Android Wear And The

Magic Of Lollipop

Author : Sara Stanford

Android Wear And The Magic Of

Lollipop

Devices are changing, becoming funkier and much more useful. From our pockets

and palms we find them now on our wrists. The all new Android 5.0 Lollipop ticks

on our watches, flashes on our TVs and drives our cars with equal sophistication.

Android Wear connects our phone to the wrist and further. The possibilities are

innumerable.

Putting Android Wear to use requires us to be more imaginative, intuitive and

techno savvy rather than being a geek.

Using Android Wear involves the usual getting and sending of text messages of the

phone on the wrist. The powerful watch can be turned into our very own play

station by keeping downloads of favorite music on the watch itself. Listening to the

soothing numbers when on the move or exercising without the hassle of carrying

the phone is so possible. And not to forget that the very moment when the phone is

drained out of the battery and there is this urge to play music is a welcome moment

now on.

Keeping healthy is the new age wealth. Walking, running, biking and hopefully

even swimming is tracked by the ever increasing fitness apps for speed and

distance using the GPS support. Carrying the meddlesome phone everywhere is a

thing of the past. Keep track of all our activities with daily summaries showing

step counts and heart rates are a cake walk today.

Knowing exactly how fast or slow the chances of reaching the destination are, help

us to know what to expect. The GPS Support and Navigation features together

foresee the time to be taken for the commute; be it the metro or the car. So getting

to know how long it will take us to get to work while we’re getting ready in the

morning is like the Oracle coming to the rescue and telling us if we can squeeze in

the time to grab the piping hot coffee on the go. Just say “Ok Google navigate

to…” to get turn by turn navigation to the destination. And of course knowing the

weather forecast early in the morning without the need to make the frantic search

for the remotes is a dream come true for all of us. It is good to look forward to a

bright and sunny day or expect a gloomy one and plan bright things instead to keep

up the spirits!

All throughout the day knowing the next appointment and the next task to be done

at home as well, without checking the calendars and reminders, just with a simple

glance and say “Ok Google” by setting location-based or time-based reminders is a

new lifestyle change. The reminders just keep appearing on the wrist. Even the

texts, instant messages and emails appear as soon as they arrive so we know what

action to take when.

The voice search feature brings the indispensible Google Search engine to the wrist

itself! Just say “Ok Google” to get the information needed and ask anything, just

anything under the sun. You can even use ok Google to create notes and Keep

them in the Watch too.

Technology offers to us possibilities on a platter. It is up to us to put it to use in the

best of the ways; intuitive and imaginative.