Samsung Gear Live smartwatch gets announced

Alongside the LG G Watch, Google announced another smartwatch at Google I/O today, and it rather surprisingly came from Samsung.

The Samsung Gear Live smartwatch utilises the Android Wear platform, and is pretty much the exact same as the company’s latest Gear 2 smartwatc, except it will work with any Android phone running version 4.3 or above.

Specs are as follows:

 

• 1.63″ Super AMOLED (320×320) screen
• 512MB of RAM
• Powered by Android Wear OS
• 1.2 GHz Processor
• 4GB of internal memory
• 300mAh Li-ion battery
• IP67 Dust and Water Resistant
• Bluetooth 4.0 LE
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Heart Rate
• 37.9×56.4×8.9mm
• Weights 59g

The Samsung Gear Live will be available later today through the Google Play Store.