Of all the changes we have seen to Android Wear over the last couple of years, we haven’t seen many in terms of navigation - until now. Now, though, let’s get into the fun stuff. Notifications will no longer stay over the face as well, with a simple pop up alerting you to the presence of a new notification. Cards also get a new look with fullscreen notifications and info. Switching is also now as simple as one gesture. Watch faces also get a change in that you’ll now have a carousel for favorites and another for your other faces. Play Music and Spotify were the two big examples mentioned at I/O. This allows watches with WiFi or LTE connections to still access all of the data within apps completely independent of a connected smartphone. Google also announced that it would be adding better support for standalone applications in 2.0. I’ll let you decide if that’s a good thing or not. Previously you could only reply via voice, emoji, or canned responses, but in 2.0 you’ll get access to a full keyboard with swipe and a fullscreen handwriting option. You’ll also have access to a new method of replies. You can also add shortcuts to apps if you choose to do so. Apps will of course need to be updated to work with this, but Google did show off Todoist as as example, giving access to your to-do list with a single tap on the watch face. One of the biggest updates is to the watch face, which now allows apps to show more data and information front and center. Follow along with us as we dive into everything you already know and everything you might not already know about Android Wear 2.0…įirst, let’s go over what Google has already announced. The Mountain View company has added a lot of new features in this version, but one thing we’ve noticed is that - despite many hands-on articles and videos floating around - most publications haven’t really shown everything that Android Wear 2.0 really has to offer. Back at Google I/O 2016, Google took the wraps off of Android Wear 2.0.
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