LG’s upcoming G Watch will be one of a small few smartwatches that never goes to sleep, the Korean company has teased on its website. The device’s “always-on” display will allow users to view the time, weather, and incoming notifications without having to wake it up first.
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.
