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Google to launch Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches in 2017

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CIOL Google to launch Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches in 2017

After launching Google Pixel, the tech giant plans to launch Google smartwatches, but without Google or Pixel branding. Instead, the company plans to brand the smartwatches on the name of the manufacturing company.

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However, Google is yet to disclose the name of the manufacturing company.

Jeff Chang, product manager of Android Wear at Google told Verge, the new watches will be the flagship Android Wear 2.0 devices and will be the first ones to launch the new platform - Android Wear 2.0.

Google will deliver the final developer preview of Android Wear 2.0 in January, which will also work with iOS devices.

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In addition to a total interface redesign, Wear 2.0 will also bring Android Pay support to Google's wearables. According to the report, the new platform brings a number of new features, including standalone apps that don’t require a phone to work and support for Google’s voice-controlled Assistant.

Moreover, once the smartwatches are launched, other partners will release new devices with Android Wear 2.0 throughout 2017.

Following the launch of the new devices, existing Android Wear watches will get the update to Android Wear 2.0.Not every existing Android Wear watch will be updated, but Google says most of the recent models will be.

Citing Evan Blass, the popular gadget-leaker, Android Police had reported that "Google’s Android-powered smartwatches will make a most certain debut, in Q1 of 2017." We hope Google' smartwatches - which is reported to be named, Angelfish and Swordfish will mend the smartwatch market in 2017, unlike 2016.

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