But Android Wear-powered devices aren't the only ones to go on sale soon — all sorts of companies are trying out different models combining the features of a watch, a smartphone and the increasingly popular fitness band.
Samsung's Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches (seen above) will go on sale next month, allowing wearers to accept or ignore incoming calls and messages, and receive notifications. Both use the Tizen operating system.
The Gear 2 packs a two-megapixel camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, and heart rate monitor, plus a standalone music player with Bluetooth headset support, with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory in a 36.9 x 58.4x 10.0 mm, 68g product.
The camera-less Neo is oddly slightly larger but lighter. Google has said that it is working with Samsung on Android Wear devices, too.
They can also be used to control the devices such as TVs and set-top boxes using the WatchON Remote application and an embedded IrLED sensor.
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