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Android Wear


File:Android Wear preview.jpg
A Moto 360 smartwatch
DeveloperGoogle
Written inC (core), C++, Java (UI)[1]
OS familyAndroid
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source with proprietary components[2]
Initial releaseMarch 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Marketing targetSmartwatches, other wearables
Available inMulti-lingual
Platforms32-bit ARM, MIPS, x86
Kernel typeMonolithic (modified Linux kernel)
UserlandBionic libc,[3] shell from NetBSD,[4] native core utilities with a few from NetBSD[5]
Default
user interface		Graphical (Multi-touch)
LicenseDeveloper Preview: proprietary[6]
Apache License 2.0
Linux kernel patches under GNU GPL v2[7]
Official websitewww.android.com/wear/

Android Wear is a version of Google's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables.[8][9] By pairing with mobile phones running Android version 4.3+, Android Wear integrates Google Now[10] functionality and mobile notifications into a smartwatch form factor. It also adds the ability to download apps from Google's Play Store.

The platform was announced on March 18, 2014, along with the release of a developer preview. Companies such as Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC and Asus have been announced as partners.[11] On June 25, 2014, at Google I/O, the Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch were launched, along with further details about Android Wear. Motorola's Moto 360 was released on September 5, 2014.

Announced Android Wear–based watches include both round and square- or rectangular-shaped watch faces.

Launch devices

List of partners

See also

References

  1. ^ "Android Code Analysis". Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Philosophy and Goals". Android Open Source Project. Google. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. ^ "libc – platform/bionic – Git at Google". Android.googlesource.com. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  4. ^ "android / platform/system/core / master / . / sh". android.googlesource.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  5. ^ "toolbox – platform/system/core – Git at Google". Android.googlesource.com. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  6. ^ "Developer Preview License Agreement | Android Developers". Developer.android.com. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  7. ^ "Licenses". Android Open Source Project. Open Handset Alliance. Retrieved 2012-09-09. The preferred license for the Android Open Source Project is the Apache Software License, 2.0. ... Why Apache Software License? ... For userspace (that is, non-kernel) software, we do in fact prefer ASL2.0 (and similar licenses like BSD, MIT, etc.) over other licenses such as LGPL. Android is about freedom and choice. The purpose of Android is promote openness in the mobile world, but we don't believe it's possible to predict or dictate all the uses to which people will want to put our software. So, while we encourage everyone to make devices that are open and modifiable, we don't believe it is our place to force them to do so. Using LGPL libraries would often force them to do so.
  8. ^ Android Wear – Android Developers
  9. ^ Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches
  10. ^ OK Google, tell me about Android Wear - Compare Smartwatches
  11. ^ Motorola, LG announce upcoming Android Wear smartwatches
  12. ^ Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18). "Moto 360: It's Time. - The Official Motorola Blog". Motorola-blog.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2014-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "LG introduces G Watch, first smartwatch running on Android Wear". Androidos.in. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  14. ^ Jeffries, Adrianne. "This is the Gear Live, Samsung's $199 Android Wear smartwatch". The Verge. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  15. ^ http://www.asus.com/Phones/ASUS_ZenWatch_WI500Q/
  16. ^ http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/smartwear/smartwatch-3-swr50/
  17. ^ http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/64664
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