 There's a new version of Android Wear that does a bunch of clever things, but thankfully doesn't overcomplicate the watch. It's actually pretty good. But right now, it's only available on one watch, the LG Watch Urbane. This thing right here. And yeah, it's huge. The Urbane is slightly bigger than last year's G Watch R, with basically the same specs. It's way bigger than the Apple Watch. It's shiny and silver, and to me, it looks like a cheap watch pretending to be an expensive watch. But at $349, it is not a cheap watch. Some people like the style, but I am not one of them. And if you have small wrists, forget it. The Urbane has a round face and an always-on OLED screen, and it does the usual Android smartwatch things you'd expect it to. It easily lasts a full day, it accepts spoken commands, it plays music over Bluetooth for your workouts, it shows you your notifications and Google Now cards. Android Wear is the same on all the watches it's on, and so it's the same here. Except that right now, the Urbane is the only watch running the newest version of Android, so it does a few new things. Google isn't sitting still now that the Apple Watch is here. You could say that these new features are the sort of thing any wearable needs, but you can also kind of see how some of them are designed to match Apple's features. It gives you faster access to apps, either by tapping the watch face or holding down the side button. Those apps are getting better, too. You can start a run or check your heart rate, you can record audio and then shop for Gatorade on Amazon. You know, for the next run. It also gives you faster access to a list of recent contacts by swiping over from the main menu. It puts your favorites and your most contacted people there, but since this is a Google product and Google is terrible at contacts, you're gonna see duplicates. It lets apps run on the ambient screen so you don't have to activate the watch to see them, but only a few apps support this for now, like Google Keep, but we should see Maps and more apps support it soon. It adds Wi-Fi support, so your notifications and voice commands sync over the cloud even if you're not on the same Wi-Fi network as your phone, which is really impressive. But the new feature that's the most fun is that it lets you draw emoji. When you send a text message, you literally draw the emoji you want to send on the screen, and then Google guesses what it is and gives you a list of options to choose from. I, uh, I send a lot of poop emoji. Anyway, that's about it. I did experience some weird crashes and slowdowns, but hopefully those will get addressed soon. Overall, it is a really nice update for Android Wear. It keeps things simpler than the Apple Watch, but it moves Android Wear beyond just being a watch with Google Now. Google says that the update should be coming to every Android Wear watch soon, but for the moment, you really have to like big, kind of ostentatious watches to get it, because it's only on the LG Watch or Bain, which is big and ostentatious.
 There's a new version of Android Wear that does a bunch of clever things, but thankfully
 doesn't overcomplicate the watch.
 It's actually pretty good.
 But right now, it's only available on one watch, the LG Watch Urbane.
 This thing right here.
 And yeah, it's huge.
 The Urbane is slightly bigger than last year's G Watch R, with basically the same specs.
 It's way bigger than the Apple Watch.
 It's shiny and silver, and to me, it looks like a cheap watch pretending to be an expensive
 watch.
 But at $349, it is not a cheap watch.
 Some people like the style, but I am not one of them.
 And if you have small wrists, forget it.
 The Urbane has a round face and an always-on OLED screen, and it does the usual Android
 smartwatch things you'd expect it to.
 It easily lasts a full day, it accepts spoken commands, it plays music over Bluetooth for
 your workouts, it shows you your notifications and Google Now cards.
 Android Wear is the same on all the watches it's on, and so it's the same here.
 Except that right now, the Urbane is the only watch running the newest version of Android,
 so it does a few new things.
 Google isn't sitting still now that the Apple Watch is here.
 You could say that these new features are the sort of thing any wearable needs, but
 you can also kind of see how some of them are designed to match Apple's features.
 It gives you faster access to apps, either by tapping the watch face or holding down
 the side button.
 Those apps are getting better, too.
 You can start a run or check your heart rate, you can record audio and then shop for Gatorade
 on Amazon.
 You know, for the next run.
 It also gives you faster access to a list of recent contacts by swiping over from the
 main menu.
 It puts your favorites and your most contacted people there, but since this is a Google product
 and Google is terrible at contacts, you're gonna see duplicates.
 It lets apps run on the ambient screen so you don't have to activate the watch to see
 them, but only a few apps support this for now, like Google Keep, but we should see Maps
 and more apps support it soon.
 It adds Wi-Fi support, so your notifications and voice commands sync over the cloud even
 if you're not on the same Wi-Fi network as your phone, which is really impressive.
 But the new feature that's the most fun is that it lets you draw emoji.
 When you send a text message, you literally draw the emoji you want to send on the screen,
 and then Google guesses what it is and gives you a list of options to choose from.
 I, uh, I send a lot of poop emoji.
 Anyway, that's about it.
 I did experience some weird crashes and slowdowns, but hopefully those will get addressed soon.
 Overall, it is a really nice update for Android Wear.
 It keeps things simpler than the Apple Watch, but it moves Android Wear beyond just being
 a watch with Google Now.
 Google says that the update should be coming to every Android Wear watch soon, but for
 the moment, you really have to like big, kind of ostentatious watches to get it, because
 it's only on the LG Watch or Bain, which is big and ostentatious.