Android Wear – three new smartwatches

The LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live are on sale now, with the Motorola Moto 360 coming very soon

Google’s Android Wear was announced in March as a version of Android for wearable technology such as smartwatches. Then, during Google I/O on 25 June, Google gave us a further insight into Android Wear, and announced that smartwatches running the new software will be available to preorder from today. Here, we explain what is Android Wear and bring you a list of companies making Android Wear watches.

What is Android Wear?

Android Wear is a new version of Google’s mobile OS that extends Android to wearables, starting with smartwatches. If you keep up to date with technology you’ll know that some smartwatches on