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According to Microsoft expert Paul Thurrott, the wristband will work with Android, iPhone and Windows Phone systems Microsoft poised to make first wearable play
Technology experts are tipping Microsoft to launch a new piece of wearable fitness technology this autumn, which is expected to be able to work in tandem with all three of the major smartphone operating systems. Rumoured to be a rival to the Samsung Gear line, the new product will not focus on smartwatch capabilities, but more on health and fitness tracking, with the device being described as similar to a wristband. However, Microsoft expert Paul Thurrott
has suggested that the device may be able to display smartphone notifications as well. The wearable will also aim to make ground
where others have failed by ensuring it’s compatible with more than two operating systems when syncing with a mobile device. According to Thurrott, the wristband
will work with Android, iPhone and Windows Phone systems. As well as making use of Microsoft’s own health apps – Bing Health and Fitness, plus Healthvault
– the device will also be able to work with third-party applications. The wearable fitness technology and app
market has started to grow rapidly in recent months. Such is the importance for businesses of grabbing a share of the ever-increasing market that leading developers including Apple and Google, alongside sportswear giants such as Nike and Adidas, have made large investments as they bid to gain a foothold in the sector. Details:
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Google marches into wearables market with AndroidWear
Google has beaten rival Apple to the punch by releasing its first smartwatch, which went on sale on 25 June after being unveiled at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Apple is expected to release health-focused iOS8 and an ‘iWatch’ later
this year, but Google’s platform for wearable tech – Android Wear – allied with its new fitness platform Google Fit, puts the search and tech giant in a strong position for success in the fast-growing wearables market. The first watches to run off the Android Wear platform – the LG
G Watch and Samsung Gear Live – are now on sale and have several similarities. Both have the same shape, and the screens are virtually the same size – 1.65sq in (10.6sq cm) for the G Watch and 1.63sq in (10.5sq cm) for the Gear Live – although the former has an In-Plane Switching LCD screen and the latter a SuperAMOLED screen. The devices can be controlled by voice commands, taps and swipes,
Samsung Gear Live: One of the first watches to run off AndroidWear 18
and linked to apps loaded on a smartphone, with the information they display intended to be more “glanceable” than the “fiddly” offerings we’ve seen so far in the smartwatch market. On the fitness front, information from apps and wearables will be conducted via Google Fit, an open platform designed to track goals and allow developers to dig into rival apps and combine data. Details:
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