Google announced three new features and several apps for the Android Wear platform at today's I/O developers conference.
The Always On Apps feature will allow the device to go into a low black and white power mode so that a selected app, such as a list or map, will stay on the screen and is viewable without having to tap or wake up the device. David Singleton, Android Wear director, emphasized that Android Wear devices should be "glanceable, actionable and effortless."
The second feature is wrist gestures, which will allow users to flick their wrist up and down to scroll through notifications. Android Wear devices will also recognize sketched emojis. After drawing a picture, the user can select their emoji from a list of emojis similar to what was sketched and send it in a message.
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The Always On Apps feature will allow the device to go into a low black and white power mode so that a selected app, such as a list or map, will stay on the screen and is viewable without having to tap or wake up the device. David Singleton, Android Wear director, emphasized that Android Wear devices should be "glanceable, actionable and effortless."
The second feature is wrist gestures, which will allow users to flick their wrist up and down to scroll through notifications. Android Wear devices will also recognize sketched emojis. After drawing a picture, the user can select their emoji from a list of emojis similar to what was sketched and send it in a message.
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