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Android Wear
- Android wear UI is not customizable
- Pairs with Android phone via Bluetooth (requires Android 4.3+)
- 1 day battery life
- Notifications appear on watch
- Swipe left to dismiss
- Swipe right to take further action (e.g. open in phone)
- Reply with voice (only for certain apps)
- Requires 2 hands
- Availability (in certain locations):
- Currently available: Samsung Galaxy Gear Live / LG G watch
- Moto 360 available in the summer of 2014
- Samsung Gear live (vs the G Watch)
- smaller screen (1.63″ Super AMOLED vs 1.65” IPS LCD)
- higher resolution (320×320 vs 280×280)
- smaller battery (300 mAh vs 400mAh)
- extra Heart Rate Sensor (common sensors: Compass, Accelerometer, Gyroscope)
- has a Bluetooth / Wi-Fi antenna
- cheaper in US (US$199 vs US$229) (Australia: $1 more expensive, AUD$250 vs AUD$249)
- LG G watch
- possible charging contact corrosion should be fixed
- can charge while wearing (using the cradle), not ideal but possible