This article was published on March 18, 2014

LG announces the G Watch, an Android Wear smartwatch built in ‘close collaboration’ with Google


LG announces the G Watch, an Android Wear smartwatch built in ‘close collaboration’ with Google

Following the unveiling of Google’s Android Wear platform for wearables earlier today, LG has announced the G Watch, an upcoming smartwatch “developed in close collaboration” with Google. The device is scheduled to arrive in the second quarter of 2014.

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Similar to the Nexus devices that LG worked on with Google in the past, LG is acting as a “lead partner” on one of the first examples of the Android Wear program.

Motorola also announced a smartwatch – the Moto 360 – on Tuesday.

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