Android Watch : Technical Details

It is Definitely Practical to Remain Updated About These Android Watches. Biggest advantage of these watches is the customizable look of the dial – we can make it digital or like analog watch. From Cheap China Companies to Top Notch Watch Companies Are Manufacturing Them. What are are specifications you need to look before buying one is important. Here is Technical Details of Android Watch.

Android Watch : Technical Details of Operating System

Yes, they are Android but Android Wear is the special version of Google’s Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables. The operating system pairs the wearable with smart phones running Android or iOS. You will possibly prompt to ask – they are not standalone devices like smart phones? Well, they do work as standalone products but basically latest trend is pairing with smart phone to broaden the hardware capabilities. Pure standalone actually exist.

How it compares to full Android is too big topic but in short, Android Wear is a smartwatch operating system developed by Google Inc. Smartwatches can have full Android OS for smartwatches which means they can operate as a standalone phone. Android Wear is a specialized version of Android which supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE connectivity for connectivity. Manufacturers include Louis Vuitton, Fossil, TAG Heuer, Motorola, LG, Samsung, Huawei, Casio and so on. Here is official webpage of Android Wear :

Android Wear includes a screen always on feature and also tilt to wake screen, automatic brightness adjustment. As the operating system is of Google, Google pushed their applications including Google Maps, Google Fit, voice control of Android Smartphone etc.

AsteroidOS is an open source operating system designed for smartwatches, available as a firmware replacement for some Android Wear devices. AsteroidOS is like any embedded Linux distribution. Here is official webpage :

There are other open source and free software distributions as well.

Android Watch : Technical Details of Hardware

It is obvious that display is a big matter. Display technology can be LCD, TFT LCD, OLED, AMOLED, Super AMOLED, LCD e-paper. Of course, quality of display is one of the determinant of price. Screen can be only digital or have real watch hands on a smartwatch face. On average, processor can be quad-core 1.2GHz with onboard storage of 4GB, battery life of 1.5-2 days.

Android Watch : Conclusion

We suggest to either purchase a cheap Android Watch or take watch as watch and buy from reputed old watch manufacturing company. It is a growing segment and oddly Samsung like companies who are known for smartphones has no cost effective watch or luxurious watch. As for cheap China watches, you should opt look to have the watches with IPS or AMOLED display and Wi-Fi.