After a delay past the holiday season, it seems Android Wear 2.0 is finally ready for the public. Google itself has started telling developers to prepare for an “early February” launch, and now leaker Evan Blass has chimed in to say Android Wear is coming out February 9th.
Wear 2.0 features a total overhaul of the OS. There’s a whole new UI, an on-watch app store, and even a teeny, tiny keyboard you can type on. With 2.0, Android Wear will finally support NFC and Android Pay, but you’ll need a watch with NFC. It will also bring the Google Assistant, Google’s rebranding of its voice command system, to watches.
Android Wear is hoping to recover from a rough couple of months. The initial developer preview of Wear 2.0, which debuted at Google I/O 2016, got a chilly reception from fans. Google then went back to the drawing board and eventually ended up reverting some of the more controversial changes. After a whopping five developer previews, Wear 2.0 is expected to be pushed out to most 2015 smartwatches.
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Source: Ars Technica – Report: Android Wear 2.0 to launch February 9th