Android Wear, Google's new version of Android aimed specifically for wearables will run on third party devices in the same way as the companies Android OS runs on third-party smartphones.
Part of the appeal of Google Wear will be the integration of Google Now for voice controlled functions while LG and Motorola have already said that devices using Android Wear are on the way.
"We're so excited about wearables - they understand the context of the world around you, and you can interact with them simply and efficiently, with just a glance or a spoken word," said Google's senior vice president of Android, Chrome & Apps, Sundar Pichai in a blog post from the company.
There is already a dedicated Android Wear section of Google's dev site for developers to check out if they want to start building for the platform.
What is interesting is how this will affect Samsung. The Korean giant is easily the most visible Android manufacturer but switched to its own OS - Tizen - for its most recent smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear 2.
So far there's no concrete release date for any smartwatches running Google Wear, but Pichai says the first ones should be appearing later this year.
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