Moto 360 renders remind us that with Android Wear the best is yet to...
Our recent poll showed that overwhelmingly, that while the G Watch and Gear Live are good enough for some, the vast majority of you, 67% to be exact are waiting for the Motorola Moto 360 to become available before...
Software update for LG G Watch rolling out to address corrosion issue
The exposed copper contacts on the rear of the LG G Watch have been causing some issues for some owners of the watch, with some owners reporting corrosion of the POGO pins. But a software update rolling out to...
Samsung is working on round faced smartwatches too
The Moto 360 has captured the imaginations of many people looking at the nascent smartwatch product category, mainly by straying from the traditional square face design that's been the mainstay of manufacturers like Sony, Pebble and now Samsung and...
Link Bubble updates with Android Wear compatability
Our favourite app of 2014 so far - Link Bubble - has been updated to include functionality with another favourite of ours - Android Wear. The 1.3 Link Bubble update brings the ability to view text from a link...
Big list of Android Wear watchfaces – What are you rocking?
Google has publicly come out and advised developers that until the official Android Wear watchface API is made available, they shouldn't be releasing watchfaces. But that hasn't, and knowing Android developers, will not stop them from doing it.
There's...
Retailer Round-up: This week’s specials
Well it certainly has been a little bit of time since we last did one of these retailer round up's, so we thought it was time to bring it back and share with you the specials we have sourced...
That thing you thought was an HTC Watch? It isn’t.
It seems the internet was in a bit of a flap over a recent video released by HTC, which showed a designer working on a 3D model of a watch. You can see this in freeze-frame, shown above.
However, it's...
Ausdroid Podcast 118 – Free, with in-app purchases
Welcome to episode 118 of the Ausdroid podcast!
We spent a while this week arguing about "freemium" games, but also managed to talk about the big upcoming phone release that's got Dan all excited - of course, that's the LG...
LG announce the LG G Watch retail availability
LG has today announced the official Australian retail availability of their Android Wear device the G Watch. While it went on-sale directly after Google I/O last month, some consumers have been wanting to get their literal hands on the...
Telstra announce LG G3 and G Watch availability from 5 August
Telstra has announced today that the LG G3, and LG G Watch, will be available from Telstra on 5 August. This is fairly big news in respect of the G3, but even bigger news in respect of the G...
Vodafone to open LG G3 pre-orders tomorrow with an LG G Watch as a...
After launching pre-orders for the LG G3 through Optus yesterday, we're still waiting on both Telstra and Vodafone to launch their pre-order deals for LG's flagship. We've received word that Vodafone is set to announce pre-orders for the phone...
Google uploads Android Wear source to AOSP
Google has today uploaded the Kernel source for Android Wear to AOSP. The code includes Kernel source for both the Dory (LG G Watch) and Sprat (Samsung Gear Live) smart watches.
In a post to the Android Building Google...
HTC may have pulled a Google and outed their upcoming smartwatch
When Google announced back in March that they would be entering the Wearables space, they named a slew of partners from the Open Handset Alliance who had signed onto being hardware partners for the nascent Android Wear platfomrm. We've...
EchoWear lets you identify music from your wrist
Much like well-established music services Shazam and SoundHound, EchoWear for Android Wear allows you to search for music you can hear, all from the comfort of your wrist. While Google Now on your phone will have a fair stab...
Ausdroid Podcast 117 – Wearable Androids
Welcome to episode 117 of the Ausdroid podcast!
It's been a while between podcasts, and so much has happened - last time, we were pondering about what Android Wear devices would be like, and this episode we all had the...