Yesterday broke the news of the new update of the operating system designed for Google smart watches, Android Wear, which reaches version 5.1 with several new features. Today we have also been able to see how there is a new version to manage our smartwatches from our smartphones, where the option that stands out the most the ability to manage two devices at the same time.
Well, we continue with news related to the wearable world and precisely with this operating system designed for smart watches, although this time it is bad news. Some users who own an LG G Watch will not like to read the following lines since this will not have Wi-Fi support with the new Android Wear update.
Among the news that were published yesterday of the update of the operating system for smartwatch there is one that stands out more than the others. This novelty is the possibility of making the clock more independent, thanks to having better Wi-Fi support and being able to connect to any Wi-Fi network to be able to receive and answer calls without using the smartphone.
Well, along with that update comes a list of compatible watches and the LG G Watch does not appear in that list. So one of the first Android Wear smartwatches runs out of this utility even though it is updated to the latest version of Android Wear. Bad news for the owners of this device and that is the fault that said smart watch does not have the hardware (since it does not have a Wi-Fi chip) necessary to perform these actions.
However, the entire existing range of Android Wear will have this utility, so the smart watches from Sony, Motorola or LG itself with its new G Watch R and G Watch Urbane will be able to enjoy this new Wi-Fi support, since they have confirmed their updates. However, we do not know if Samsung's Android Wear smartwatch will be able to have this functionality.
This shows what has been said many times about this first generation of smart watches. A generation that serves as a test both for consumer users, developer users, and for manufacturers. A generation that will help improve the next generations of this type of wearable products that have to arrive in the coming years. And you, Do you think that the first generation of smartwatches serves as a test for everyone ?
