LG may release a smart watch on WEBOS

It was learned that the South Korean company LG may release a smart clock is running its own operating system webOS, although it already has a range of gadgets to Android Wear. This, however, is not surprising, because in the range of Samsung products have not only on Android Wear, but also on its own Tizen.

Until now, webOS could be found only in the Smart TV from LG, but the company has repeatedly made ​​it clear that this system can act as a competitor Tizen, an operating system Samsung. webOS, which is based on Palm OS, remained aloof from the market of mobile technology since as HP opened its code at the end of 2011. In 2013, LG bought the HP system, together with the development team for use in the Smart TV.

LG G Watch R

At the same time, LG has already taken place among the players in the market of gadgets on the Android Wear with its clock and G Watch G Watch R, the output of which is scheduled for October of this year. However, like Samsung, the company wants to have its own alternative to this, do not last the test of time, the platform. At the moment, LG has already launched a website where developers can download the SDK.

Recall that the market will soon Smart watches will be one more authoritative player – the company Garmin, which produced complex multisport GPS-hours before, as in this way stepped LG, Samsung, Apple, Motorola and others. Last week, Garmin also released an SDK for developers, yesterday unveiled a new flagship multisport watch, which got some of the functions of smart watches, such as the ability to receive notifications and messages from your smartphone.

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