Tuesday 11 March 2014

Google interested in "Wearable Gadgets" Seriously

Google finally gives certainty will plunge into segments " wearable gadgets " . Certainty is revealed after Google promised to launch the software application development ( SDK software development kit ) that is made ​​specifically for wearable devices .

This was revealed by Sundar Pichai , Google 's senior vice president of Android at SXSW conference in Austin , Texas , as quoted from Cnet ( 03/09/2014 ) .

According to Pichai , Google's SDK for wearable gadgets that will be released within the next two weeks or the end of March 2014. Thus , third party developers can begin using the Android operating system that could be used in wearable devices .

" In the next two weeks we will launch first for the Android SDK , so developers can have a view on this segment of the market , " said Pichai .

By launching the SDK , Google increasingly widely rumored to be making the operating system designed to run on wearable gadgets , like smartwatch . In addition to software , Google is also rumored to make the smart watches their own version .

Sources inside Google told CNET in February that at the time I was involved in talks with Korean vendor , LG for possible cooperation makes smartwatch . The plan , smartwatch will be showcased at the Google I / O in June.

Smartwatch - centric operating system that Google made ​​the source said voice assistant based on Google Now and search features . Two features that are also known to be used in the Google Glass .

Smartwatch market does not generate significant profits . However , according to research carried Juniper Research , smartwatch segment will have the business value of up to 19 billion U.S. dollars in 2018 .

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