Casio’s new outdoor watch is one of the first Android Wear 2.0 devices

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LAS VEGAS—Casio continues to go after the most outdoorsy among us with its newest smartwatch, the WSD-F20. The company officially announced the follow-up product to the WSD-F10 at CES, and it looks much like the original on the surface. However, Casio’s device is one of the first we’ve seen that will run Android Wear 2.0, the next version of Google’s wearable OS that has been delayed since last year.

The most noticeable physical difference between the new model and the original is that the WSD-F20 has a protective bezel and slightly larger side buttons that let you access its apps and tools. Otherwise, the WSD-F20 has the same 1.3-inch dual-layer LCD display that the WSD-F10 does, which can switch between all-monochrome and all-color to preserve battery life and a chunky exterior that’s water-resistant up to 50 meters.

Casio improved on its ProTrek Smart watch features so that the new model can track more activities including trekking, fishing, cycling, and water and snow sports. There’s also a new low-powered GPS in this model that can monitor your location even when the watch is offline, as well as colored maps that can be downloaded to the watch and viewed in online or offline modes. As a companion to those maps, the new Location Memory app on the watch will let users set pinpoints and text on maps so they can remember and revisit points of interest.

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Source: Ars Technica – Casio’s new outdoor watch is one of the first Android Wear 2.0 devices