Google has recently made the third preview version of Android Wear 2.0 to be rolled out. Also, the company has to let you know that the second version of Android Wear is postponed to early 2017.
Android Wear
The first version of the smartwatch operating system of Google is announced on 18 march 2014 along with a developer preview. On 25 June 2014 were the first watches with this software announced. These were the Samsung Gear Live and the LG G Watch, that the first had. Below are many other companies followed, such as Huawei, Motorola and Asus.
Play Store
Other news is that the third preview version of Android Wear 2.0 support for the Play Store of Google. Users can search apps by means of voice, keyboard, writing with the hand, or recommended applications. Something else that is new, is that it is no longer necessary to have both the smartphone app and the smartwatch app. You have now the possibility to use only the Android Wear version to download and install on your watch. For the use of the Play Store on your watch, it is still necessary to connect with your smartphone. Users with iOS can the Play Store of Google do not use it on their smartwatch.
preview version
The biggest new feature of the update of the preview-version is of course the integration of the Google Play Store, but this is not the only new. So there is now a new addition, called 'Smart Replies'. This ensures that the responses are show in a message that is related to your answers. This we have already seen in the new chat app from Google, called Allo. Also, there are still opportunities added to directly respond to a notification, which we already see in Android 7.0.
Availability
Android Wear 2.0 is now expected in the beginning of 2017. The preview version you can already download. Google has a guide posted online for this to install. There are two variants available. This are images for the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition and the Huawei Watch. The manual can be found here.
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