Google Nexus smartwatch to have 1.65-inch display

Google Nexus smartwatch to have 1.65-inch display
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Specs leaked for Nexus smartwatch suggest that it features a 1.65-inch display, 4GB storage and 512 MB of RAM.

Specifications of the rumored Google’s Nexus smartwatch have been leaked by @evleaks. According to him, the device will sport a 1.65-inch IPS LCD square display with 280 x 280 pixels resolution and 240 ppi density.

The LG nexus smartwatch will sport 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of native storage which should be enough for apps and maybe even some MP3 files and photos. It runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat. The Nexus smartwatch is expected to run with Google’s next smartphone the Nexus 6.

Last month, Google’s head of Chrome and Android, Sundar Pichai at SXSW (South By Southwest Interactive Festival) 2014, confirmed that it plans to launch a software development kit in the next two weeks that will allow third-party developers to create Android software for use on wearable computing devices. Google is expected to launch the smartwatch at Google’s I/O developer’s conference in June.

At the Mobile World Congress last month, Samsung introduced three new wearable devices the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit, with all three running its own Tizen OS. All the devices have a water-and-dust-proof body. The devices have an optical heart rate monitors and delivers three days of battery life. The Galaxy Gear Fit is the dedicated fitness tracker, while the Galaxy Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo 2 allow users to take and make calls and messages. Sony also launched the SmartBand fitness tracker at CES 2014. The SmartBand comes with a Life Log app, as well as Facebook, camera app and GPS radio.

Source: GSMArena

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