As the smartwatch battlefield heats up with the entry of a new player in Apple’s Watch product, sources inside Google shared a little bit about the roadmap for Android Wear and its next version. According to these sources, Google is ready to enable WiFi support on Android Wear devices. This could make the devices marginally more useful for users. Currently, a Bluetooth connection to another Android device is required for users to get notifications or user Google Now. With the WiFi support, users could roam a little further from their other connected devices. Most Android Wear smartwatches already include WiFi hardware so they should benefit from this change.
In addition to the WiFi support, sources say Google will be adding gesture control to the devices. The present version of Android Wear requires users to got through notifications or find other information using their free hand or voice controls. The new gesture control means they will be able to do something like flick their wrist to move from one notification to the next.
Google reportedly is also making it easier to navigate apps and contacts on an Android Wear device. Some of that is probably driven by support for gesture control and some of it is probably due to Google needing to make the devices even more user-friendly now that the competition is heating up.
source: The Verge
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