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Google is going to announce a “smart” watches under its own brand in the Thursday, Oct. 31, according to 9to5 Google citing Artem Russakovskii , the founder of an information resource AndroidPolice.com.

assumed that the device will go into a family of products under the brand name Nexus, in which now includes tablets and smartphones, and will be called Google Gem Nexus.

expected that the device will be presented at the same time with the new version of Android, code-named KitKat, and will be available with this version of the platform.

Recall that the announcement of Android 4.4 KitKat expected on October 14, along with the new smartphone LG Nexus 5, but it was not followed.

Edition 9to5 Google, citing its own sources confirmed that the announcement of Android 4.4 KitKat will take place in the near future, but did not report a specific date. Source Edition does not know what the output device will be followed by the launch of a new version of the operating system.

According to sources, the clock Google will use Bluetooth 4.0 for wireless communication with a smartphone on Android. They will display a variety of information from it, as do the clock Sony SmartWatch and Samsung Galaxy Gear: information about incoming calls, SMS-messages, e-mail, etc.

Estimated interface Google Gem Nexus open the application Google Now

Bluetooth 4.0 specification was adopted in 2010, new version offers lower power consumption and is designed just for devices such as “smart” watches, as well as a variety of wireless sensors, which should work without changing the battery for a long time.

Google Gem Nexus will not spend hours in the literal sense. Like other gazhdety such a plan, the device will be in the form of a wrist bracelet watches, the main purpose of which is to inform the user about the various events.

predicts Canalys, in 2013 the supply of “smart” watches in the world market reached 500 million and will rise to more than 5 million in 2014

Sources claim that Gem Nexus will be equipped with a function of Google Now, which aims to provide our users with necessary information from the Internet (information about traffic, weather, etc.), analyzing its movement and web history. This feature is present in the platform of Android, as well as in the appendix “search on Google» for the iPhone and iPad.