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Monday Poll: Do You Own a Smartwatch?

Kellen January 19, 2015 227

We enter 2015 after a year in which Google decided to takeover the wearable market with Android Wear. Companies had tried before Android Wear to make smartwatches, but if we are being honest, have to admit that most were quite terrible. That's not to say that...

Android Wear Receives Major Update – Watch Face API Now Live, New App, Tons of Improvements

Kellen December 10, 2014 31

Android Wear is receiving a major update that begins rollout today. Alongside the update, developers are being given full access to the Watch Face API, which means that we will all soon enjoy legitimate watch face apps instead of the janky work-around...

Three Great Android Wear Apps: WearFaces, Knock, and Panic

Tim September 12, 2014 51

With the Moto 360 now available, we are sure there are plenty new Android Wear users in the building, so we wanted to share a few apps that we thought you might find useful. Of course, many of the first things you will want to download are custom watch faces,...

Thursday Poll: Should a Smartwatch be Round or Square?

Kellen September 11, 2014 146

Square or round? That seems to be the debate about smartwatches in 2014. Motorola decided long ago that they were ditching the rectangular smartwatch design for something closer to a traditional, circular time piece with the Moto 360. We have even seen LG...

Apple Watch Sounds Like It has 1-Day Battery Life to Me, Just Like Most Smartwatches

Kellen September 9, 2014 120

Apple announced the Apple Watch today, a device that won't actually arrive until some time in early 2015. Even though it isn't going to be available for months, Apple still showed off the device's potential features, design, different models, and an estimated...

Thoughts on Moto 360 Battery Life

Kellen September 8, 2014 315

Thanks to a handful of initial reviews from select press that surfaced close to last Friday's embargo time, everyone thinks the Moto 360 has terrible battery life. Forget the fact that these reviewers couldn't possibly have given the device thorough testing on...

Minuum Teases Keyboard for Android Wear Devices

Kyle July 15, 2014 29

Not content with Google Glass, the folks behind Minuum are tackling the input problem on Android Wear. According to Minuum, "oodles" of people want a really tiny keyboard they can use on their watch, a call which the developers are pleased to answer. While the...

First 3rd-party Launcher Released for Android Wear Smartwatches

Tim July 14, 2014 31

Third party launchers are some of our favorite applications, so now that they are hitting Android Wear devices, you can imagine how excited we are. This weekend, the first custom launcher hit Google Play for Android Wear, titled Wear Mini Launcher. With Mini...