep Interactions Simple

How To Set Up Your Android Wear:Before you can really start doing anything with your

Android Wear watch, you have to get the software

sorted and set up. Luckily, that's not very difficult.

He'll find it right here(Play Store)once it's available,

and it installs just like any other app.

During the installation process, you'll need to give

permission for the app to do things like recognize

your contacts or track your position.

Once you have the app installed, fire it up

and make sure Bluetooth is up and running

on both devices.

And now start searching to pair the both devices.

You should see your Android

Wear device listed as an available device.

You might see other devices in this list,

depending on what else is around you.

Choose the right device, and you're

automatically connected to your smartphone

through the device's Bluetooth connection.

The last thing to do is set a few basic

settings. Want to keep the screen on at all

times? There's a setting for that. You can

also choose to show calendar events as

notifications, hide cards while the screen

is dim.

Advantages:

Provide Simple Notifications

Special analog keyboard Performance

Close the screen

Change the dial

Take pictures

The steps and set daily goals

Play Simple games(Flappy Bird)

The voice search

Contd…..

Disadvantages:

Costly Hardware

Size and weight

Android Wear has to be coupled with your

Android phone/tablet

Google Now can act a little weird

at times

Future Scope:

How Education can benefit with Android Wear?

Get Real time notifications about classes

and exam

Assist teachers in marking attendance

Plan daily study routines during class

Keep track of fitness during exercise/games

Real-time Search

Voice Recording

Conclusion:

As the smartwatch industry continues to

grow and more products are released, we are sure

to see that list of disadvantages shrink and the list

of advantages grow then it will alleviate the

smartphone distraction, while still keeping us

connected more with those advanced

technologies.