Android Wear Is Here · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 7, 2014 @02:28AM from the come-in-dick-tracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this breakdown and comparison of the first two Android Wear watches available today. The first two watches built on the Android Wear platform launch today. One is from LG, the G Watch, and the other is from its arch Korean peninsular rival, Samsung, the Gear Live. Should you buy one today? Maybe. It depends on how early you like to adopt. Let's take a quick trip through analysis lane. First, let's talk about Android Wear, because both watches run on the same platform, and both of them have more or less the same software. Android Wear really does two main things, it moves app notifications to the watch's face, and it puts Google Now's voice-powered search capabilities on your wrist. That's about it. But that's pretty powerful.

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Re:How do they handle water? by jojoba_oil · 2014-07-07 03:24 · Score: 3, Informative

They are both advertised as IP67 dust- and water-resistant.

Google's marketing claims they're even safe to wear while showering:
https://play.google.com/store/...
https://play.google.com/store/...

Not sure I'd do that if I got one...