How to Text Using Your Android Smartwatch

Is Android smartwatch replacing our smartphones or will they remain temporary companions?

Wearables, especially the Android smartwatch, are becoming more than just a fashionable craze as their market is growing impressively faster than the smartphone or tablet market. According to Techhive.com, wearable sales have tripled within just a year, and will grow 500 percent by 2018.

What are wearables anyway?

“Wearable technology” or “wearables” refer to a type of electronic technologies (small computers) that are integrated into clothing items and accessories sych as: watches in order to perform many of the same computing tasks as smartphones or laptop computers. This type of technology is far more sophisticated than hand-held tech as it specializes in providing sensory type features that aren’t usually found in mobile and laptop devices.

The smartwatch is a type of watch worn on your wrist and can wirelessly connect to the internet to deliver information just as fast as your smartphone or tablet only smaller in size. Same as your smartphone, the typical uses for a smartwatch include: reading texts, checking emails, getting directions, and capturing photos as well. The only difference is that it’s “hands-free”, so it is perfect while driving instead of using your phone. It is also small in size and doesn’t occupy much space. Smartwatches are also useful for fitness lovers and trackers, they can have their Facebook, Twitter, messages and e-mails on their wrists.

How to Text Using Your Android Smartwatch?

Google has updated Android Wear (Android smartwatch) so that you can do more tasks with your Android smartwatch when you’re not connected to your phone, and the list of apps is growing.The latest line of Android smartwatch enables you to talk to your wrist for e-mails and SMS messages, just like 007! You have to make sure first that your watch has access to your contacts.

Follow these instructions, step-by-step:

1) From the app menu, tap on the blue “Google Search” app on your phone. 

2) Tap the menu button at the bottom of the screen, tap “Settings”

3) Tap on “Accounts Privacy” and scroll down

4) Check on “Contact Recognition” to activate

5) Now go to your wrist watch and shake it or tap the screen to wake it. Tap its face to open the “Google Voice Search”

6. Speak up and say “Send text message to” followed by the name of the person you want to send an SMS to. Then dictate your message. Be sure to speak clearly as your message will be sent automatically

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