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Google Glass Android Wearables: Software Development Kit Next in Line For Users

Mar 10, 2014 03:11 PM EDT | By Justin Stock

Google's new software development kit is expected to give designers more variety to make smart technology devices and exercise montioring equipment among others when it is released in two weeks according to BBC News.

"We want to develop a set of common protocols by which they can work together," Sundar Pichai, senior vice president at Android told BBC News.

The new gadgets are also expected to run on the Android Operating system BBC News reported.

"Google is striving to avoid history repeating itself. The early wearables landscape is reminiscent of the tablet market when manufacturers sought to respond to Apple's iPad by using Android for larger screen devices before Google had fully optimised the platform," Delaney told BBC News.

The new feature detects how people move 19 different muscles in order to figure where users become frustrated or confused Tech Crunch reported.

Google Glass music capabilities allows users to look for songs, review playlists, and hear music files in good quality sound with the device on their head.

Google Glass already has many capabilities from game playing to listening to music.

Google launched its own version of headphones specifically made for the connected eyewear at $85 in December reported at the time.

Users can play tennis, a balance game which tests their ability to keep books on their head, clay shooter similar to the infamous duck hunt game, Match which evaluates how well one pairs patches with similar patterns, and Shape Splitter where shapes are broken up information on the blog said.

Google users can also send friend requests to three of their close acquaintances, and listen to music.

"Google is taking wearables seriously and it wants everyone else to," John Delaney, vice-president of mobility research at analyst firm IDC told BBC News.

There is a future with the connected eyewear based on where the market is going.

"The industry thinks wearables is the next big thing as sales of smartphones start to plateau in developed markets and this is the latest attempt to build momentum behind it. From Google's perspective, it's essential it introduces some consistency into a fast-fragmenting wearables space," Delaney told BBC News.

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