Download or read book The (Unofficial) Android Wear SmartWatch Book written by SmartWatchBooks and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: While this edition offers good value, there is a newer Second Edition of this book. If you just bought an Android Wear smartwatch, you need this book... because there is no comprehensive manual in the box that tells you how to get up-and-running (and more) with your new device. If you're thinking about buying an LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Motorola Moto 360 or any other Android Wear watch, you need this book... because it will help you decide which watch is right for you. From theory (about smart watches in general and Google's Android Wear in particular) to practice (with hands-on demonstrated features, tips and tricks) our warts 'n' all coverage will help you to decide which watch to buy plus how to use it when you've bought it. Like all our books at smartwatchbooks.info, it's an "unofficial" book because we haven't colluded with the manufacturers during the writing of the book. So we can tell it like it really is. And best of all, this first edition is a relatively cheap and definitely cheerful guide to Android Wear. CONTENTS ABOUT THE SMARTWATCH REVOLUTION ABOUT THE BOOK 1 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF SMART WATCHES 2 - INTRODUCING THE ANDROID WEAR WATCHES THE ANDROID WEAR WATCHES SIMILAR, BUT NOT THE SAME ANDROID WEAR COMMON FEATURES THE TEST VEHICLE(S) CHAPTER SUMMARY 3 - GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR WEAR WATCH WHAT'S IN THE BOX? CHARGING THE WATCH INITIAL SETUP PAIRING YOUR WEAR WATCH WITH YOUR ANDROID SMARTPHONE INTERACTING WITH YOUR WEAR WATCH CHAPTER SUMMARY 4 - INTERACTING WITH ANDROID WEAR NAVIGATING THE NOTIFICATIONS NOW YOU'RE TALKING! LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO CHAPTER SUMMARY 5 - THE ANDROID WEAR SMARTPHONE APP CONFIGURING VOICE ACTIONS CONFIGURING NOTIFICATIONS OTHER SETTINGS CHAPTER SUMMARY 6 - WEAR WATCH STANDALONE FUNCTIONS WATCH FROM FUNCTIONS TO APPS MANUFACTURER-SPECIFIC APPS SETTINGS CHAPTER SUMMARY 7 - SMARTWATCH USAGE SCENARIOS FITNESS MUSIC CONTROL NAVIGATION TELEPHONE CALL HANDLING GMAIL, SMS AND HANGOUTS MESSAGING CHROMECAST REMOTE CONTROL CHAPTER SUMMARY 8 - ANDROID WEAR ADDITIONAL APPS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ANDROID WEAR APP INSTALLING APPS RUNTASTIC GLYMPSE CALCULATOR AND WEAR MINI LAUNCHER THE PROBLEM WITH PAID APPS CHAPTER SUMMARY 9 - ANDROID WEAR DEVELOPER NOTES ADDING WEARABLE FEATURES TO NOTIFICATIONS CREATING WEARABLE APPS SENDING AND SYNCING DATA TAKING SCREENSHOTS FROM AN ANDROID WEAR WATCH CHAPTER SUMMARY 10 - ANDROID WEAR VS. OTHER SMART WATCHES ANDROID WEAR VERSUS PEBBLE ANDROID WEAR VERSUS SONY SMARTWATCH 2 ANDROID WEAR VERSUS SAMSUNG GALAXY GEAR ANDROID WEAR VERSUS OMATE TRUESMART OR EC309 TIGON THE CLINCHER 11 - SMART WATCHES ARE NOT THE ONLY WEARABLES ANDROID WEAR WATCHES VS. GOOGLE GLASS THE FUTURE FORM FACTOR(S) CHAPTER SUMMARY HOW DID WE HELP YOU? INDEX Companion web site at androidwear.smartwatchbooks.info