The smartwatch game has been slowly heating up over the last year or so. Much of that is thanks to Google and the Android Wear platform that gave manufacturers a simple to implement OS that would connect to Android devices everywhere. Many of the big players got involved right out of the gate and continue to bring new designs and new hardware to the table. LG, I do belive, has the largest line of Android Wear toting devices with another one on the horizon dubbed the LG Watch Urbane. Recently ASUS chairman, Jonney Shih, started publicly discussing the company’s plans for future smartwatches.
He has the same feelings that I personally do about smartwatches. They are an extension of our phones and still have a lot of room for improvement with one major area being battery life. As it sits now, most Android Wear devices sit in the 1 to 2 days of life. “As a companion device, its central processing unit and operating system should be more simplified than the current version, so that I can use it for up to seven days on one charge, rather than for just two days,†said Shih. I can’t agree more. That alone is one of a handful of reasons why I haven’t jumped on the Android Wear bandwagon yet. That doesn’t mean i wouldn’t love to own one though.
All the talks didn’t reveal specific hardware, but he did make mention that a non Android Wear device powered by a MediaTek processor could be the first solution attempt.
ASUS won’t drop Android Wear entirely and head out on its own though. They will be looking more at doing multiple offerings, much like Samsung does. So don’t go panic at the disco just yet if the ZenWatch is your current device or your fantasized wrist garment. I think ASUS has a pretty good chance of doing something pretty slick. The company does have two low-cost wristband-like devices in the works that will be geared towards the health and fitness sector. Just like everybody else does.
Only time will tell what the final product is and can do for us though. What are your thoughts on the matter?
Source: Focus Taiwan Via Android Authority
