Google updates Inbox to improve Android Wear and tablet support

Google is bringing a new significant update to its invite-only email app, Inbox. Right now, Inbox supports Android Wear better. It lets you reply to emails, view, and label or move incoming messages. Aside from improved Android Wear support, the app has also been updated to support tablets. It gets a new look and works better with larger screens. Suggestion typing has also been improved for better accuracy and to help you create Reminders quicker. Like other Google apps, it is a staged roll-out so wait for a bit before the update comes to you.

Source: Android Headlines | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Pebble adds Android Wear notifications to smartwatches

Pebble is taking an “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach to its smartwatches. Pebble updated its Android app to add support for Android Wear notifications. This means you can dismiss alerts and the like right from your Pebble watch. What you’d need is a Pebble or Pebble Steel watch and an Android smartphone running on Android 4.0 or higher, and the latest version of the Pebble app installed (ver. 2.3).

Source: Pebble | Via: Engadget

Google experiments with offline step counting for Android Wear

Looks like Google wants to help those who want to turn their Android Wear devices into an activity tracker. The company is reportedly testing out an offline step counting feature for the wearable OS. This means it will log your activities even when it’s not communicating with your smartphone. Android Wear already supports offline music playback, GPS, and Bluetooth headset connectivity so it doesn’t seem far off that this will get fully implemented.

Source: TechCrunch

Android Wear brings new watch faces to its devices

The thing with smartwatches is it offers an opportunity for customization over analog watches. And that is what Google is offering with the latest update for Android Wear. This will offer developers and designers the ability to create and sell their own designs on Google Play. Right now, there are over two dozen downloadable faces from Google, with a lot of them free. You can change your Android Wear device’s cover art with faces inspired by the likes of Pac-Man, Plants vs. Zombies, Bearbrick, Porsche, etc. It’s rolling out in waves so expect it to come to your device sooner or later.

Source: Stuff.tv