Make & Receive Phone Calls Directly On Apple Watch
Thanks to the built-in speaker and mic, one of the greater aspects of Apple Watch is that users will be able to make calls and receive them directly from the device. Sure, a connected iPhone is the major prerequisite, but then again, the same goes for most of Watch’s functionality.
Send Drawings To Other Apple Watch Users
Like to send drawings to people? Okay, so it’s probably not a deal-breaker for most, but nonetheless, highlights the focus Apple has put into the social and communicative aspect of its latest gadget.
Touch + Digital Crown For Navigating UI
In addition to the touch-screen, the Digital Crown offers an added edge to Apple Watch over competitors, innovating upon a traditional wristwatch feature used to wind up and set the time. In the case of Apple Watch, it is used to scroll and zoom in a similar manner to the click wheel of an iPod, and it’s easily one of the most impressive aspects of the entire unit.
Send / Share Your Heartbeat With Other Apple Watch Users
Again, the ability to send your real heartbeat to other Watch users is a bit of a specialist feature, but given analysts’ predictions of a smartwatch boom, every trump card that Apple can laud over Android Wear aids the cause.
Connect To Wi-Fi
Connecting any digital device to Wi-Fi is a presumed feature, but this is yet another area that Apple one-ups the Big G. Android Wear currently completely relies on a Bluetooth connection, although recent reports suggest that Google plans to remedy this in a forthcoming update.
Send Taps / Vibrations To Other Apple Watch Users
This is quite an intriguing one, and although the sending of taps and vibrations between users could turn out to be quite popular, it may also peter out like the Facebook ‘Poke’.
Customize Existing Apple Watch Faces
Android Wear’s watch face can be changed with relative ease, but with Apple Watch, you can modify and add different nuggets of info like weather, timer, dates, and so forth. For once, it seems, Apple has bested Android for customization.
Make Payments Using NFC
Apple pay is on the rise, and its ascent will surely be buoyed by the introduction of the Apple Watch which has built-in NFC.
Force Touch
Apple’s Force Touch display is a nifty implementation that can detect the strength of a tap on the display, thus invoking different actions depending on a hard / soft press. It’s quite the innovation, and with the new 12-inch Retina MacBook also offering something similar in its brand new trackpad, it’s something that could boost Apple’s presence across a number of product categories.
Send Animated Emoji As Replies
Emoji is a big part of the social convo, and if you quickly want to shoot a animated smiley (or not-so-smiley) face to a friend when replying to a message, then you can do so with consummate ease on Apple Watch.
Unlock Hotel Doors Using NFC Based Virtual Keys
Apple may have joined the NFC game late, but it’s making up for lost time with support for virtual keys. Should Apple Watch prove as popular as many are anticipating, the days of easy-to-lose hotel keys and swipe cards will be dead and buried.
Send Audio Messages
Apple Watch users will be able to quickly send recorded audio clips with a couple of taps, which is useful in a number of situations whether work-related or simply for idle chatter.
That’s quite an exhaustive list, and while the tech world is seemingly gripped by Apple Watch fever, it should be pointed out that Android Wear is already out there, and that Apple Watch’s current market share stands at a big, fat zero.
With that said, do these features sway you more towards Apple Watch? Or do you believe that the open source nature of Android Wear will steer Google to dominance?
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