Definitely loving how Google keeps these updates rolling out to Android Wear as it helps to keep the smartwatches fresh. Doing a much better job than Apple is w/ their smartwatch OS in my opion. Earlier today, Google announced new features to soon make its way to Android Wear.
Coming soon is speaker support where you will be able to do more w/ your voice in regards to messaging & calls. Thus far, only the Huawei Watch & ASUS ZenWatch 2 have speakers. Also, we have new gestures to help naivgate through your new gestures. A bit more details on what’s coming lies below.
- Navigate your watch with new gestures. Scrolling up and down your card stream is as simple as flicking your wrist. Starting today you can also expand a card, bring up your apps, or return home to your watch face with a push, lift or shake. You’ll be able to stay connected to what’s important, while keeping your phone (or other hand) in your pocket.
- Send more messages with just your voice. With Android Wear, you’ve always been able to get answers to spoken questions. Now you can also use your voice to send messages from apps like Google Hangouts, Nextplus, Telegram, Viber, WeChat, and WhatsApp. Running late for lunch? Just say “OK Google, Send a WhatsApp message to Nathan: I’ll be right there.”
- Make calls and listen to messages with speaker support. Screening calls from your wrist is a nice convenience that comes with Android Wear. Thanks to speaker support, you can now make and take calls over Bluetooth. And you can listen to audio/video messages with apps like Glide. All you need is a watch with a speaker, which today includes the Huawei Watch and the ASUS ZenWatch 2 (49mm).
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