Shortly after the unveiling of Google’s new platform to power smart wearable devices — Android Wear — LG announced that it has partnered up with Google to work on a smartwatch that will be running on the said platform.
Named LG G Watch, it will be compatible with a wide variety of Androids (more devices than the Gear 2‘s support, I’m sure), and it is powered by a Google Now-like interface that could present relevant information to users at the right time, or whenever they utter the magic phase, “OK Google,” much like the feature found on Moto X.
LG is working very closely with Google for this project, from the ideation phase right to the manufacturing stage in the development process. This will be the company’s fourth close collaboration with El Goog; the other three being Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition.
“With the LG G Watch, LG is continuing the milestones we’ve set in wearables following in the footsteps of the world’s first 3G Touch Watch Phone in 2009 and the Prada Link in 2008. We’re confident that a well-designed device has the potential to take the smart wearable market by storm,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.
Though LG said that more details including the specifications will be announced in the coming months, LG G Watch is rumored to have a 1.65-inch display with 280 x 280 pixels (240PPI), 512MB RAM, and 4GB of internal storage.
The press release also mentioned, “Google’s New Android Wearables Platform to Debut on LG Device,” meaning that G Watch is very likely to arrive before Motorola’s Moto 360, on the second quarter of 2014.
While not as stunning as the Moto 360, think of G Watch as the ‘Nexus’ of Android Wear smartwatches, providing the rest of the manufacturers a reference design on how a wearable should be made. With these announcements out of the way, we should be expecting a full-blown unveiling of Android Wear this coming Google I/O in June.
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