With Watch GT, Huawei ditches Google for its own OS

With Watch GT, Huawei ditches Google for its own OS

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/16/with-watch-gt-huawei-ditches-google-for-its-own-os/

LG’s strange new hybrid Watch W7 marked a small but important victory for Wear OS. But this morning in London, Google lost a key ally in the smartwatch wars — for this model, at least. Huawei’s latest wearable, the Watch GT ditches the Google operating system for its own in-house brew, LiteOS.

The move marks a blow for Google’s struggling wearable operating system. The company has made a point of avoiding fragmentation for Wear OS, a decision that may ultimately haunt the company as manufacturers like Samsung, Fitbit and now Huawei go it on their own.

With Watch GT, Huawei ditches Google for its own OS

Oct 16, 2018, 3:39pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/16/with-watch-gt-huawei-ditches-google-for-its-own-os/ > LG’s strange new hybrid Watch W7 marked a small but important victory for Wear OS. But this morning in London, Google lost a key ally in the smartwatch wars — for this model, at least. Huawei’s latest wearable, the Watch GT ditches the Google operating system for its own in-house brew, LiteOS. > The move marks a blow for Google’s struggling wearable operating system. The company has made a point of avoiding fragmentation for Wear OS, a decision that may ultimately haunt the company as manufacturers like Samsung, Fitbit and now Huawei go it on their own.