Android Wear 2.0 Conveniently Puts Bitcoin Information On A Wrist
Google has announced Android Wear 2.0 during their O/O 2016 conference. As more details are becoming available, it becomes clear these new wearables will be able to connect to the internet without a smartphone. Checking up on Bitcoin from your wrist will become a whole lot easier. What Android Wear 2.0 Means For Bitcoin. There always seem to be certain correlations between Bitcoin and the latest advancements in technology, although not everyone will care about every change as much as others. Android Wear, while exciting in the beginning, was not such the success Google hoped it would be,....
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