South Korea Samsung and LG are two rival companies in
electronic gadgets industry. Samsung covers more market in Mobile industry
whereas LG is into ACs and Washing Machines. Recently, both companies launched
rival smart watches powered by Google new software. Both companies are focusing
on wearable devices as an increasing competitive market. Let us see some of the
smart features of these watches.
Android Wear powers Samsung ‘Gear Live’ and LG ‘G Watch’,
both. These are the first devices to adopt new Google software specifically
designed for wearable. LG ‘G Watch’ is the first smartwatch to be equipped
with Google voice recognition service. It also include simple tasks including
checking email, sending text messages and carrying out an online search at user
voice command. A typical watch cannot make phone calls by themselves.
However, they can be connected to many of the latest
Android-based smartphones. These watches allow users to make calls, receive
text messages and emails, take photos, and access applications. These gadgets
are designed to work across all devices as long as gadgets are running the
operating system.
The ‘G Watch’ has swappable straps, which are not easy to
remove whereas Samsung swappable straps are easy to remove. There is a touch
screen controller inside both watches. Samsung watch has 300mAh battery whereas
LG has 400mAh battery inside it. These watches are very difficult to repair by
any person. After training to an employee, these can be repaired. Other
companies such as Microsoft, Motorola are also planning to launch smart watches
probably in the end of this year.
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