Product is not software fired Chinese made Android watch ROM wars

Apple Watch the first day of issue in the United States market gains 1 million orders for Android Wear Smart Watches 2014 higher shipments for the full year. According to Analysys International estimates data, Android shipments for the year to 720,000 units Wear watches. It is interesting to watch the data, for Android Wear prior to Apple, but there did not appear to have the upper hand.

Even so Android Wear in a foreign country is a force not to be ignored, compared with almost no presence in the country, since China is not Android Wear-supported national. But when BAT and entrepreneurs are racing to launch localized ROM, they all want to replace Google in the country to stay neutral, competition has begun.

Android Wear in China is unlikely to

To understand domestic watch ROM the opportunity first of all to understand the Google Android Wear policy. Android Wear is “part of the closed source and open source systems” (Wikipedia), Google take the form of select manufacturers cooperate to push the hardware product. For vendors are not authorized to use, Google will be halted. Last September to Com1, Indiegogo is a smart watch to raise projects as authorized to use Google for Android Wear stop. This is why Huawei introduced at the MWC Watch if you want to sell domestic, must have for a system only.

Including shell electronic Gu Xiaobin and went out to ask Li Zhifei, some in the industry say Android is less likely to Wear in China in the near future.

So the question comes, if hardware vendors such as Huawei in the domestic push compatible Android Wear eco-watch, they could use someone’s system? Before you can watch what is ROM.

Ticwear

Watch ROM: a layer of skin + some specialty services

First of all, whether it is domestic or Android Wear ROM, are Android-based weight-loss system, in fact, if you are willing to toss, watch Android applications running on it would not be difficult. Go ask PM Lin Yili introduced Android system part of the Wear is similar to Android, open source code, its application and GMS service parts are closed-source. Domestic system is about downsizing the open source Android OS part of the system, to develop a set of alternative GMS of localization services and interfaces, as well as his Launcher. Such as go ask Ticwear replace the GMS ‘ MMS, Baidu’s DuWear DMS.

Participated in the Ticwear hackathons, foreign language Shi Xing said team members immediately said that differences between the various systems feature a layer of skin + some basic services (Chinese, voice recognition, etc), but “those features it is quite technical, but also takes into account many details, such as semantic based on speech, and integration of third-party services.” Duwear and Ticwear have integrated their search and voice services, to develop the UI and dial.

DuWear dial

BAT, hardware makers and startups

Watch ROM domestic manufacturers include Ticwear, DuWear, Tencent TOS, cloud knows, GlassX, including Huawei, Lenovo, millet and other hardware manufacturers are developing watches products.

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1, because the hardware has not yet been introduced in the domestic market, Ticwear and DuWear are currently focused on parallel adaptable Android Wear watches, but they are seeking cooperation with hardware vendors;

Strategy 2, tomorrow’s opening press conference, Tencent will announce TOS intelligent Watch system and the hardware solution, the main aim of Tencent services and intelligent hardware, existing partners including inWatch;

3, previously developed GlassX Anson said it might launch next month Watch system, compatible with Android Wear, but the name has not been confirmed; Jeremy Scott iPad Mini Case

4, Huawei unveiled Huawei Watch abroad and introduce domestic; acquisition of Moto Moto 360 associations may be the introduction of domestic; the two are likely to use their ROM. Developed by China rice millet smart watches will be released at the end of the, media reports said Huang Wang from the Android team and Intel hired several senior Chinese engineer, may be from the ground up to build an Android is not Android Wear-based operating system.

5, shell e has done a two generation of smart watches, Android based on the revision of the system, they are also seeking to cooperate with third party ROM.

Android actually third party Watch system with third-party development of Android system similar to the MIUI ROM is a domestic watch. For hardware developers, they are likely to use their system, which if not satisfied can be brushed into third-party systems. ROM does not rule out a third party to launch its own hardware.

Android watch domestic ecological problems can occur?

Watch and control

Vendors not mentioned above is dynamic, and dynamic launch control also allows parallel imports of watches Android Wear watches became available in the country, but it’s basically a VPN service, not a ROM. But they also have a new action.

ROM and hardware for so many watch manufacturers, Le dynamic founder Liu Chao raised a question, he said:

Because the Android Google services related to Wear and cannot enter China (this includes Android Wear watches and cell phones Bluetooth communication and notification services), and Google on their closed-source strategy, China Watch ROM had to eight, with individual design concept will be based feature reimplementation. If the basic functions of each watch ROM interface is different, App developer where to start? No developer ecosystem of Android watch domestic market will only be marginalized, the full set is all lost.

Solution is preinstalled in ROM a the watch based developer services, which provides Bluetooth communications, notifications and applications installation and other basic functions. Watch controlled release in the near future watch developer-oriented products, and has been compared to almost all watch manufacturers and ROM manufacturers were contacted, and some manufacturers have already reached their willingness to cooperate.

But there are still doubts whether this service is necessary. First of all, Lin Yili says:

Ticwear, developers only need to follow the specification development App Android Wear, plus a Ticwear Protocol package on the line. This small amount of adaptation work to develop, familiar with the engineer, may be done within hours.

Shi Xing says they developed for the Ticwear application is also compatible with Android Duwear and Wear, “but we need to go out and ask the speech recognition feature, if it is different from speech recognition support in Android Wear, we can use.”

Replacement of the speech recognition engine is not complicated, “I see on the Duwear offers speech recognition interface, then we may only need to modify a single line of code, and debug may be an hour”. He says Bluetooth interface developer develops, without reliance on vendor and third parties, the ROM is not isolated.

Summary

Apple Watch need an iPhone, this leads to Android users can buy another watch, leaving more opportunity to others. See outlet ROM to seize the company hopes to launch entry, but they still need a manufacturer to expand the user base, but most hardware manufacturers will use their own developed system, it is not easy for them. Now, of course, still in the competition early, we can’t tell who’s going to be or even watch the MIUI will appear, because with the emergence of millet watches, watches the MIUI is MIUI.

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