Why do we need a smartwatch or smart watch?

It is one of the doubts that are emerging lately with the intentions of several manufacturers to almost stick them through our eyes as if it were a device that will really have a greater impact on our daily chores and if it really is the right accessory to accompany a smartphone, since with the simple gesture of putting your hand in our pocket we already have everything we want from it, now be it social networks, a camera, sports results, an agenda, all kinds of news, multimedia content or even a quick game of a video game while we wait at the bus stop. But is a smartwatch really necessary?

What can we really do with one that we can't comfortably do with our phone? What are its benefits? Why do we have to spend money on a secondary small screen and have to think about charging another device on a daily basis? There are several questions that arise when it occurs to us to acquire the new Gear Live or the Pebble itself. The answers are several and some you will find below and others are yet to be answered, since there is still some creative mind, who likes to program, to come up with the perfect app and make us really decide to buy one of these smart watches that we will tie to the wrist of our hand as we used to do many years ago with the watches of a lifetime.

At the stroke of the wrist we have all the messages and notifications

With only look at our wrist we can have all the messages and notifications in a faster way than having to take the smartphone out of our pants pocket or even out of the bag.

This case is quite particular and relevant since it will allow us, while we are driving and we are standing in front of a red traffic light, to see those new WhatsApp, or even at work, in those prohibitive hours where our boss is on the prowl just in case we take out the phone to check the latest updates from our favorite social network.

Control our music

Well, we are leaning against the window of the bus and the last song of Artic Monkeys is playing through our headphones, but due to the exhaustion of being in class at the university all day, we realize that we want to change the song but not we have enough energy to take the smartphone out of your pocket. We took our brand new LG G Watch and with a voice command or gesture we are already moving on to the next from the playlist.

We like gadgets

IPods, iPads, smartphones, tablets, laptops or smart watches, yes, we like gadgets and we like to be up-to-date in technology, and a wearable of this type, is the same, the last thing to be synchronized with all the different devices that we have today.

And not to mention that many users pay a good amount to have a watch in their hand, and then Why not for one that connects us to our phone? Others simply have enough money and indulge in the latest technology.

The price of a smartwatch

€ 199 for a watch that will connect you with your smartwatch and that will allow you some things like the ones I have mentioned so far in this article and that surely, will be worth much more, because there are already many thinking minds in finding the next app that is the next «WhatsApp for wearables».

And if we are talking about those prices How long do you think it will take companies such as Xiaomi to launch a smartwatch with Gear Live features but at half the price? I think very little.

I will not be able to stop talking about Android Wear either, since first, with the same Motorola Moto 360 (when released), you can charge wirelessly so you can use all kinds of platforms later from it as Android Auto, Android TV or Android L itself, being able to add events to your agenda in a jiffy that will be synchronized through all the devices you have connected, or even change the channel of your television with a directed voice command to your brand new smartwatch.

When it's it seemed that clocks were a thing of the last century, they return and with more force than ever.