Google gives overview of UI Android Wear

Google is planning to share Android Wear notifications, it seems likely that one of the items on the schedule is Android Wear and Google Fit. Just in case you can’t wait for Google I/O, Google has posted an “Introduction to Android Wear” video. The clip compares the time that it takes to pull out a phone and interact with an app with the time spent checking a wearable, and unsurprisingly.

Google explains that the Android Wear user interface is simple, glanceable and focused on micro-transactions. Devs can have their Android app show notifications on Android Wear without any extra work, but they can also add a few Wear-specific lines of code to enable richer notifications like Stacks, Pages and Replies.

The wearables category has been getting pretty big recently, and it will be interesting to see how Google’s own wearable offering works and how it compares to existing devices. Do you plan on picking up an Android Wear device right away or will you wait for the platform to grow and for more hardware to be released?

See An Introduction to Android Wear on Youtube