Emporio Armani joins the smartwatch market

Emporio Armani is the latest fashion brand to release an Android Wear device. Coming by September 24^th, the Connected line of smartwatches will feature both Android Wear-powered devices and different hybrid models. These will run on Android Wear 2.0 with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor and will have circular AMOLED display. And since it runs on Google’s wearable platform, it gets things like Google Assistant support. There will also be Armani-specific watchfaces as well as eight different interchangeable straps made from materials like metal, fabric and leather. No word on the pricing yet but they will be sold both online and where Armani watches are sold.

Source: 9to5Google

You can now download Google’s Handwriting Keyboard for Android Wear 2.0

When Android Wear 2.0 was previewed last year, one of the new features was the handwriting keyboard. However, when this iteration of Android Wear came out, users have reported that it doesn’t come pre-installed. Well, now we know it’s available as a standalone app and it’s already on the Play Store. If you’re one of the fortunate ones to get the update, you can now download it.

Source: Android Police

Movado plans to launch Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches at Baselworld 2017

Movado, the company behind brands such as Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger, plans to out a new smartwatch collection at the upcoming international watch and jewelry trade show Baselworld 2017 set to start on March 23^rd. There will be five Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches from Movado and these men’s style watches are expected to come to Canada, the US, the UK, and the Caribbean in the fall. Movado hasn’t spoken much about the specs of the Movado Connect line but they will come with Android Pay support and custom watch faces. Pricing for the watches will start at US$495. The company also announced that the two aforementioned brands, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, also have partnerships with Google to release new smartwatches this fall. 

First Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches from LG are set to debut on February 9

If we are to go by details released by Evan Blass a.k.a. @evleaks, Android Wear 2.0 will finally be debuting next month on two new flagship smartwatches from LG. It was rumoured before that these new watches would be branded as Pixel watches but it seems like that isn’t the case. It won’t even be co-branded with Google. The wearables will just be named LG Watch Sport and Watch Style. Both will have a digital crown button to help with navigation (similar to what you’d see on the Apple Watch), handwriting recognition, and Google Assistant integration.

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