 Hey, I'm Lauren Good with The Verge, and we're getting a first look at the new Co-Watch that launched earlier this week on Indiegogo. Now, at first glance, it might look like some other smartwatches that you've seen before, but there are two things to know about this smartwatch. The first is that it's running on an Android-based OS called Chronologics. The second is that it works with Amazon Alexa. Let's take a look. Okay, first things first. The Co-Watch is made by a Chinese company called Imco, and right now it costs $150 on Indiegogo, but will sell for $279 when it ships in June. Normally, we approach some crowdfunded hardware with a healthy dose of skepticism until it actually ships, but the good news here is that this is almost a fully formed smartwatch. It's much less raw than I expected it to be. The body of the watch is made of stainless steel with the exception of this ceramic ring around it that the company says is both for aesthetics and to boost wireless connectivity. There's one physical button on the side that will either power it off or take you to settings. The display is a touchscreen AMOLED display, and it looks pretty nice. The one thing you'll notice right off the bat, no flat tire. This Milanese band will look familiar since everyone from Apple to Huawei is offering this style of band with smartwatches these days. Okay, so I'm just going to come out and say it. The Co-Watch is big, especially for me. This is a 42mm watch face. It's 12mm thick, and these stainless steel wings on either side of the face don't help it either. The company says it eventually plans to make smaller watches, ones that might appeal more to women or anyone with delicate wrists, but this first one has a lot of heft to it. So what's more interesting about the Co-Watch is its software. The Co-Watch is going to run on an Android-based OS called Chronologix, which was made by some former Googlers who said they wanted to focus on a UI that's really tailored to a smartwatch screen. The idea behind Chronologix is that it doesn't take too many swipes to do much of anything. You're never really going too deep into the interface. Rather than clustering the apps all into one screen, these complications, which Chronologix calls containers, are spaced out throughout multiple screens. Generally you tap the app container once, you see what you need to see, and you swipe out. The main event here is the fact that the Co-Watch smartwatch works with Alexa, or at least that's the promise. So it's not a totally hands-free Alexa experience. You still have to go to the Alexa container and tap it, but then she's listening and you can start asking it questions right away. Who is Jeff Bezos? Jeffery Preston Bezos, born January 12, 1964, is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon. What's the weather in San Francisco? Keeps saying unrecognized audio. So yeah, not quite as smooth as Alexa at home, but again this product is not shipping just yet. It's crowdfunded and both Co-Watch and Chronologix are making tweaks to the final product. So hopefully by the time it is shipping this summer, Alexa will be ready and raring to go. Absolutely, there you go. It wasn't your watch, I swear. It was a lens cap.
 Hey, I'm Lauren Good with The Verge, and we're getting a first look at the new Co-Watch
 that launched earlier this week on Indiegogo.
 Now, at first glance, it might look like some other smartwatches that you've seen before,
 but there are two things to know about this smartwatch.
 The first is that it's running on an Android-based OS called Chronologics.
 The second is that it works with Amazon Alexa.
 Let's take a look.
 Okay, first things first.
 The Co-Watch is made by a Chinese company called Imco, and right now it costs $150 on
 Indiegogo, but will sell for $279 when it ships in June.
 Normally, we approach some crowdfunded hardware with a healthy dose of skepticism until it
 actually ships, but the good news here is that this is almost a fully formed smartwatch.
 It's much less raw than I expected it to be.
 The body of the watch is made of stainless steel with the exception of this ceramic ring
 around it that the company says is both for aesthetics and to boost wireless connectivity.
 There's one physical button on the side that will either power it off or take you to settings.
 The display is a touchscreen AMOLED display, and it looks pretty nice.
 The one thing you'll notice right off the bat, no flat tire.
 This Milanese band will look familiar since everyone from Apple to Huawei is offering
 this style of band with smartwatches these days.
 Okay, so I'm just going to come out and say it.
 The Co-Watch is big, especially for me.
 This is a 42mm watch face.
 It's 12mm thick, and these stainless steel wings on either side of the face don't help
 it either.
 The company says it eventually plans to make smaller watches, ones that might appeal more
 to women or anyone with delicate wrists, but this first one has a lot of heft to it.
 So what's more interesting about the Co-Watch is its software.
 The Co-Watch is going to run on an Android-based OS called Chronologix, which was made by some
 former Googlers who said they wanted to focus on a UI that's really tailored to a smartwatch
 screen.
 The idea behind Chronologix is that it doesn't take too many swipes to do much of anything.
 You're never really going too deep into the interface.
 Rather than clustering the apps all into one screen, these complications, which Chronologix
 calls containers, are spaced out throughout multiple screens.
 Generally you tap the app container once, you see what you need to see, and you swipe
 out.
 The main event here is the fact that the Co-Watch smartwatch works with Alexa, or at least that's
 the promise.
 So it's not a totally hands-free Alexa experience.
 You still have to go to the Alexa container and tap it, but then she's listening and you
 can start asking it questions right away.
 Who is Jeff Bezos?
 Jeffery Preston Bezos, born January 12, 1964, is the founder, president, chief executive
 officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon.
 What's the weather in San Francisco?
 Keeps saying unrecognized audio.
 So yeah, not quite as smooth as Alexa at home, but again this product is not shipping just
 yet.
 It's crowdfunded and both Co-Watch and Chronologix are making tweaks to the final product.
 So hopefully by the time it is shipping this summer, Alexa will be ready and raring to
 go.
 Absolutely, there you go.
 It wasn't your watch, I swear.
 It was a lens cap.