Your Android ar watch may soon track that daily run or play music through Bluetooth-connected headphones.
Such capabilities are part of the growing plans vision detailed by two engineers in a recent interview with CNET.
Director of Engineering for Android ar David Singleton Vice esident of Engineering for Android Hiroshi ckheimer told CNET that they want to extend how Android ar interacts with other devices exp developers’ flexibility in making custom watch faces.
By adding G natively to Android ar watches, you could conceivably ditch your phone during a jog, as the watch could track the route. th Bluetooth connectivity it could send music directly to your headphones. Currently you must rely on a connected Android phone to perform such actions. (elemergente)
The pair also promised support for custom watch faces, with Singleton praising “tremendous innovation from some third parties who have been able to figure out how to do some of this on their own.”
That is a different tone from ly when a developer advocate said developers should stop making such watch faces wait until an A was ready, likely to coincide with the release of Android
The interview comes right before a flurry of smartwatch announcements. Asus, , Sony, Motorola are all unveiling Android ar-powered watches in the next week. ile the Moto 360 is one of the most anticipated, other hardware makers have ramped up their effort to also add in a competitor that also features a traditional round watchface.