Android Wear 2.0 update to bring new handwriting toolMay 19, 2016 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Smartwatches are Marmite devices - you'll either love having all your notifications on your wrist, or hate having to charge the buggers every day. If you've already taken the plunge and splurged on an Android Wear-powered smartwatch such as the Moto 360 or Huawei Watch, however, your Apple Watch rival is about to get a whole lot smarter, Digital Spy said. Announced at Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference, Google unveiled Android Wear 2.0, a software update that's about to bring some seriously cool new features to your wearable. Chief among these is handwriting recognition. Instead of having to fish your phone from your pocket every time you want to answer a message, your Android Wear watch will soon let you write out your response directly on the watch. "We are redesigning key experiences on the watch to be more immersive," David Singleton, Google VP Engineering for wearables, said. "This includes smart reply, handwriting recognition and a new keyboard." With the new handwriting tool, you can sketch big letters on a scrolling watch face, and the writing automatically translates into typed text. Don't like this, don't worry - a full, albeit compact QWERTY keyboard is heading to your watch face too, Digital Spy said. It will line up alongside more customisable watch faces, with every Android Wear skin about to pull in data from any app in the updated OS. Heading to developers in the coming days, Android Wear 2.0, which is also offering improved native app support - meaning you can leave your phone at home - will be rolled out to existing devices this autumn, Digital Spy said. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |