Sony Has No Plans to Use Android Wear for Its Smartwatches

Sony will not use Google's Android Wear platform for its upcoming wearable products, CNET reports.

Instead, Sony will keep using its Android-based SmartWatch platform, which was the basis for the company's SmartWatch and SmartWatch 2 products

"We've already invested time and resources on this platform, and we will continue in that direction," Ravi Nookala, head of Sony Mobile's U.S. arm, told CNET

Google has launched its Android Wear platform for wearables in March 2014. Consumer electronic bands including HTC, Asus and Samsung have jumped on the bandwagon, and Motorola and LG have already announced the first products based on Android Wear — Moto 360 and LG G Watch Read more...