Google Reportedly Preparing Android Wear for iPhone and iPad

[Keirasplace]

That is incorrect. If you have enabled proximity and background refresh enabled for the Pebble app, then it will not be "killed".

The Pebble App is a user level app hmm, it is not part of the OS. That tells you everything. It is not bad, but you do have significative restriction to its integration with the OS. Since it has a quite limited set of features; this limitation is not too bad. But, for a fully featured Android Wear watch, you will not doing all you could with it.

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Let me provide some insight on this.

I picked up a Pebble watch ($80) 4 weeks ago just to test out the smart watch idea before I decided on whether or not to get the Apple watch.

The Pebble watch relies on it's iOS Pebble app in order to push notifications from the phone to the watch.

Since the Pebble watch app is not flagged as a system process it will and can be killed by iOS if memory is needed.

I'm almost certain the Apple watch processes that will be required to run on an iPhone will be treated as a system process (like phone, music, mail) and will have immunity to being terminated.

Something to consider.

You also have a restricted view of the Phone API (not getting access to the private API) and many multitasking tasks can't be done by user level app in IOS. For people, which has a restricted set of features, I think users won't feel they're losing out too much on the Iphone. But, for a full feature smart Watch, they won't be getting the full effect .

 

[ssspinball]

Go look at your default search options. Google is already inside your iPhone.

Yes, and what is your point exactly? Google would love to have all it's apps be default. iOS is more valuable to advertisers than Android.

 

[OneMike]

Then if the Google products are more interesting then why are you here on a discussion about the AppleWatch?

I mean, this discussion really isn't about Google's line of watches but rather that Google will be creating their Watch software to work on iOS. So maybe you should be on GoogleRumors.com.

Or maybe I'll stay right here...

Google is creating watch Software to make use of what? Android wear on Iphone or ipad.

 

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Google is reportedly preparing to release an Android Wear app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, according to French technology website 01net [Google Translate] (via iPhon.fr).

The report claims Android Wear with extended iOS support could be announced at Google's I/O developer conference in late May, although Google may push the agenda depending on sales of the Apple Watch.

Google may be interested in capitalizing on iPhone and iPad users that are not planning to purchase an Apple Watch when the wrist-worn device is released in April, the report adds. Last month, an unofficial video of an iPhone paired with Android Wear for notifications amassed over 300,000 views on YouTube.

Android Wear smartwatches such as the LG G Watch, Moto 360 and Samsung Gear Live are currently limited to pairing with smartphones running Android 4.3 or later, such as the Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8 and LG G3. Pairing an Android smartphone and smartwatch requires the official Android Wear app on the Google Play Store.

While 01net is one of the largest technology publications in France, its exclusive report has not yet been corroborated by other sources and its veracity cannot be confirmed. But given that Google is generally more open about cross-platform compatibility, and has an existing portfolio of apps on the App Store, there is a possibility that Android Wear for iOS could one day be a reality.

Article Link: Google Reportedly Preparing Android Wear for iPhone and iPad

after seeing what happened with pebble after the apple watch announcement this would make perfect sense for android to do