Samsung is developing a brand new Galaxy Gear smartphone that will be powered by Google’s exciting Android Wear platform, a company executive said this week. The device will be available “later this year,” and it will take on the first Android Wear devices from LG and Motorola that are scheduled to launch this summer.
LG paraded a prototype of its upcoming G Watch, one of the first smartwatches powered by Google’s exciting new Android Wear operating system, at a product showcase event in the U.K. this week. And according to one LG representative in attendance, you’ll be able to buy the new wearable before July for less than £180 ($300).
A new report from Taiwan claims that LG is looking to launch a second smartwatch shortly after the launch of the G Watch in mid-2014. There’s no word on specifics at the moment, but it seems like the Korean manufacturer will launch multiple smartwatches in the market later this year.
Android Wear is undeniably better looking and more exciting than any other smartwatch platform that’s available today, but if you’re hoping existing smartwatch makers are going to abandon what they’ve already created to adopt it, you’re going to be disappointed.
Sony has confirmed that it currently has no plans to bring Android Wear to its SmartWatch wearables, and that it will stick to its own Android-based platform instead.
Sony doesn’t sound too keen on launching an Android Wear smartwatch this year. This comes after several major Android OEMs like Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC and ASUS committed to launching a smartwatch based on the new wearable OS soon.
