Any nascent technology needs a platform in order to be successful. This week, Google gave wearable devices that platform.
With the announcement of Android wear. Google has officially kicked off the wearables era. The availability of an operating system for wearables will lead to an almost immediate boom in device development.
As every device maker knows, the hardest thing about creating a new hardware platform is creating the software to go along with it. Pebble arguably relaunched the smart watch conversation with its devices, but has struggled to get developers to contribute meaningful features. That’s understandable, since the market for Pebble watches is currently pretty small. Pebble app development is a passion project, at best.
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