Google Android Wear Adds Another Variety To Its Wearable Tech Segment; LG Watch Urbane To Hit Google Store by End Of April

The wearable tech segment is one of the most happening segments as we see various brands trying to compete with other in terms of features, design, specifications, compatibility and other aspects. LG Watch Urbane, which has already been put on sale in South Korea, will be available in Australia by the end of this month, according to reports.

Smart watch enthusiasts in Australia, UK, US, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, India, Ireland, Hong Kong, Spain, Japan and Korea will have to wait until the end of this month to try the new smart watch from LG that can be purchased from Google Store, reports GeekSided.

LG has not revealed any details about the price of its Watch Urbane but it is likely to cost more than the G Watch R because of the metal build of the watch, reports PC World. LG’s new smart watch features circular watch face, metal exterior and a 320X320 P-OLED display. The 1.3-inch LG Watch Urbane also sports a 410 mAh battery and 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, the same as the company’s G Watch R, as reported by PC World.

LG Watch Urbane and Apple Watch: The Face-off

Android Wear products have already been in the market but the entrance of Apple Watch into the segment has heated up the competition between two major players-Apple and Google. LG Watch Urbane is viewed as a more fashionable form of the G Watch R, which is an existing player in the smart watch market, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

Recently, Google got an update for its Android wear software that will reduce the smart watch’s dependency on smart phone, provided the smart watch is connected to a Wi-Fi network. Google has made its latest software update available on the LG Watch Urbane.

Android Watches previously lacked the ability to connect to Wi-Fi, but with the launch of the new software, LG Urbane Watch can now connect to any Wi-Fi network. This makes it capable to compete with Apple Watch, that can connect to Wi-Fi, as well, according to The Sydney Morning Herald report. Android Wear also has a feature that allows apps to turn off once the user lowers the wrist and this will let the P-OLED screen of Urbane Watch to save some battery. Besides that, users can also twist their wrist to scroll through their notifications, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Apple Watch’s ‘digital crown’ and ‘force touch’ features offer more functionality on a single screen and Apple’s ‘taptic feedback engine’ provides unique sensations to the user’s wrist depending on the nature of the notification, as per the report.

Tech gadgets experts and analysts have figured out that both Apple Watch and Android Wear have competent features but till such time Apple does not include the Android Wear App (on which Google is reportedly working) in its Apple App Store, Apple Watch buyers need to have an iPhone and Android Wear buyers have to get an Android based smart phone.

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