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Android 5.0There was also news from the world at the conference Android Wear, a system that will be found on smart watches. In addition, Google went big with the watch and announced that the system supports both square and circular displays, giving people a variety of watch types to choose from. Although it means a little more work for developers, on the other hand they are Android Wear built on a simple interface that we can recognize from the Google Now assistant.

The watch won't be limited to one watch face style, and by holding down the home screen, users will be taken to settings where they can find several other watch face styles for their watch. That the environment of the watch is familiar is nothing new. Android Wear it is so closely linked with Google Now that users will be able to use voice control to save notifications to their Google Plus profile. Notifications are immediately synchronized with the smartphone.

There are also gestures, and in addition to allowing users to pick up calls, swiping from one edge of the screen to the other, sliding a finger from the top will bring up a menu with Do Not Disturb mode, which turns off any notifications on the watch until the user repeats the gesture. Also, when the user has an automatic answer set and does not want to pick up the call, by moving his finger, he can automatically send a message after hanging up on the watch.

Android Wear of course, it has built-in support for applications that will send notifications to the watch and enable voice control. An example is the Pinterest service, which alerts users, for example, that they are in the vicinity of a location where one of their friends is currently located on the network. However, the notification will not be just a notification, and after the notification, the user has the option to be navigated using Google Maps to the mentioned location.

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Other uses will be found by people in the kitchen, who can transfer recipes to their watch and thus do not have to have their phone with them. The recipe is optimized for watches so users can easily read it. It is connected to other applications, so when the time is mentioned here, then just click on the mentioned time and set the reminder directly on the watch without having to go back to the phone. In addition, the watch is waterproof, so chefs can always have their watch on their hand.

Right at the beginning it has Android Wear debut on three devices. Alongside the LG G Watch and Motorola Moto 360, which were introduced a few months ago, Google introduced another device, which is the Samsung Gear Live watch. They should be alongside the LG G Watch available for pre-order today, while the Motorola Moto 360 watch will be available for pre-order later this summer.

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