What’s going on with Android Wear?

If you visit the Google Store, you won’t find a dedicated Android Wear section or really any mention of the platform.

Google appears to be taking a break from Android Wear, at least for the next couple months. A number of new products will be released throughout the rest of 2017 but none of them are an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. The company will instead focus on a core group that includes phones, a laptop, home-based digital assistants, and wireless headphones. Google hasn’t publicly stated what’s going on with Android Wear, but it’s easy to understand without an official explanation.

The market for wearables doesn’t have any hype, and Google doesn’t offer compelling reasons to put Android on your wrist. For now it looks like only Apple is having any success with its smartwatch. Google just has to watch as the Apple Watch sells millions of units every quarter.

 

The Google Store only shows sections for Phones, Home Entertainment, Laptops Tablets, Virtual Reality, and Accessories. You can, however, still access the Android Wear section by going directly to its link. It’ll show the LG Watch Style and Watch Sport, but both smartwatches are listed as unavailable. Since there aren’t any smartwatches to sell, Google has no reason to highlight Android Wear on the Google Store.

 

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/10/05/android-wear-pulled-from-google-store/