The charge of anti-smartwatch Apple: Google makes them compatible … – The Messenger

The Ifa, the technology fair held every year in Berlin, is coming and Samsung decided to act in advance. Launches new version of its smartwatch, the Gear S2, round like clockwork and that goes to undermine the Apple Watch.

It will be available in three versions: a more minimal, the other more luxurious and another with 3G module with a Sim that lets you connect to the Internet and the ability to call in autonomy, without being dependent on a smartphone. As in the previous version of the smartwatch, which was less aesthetically appealing, on board are the Tizen operating system, developed by Samsung itself. It means that on the device are several preinstalled app ‘native but do not have access to the numerous applications of Google android wear.

The smartwatch has a 1.2-inch display surrounded by a ring that allows you to perform various operations without touching the screen. It also has a sensor for the heartbeat and a battery that can be recharged wirelessly. The different versions of smartwatch (Standard, Classic and 3G) are certified IP68, making them impervious to splashes and immersion in water and dust. The sector smartwatch, started quietly, is growing. According to IDC data, the total deliveries between April and June this year have exceeded 18 million units, + 223% compared to 2014. In the second quarter of 2015 Apple Watch went beyond expectations: deliveries totaled 3.6 million units.

Google, smartwatch will be compatible with iPhone. Meanwhile, d fter months of rumors, comes the official: Google makes smartwatch carrying on board its operating system Android Wear, more attractive thanks to its compatibility with the iPhone. A move that will enable not just to the owners of an iPhone by being able to choose between the various clocks “smart” on the market and not necessarily opt for an Apple Watch, that it works only when combined with an iPhone. Announcing the news is the same Google. The first Android device Wear that is already compatible with the mobile operating system from Apple (iOS), is the LG Watch Urbane.

Then comes the turn of smartwatch coming from Huawei , Motorola and Asus, expected at IFA in Berlin, the technology fair which opens on September 4. But it will not be compatible with the iPhone Gear S2 Samsung, announced today, that it works with OS Tizen developed by the same South Korean company.