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Google to launch Android SDK for wearables

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Google to launch Android SDK for wearables</h4>
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As <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">Google</a> prepares for the future with its mobile deep linking program,
 the company is also going ahead with Android OS for wearables. At the 
SXSW conference over the weekend, <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">Sundar Pichai</a>, who oversees Android, 
Chrome and Google Apps for the company, said Google would be <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">releasing an Android SDK</a> for wearable developers by the end of the month.
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While Google is rumored
 to have its own Nexus-branded smartwatch on the way, possibly by the 
time <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">Google</a> I/O kicks off in June (if not earlier), the SDK is designed 
for use with other <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">smartwatch </a>makers using the wearable focused Android 
OS.<br />

Using an Android powered smart jacket as an example, Pichai also said 
at <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">SXSW</a> that its wearable Android <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">SDK</a> is not just for smartwatches but 
for wearables of all sorts. He said the company is releasing the 
developer kit well ahead of hardware release dates in order for Google 
to fine tune the system. Many have suggested this could be as much for 
developers of other wearable devices at it is a beta run for Google's 
own smartwatch technology.<br />

Beyond that, Pichai also mentioned some interesting <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-to-launch-android-sdk-for.html" target="_blank">developments</a> that could be on the horizon for the recently acquired Nest Labs.
 Google is is thinking about some kind software "mesh layer" over the 
existing system that will better allow its various devices to 
communicate with one another.