Google is almost ready to bring Android Wear support to iOS

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Last Updated Originally published April 9, 2015 · 2:20 PM EDT
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As rumored a couple of months ago, Google has been hard at work trying to being Android Wear support to the iPhone, and it’s almost ready. It was reported earlier today that the company is “close to finishing the final technical details,” but the public availability of it will depend on both Apple’s approval and Google’s own preference. 

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Google is almost ready to bring support for Android Wear devices to the iPhone, but public availability will be dependent not only on Apple approval but whether Google decides to release it, a new report claims. Citing a source close to the project team, The Verge reported on Thursday that Google is “close to finishing the final technical details,” and that in the technology’s current state, Wear devices would support many of the same functions they’re capable of when paired with Android phones. Through a companion iOS app, Wear owners would be able to get notifications, Google Now cards, and voice commands such as search. More complex features, like replying to email, might be dependent on a person installing other Google apps such as Gmail. Also ambiguous is whether people would have access to functions like music controls, but that is already supported by Pebble smartwatches, which pair with both iOS and Android.

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