If there is something that we have been able to throw in the face of Android Wear is that not be independent of a phone and it needs to be paired with a smartphone so that we can get the most out of its possibilities. A dependency that has surely been one of the culprits that phones under Wear have not sold as much as Google and the manufacturers who signed agreements to launch a series of hardware in the form of smart watches would have liked.
Now everything changes when Google has announced support for Android Wear cellular networks, which will allow us to use Internet data, so we can even make calls. An independent smartwatch and with which we can forget about having to be pairing it with our phone, which offers another dimension to Android Wear.
Opening a new world of possibilities
That a smartwatch under Android Wear has the capacity to power make calls or download or upload data from that support to cellular networks implies a lot. Apart from the fact that it is this functionality that has surely prevented that so many devices of this type have not been sold, so those wearables that have been launched as the Zen Watch 2 or Huawei Watch, can be converted into a very interesting product to test Android Wear.
So Google is finally adding connectivity to Android Wear, its software for smartwatches and werables, in a move that reduces dependency that a smartphone user can have.
If Android Wear already supports Bluetooth and WiFi connections, now wearables will be able to connect to the mobile network to make calls, send and receive SMS messages, receive search results and other tasks associated with the internet without having to pair that werable with a smartphone or what would be a WiFi connection.
Leaving the smartphone behind
From the LG Watch Urbane LTE XNUMXnd Edition Made Possible that a smartwatch under Android Wear had support for cellular networks. This development by the Android Wear team has finally made it official.
One of the best news is that certain recently launched smartwatches such as the Huawei Watch, you can take advantage of that support for calls having a loudspeaker, which does require a WiFi or Bluetooth connection to take advantage of these features as it does not have a SIM slot.
what yes that It opens up to us is a great string of options for the new smart watches that are coming with Android Wear. They will no longer be those dependent wearables but rather ones that will be able to go out to run a marathon as indicated by Google from its blog announcing the arrival of this support, so that the user can even leave their smartphone behind, with those calls, messaging and thousands of apps waiting for you to be installed on your wearable.
In short, it is a great step for this version of Android modified especially for this type of device and that Google launched with good intentions not so long ago, with the agreement of several manufacturers who have bet heavily so that Wear gradually grow as different bets have been launched. Tag Heuer and its new smartwatch, Bluboo uWatch as a Wear for less than €50 or Fossil and its smartwatchThey are one of the last bets that we have known and that will boost the sales of this type of smarwatches.
This new capacity will also be a good time for operators to they think about offering better plans to be eligible for two sims and thus the user can choose to have several independent devices as already offered by some. If you already have a tablet with LTE, it won't be so easy anymore.
