i like the look of it...thoughts?
From fast company:
Google has revealed their interface for their upcoming android wear watches. And it’s further proof that google has figured out how to scale their experience.This is Google’s new interface for Android Wear--a platform the company announced unceremoniously on YouTube today--that connects an Android phone to a watch to bring Google to your wrist.
But what exactly is Google on your wrist? What does it tell you? How do you control it?
Watching the videos, you’ll see that Google answered that question a long time ago through Google Now--the platform that learns your behaviors and predicts the information you’ll need before you ask for it. Now’s interface pièce de résistance is essentially an index card--which is easily resized and reshaped to any screen you can imagine.In theory, Android Wear has a Google Now card already waiting for you whenever you need it. The watch becomes a mostly passive interface for the user, that has information available at a glance, from local weather conditions, to text messages you’ve been sent, to the taxi pulling up in front of you. The passive approach here is absolutely key, as the smartwatches we’ve seen from companies like Samsung don’t actually change communication paradigms as much as they strap a smaller smartphone to your wrist, sending a few push notifications like SMS, sure, but forcing you to tap and swipe for the good stuff.
source: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027846/google-just-revealed-the-first-usab…
I can imagine all our lives being like this in 10 years...
We all we be viewing our Google smart watches through our Google glasses driving our Google cars home to adjust the temperature on our Google(Nest) thermostats, where after we will open up Google chrome to see the latest posting on GoogleStreetOasis.
I for one welcome our new Google Overlords.....
I think it's quite cool BUT the problem from my POV is a) How many people in business can actually sync their calendars with say Google accounts. Some of the information contained in meeting invites can be confidential etc.. Not sure if corporate IT departments will be ok with this. b) How many people can actually be arsed to keep such a detailed schedule for private use? c) Far from all places are as connected as the US... d) Voice recognition for the most part is still completely useless (especially in public spaces)
Just my 2 cents.
Google is reaching, feels like shit to me. Tiny little screen with info you can easily access on your phone. No thanks.
I think it's an interesting concept and I saw something similar to this at an AT&T store the other day. I am curious as to how long the battery last and how it is able to connect to the internet.
As long as they stick to following the Toq layout, should work just fine. And while it's not hard to make a bigger screen, it's much harder to include the level of tech needed to create an ancillary form factor that's helpful enough to be necessary to the handset experience. I think the smartwatch as a product overall is a lot more viable than the eyewear thing ever going mainstream... there's always going to be the watch-as-jewelry crowd who will never use your product, but if it ever gets sophisticated enough to be seamless in delivering phone content it's probably got the utility to win over casual users.
Oh for that you'll have to wait for Google Cyborg which is estimated at Q3 2016 last I heard, though I'm not sure if it will really beat out Apple's iBrain which lets you view the world as one giant itunes. Needless to say if you just wait out a little longer, you'll be able to access made up weather predictions in the blink of an eye.
Ugh. I don't get this wearable fad. Maybe I'm just missing the boat and stuck in the stone ages, but as said before, I can get this info from my phone in just as quick fashion. This is all cool, until the moment you look like an idiot scrolling through your watch while your buddy has the info already on his phone. And who wakes up and checks their watch first thing? I doubt anyone, but 95% of us sleep with the phone in arms reach.
I applaud the technology advances and the spirit of innovation here, but I don't see myself coming on board.
I think this is a lot better looking: http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/7/5477768/gabor-balogh-circular-smartwat…
I'm missing the boat on this wearable tech too. For now, in its current iterations... pass.
It isn't a finished product
Dev kit hasn't been released. People on this site sometimes...
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