Wear OS

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Wear OS is a modified version of Android designed specifically for smartwatches.

Wear OS
Developer	Google
OS family	Linux (Based on Android) Unix-Like
Release Information
Working state	Current
Release date(s)	March 18, 2014
Latest release	Wear OS 2.27 / December 2020
Marketing target	SmartWatches
Available in	Multilingual
Programmed in	C (core), C++, Java
Update methods	OTA (Over The Air) Updates
Package manager	Apk
Platforms	32-bit ARM, MIPS, x86
Kernel type	Monolithic (modified Linux kernel)
Userland	Bionic libc, shell from NetBSD, native core utilities with a few from NetBSD
Default user interface	Graphical (Multi-touch)
Source model	Open source with closed source components (Such as Google Play)
License	Apache License 2.0, Linux kernel patches under GPLv2
Website	https://wearos.google.com/

It was released at Google I/O 2014, and was launched on two devices, the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live, and was later released to the Moto 360 on September 5, 2014.

History

Wear OS was originally launched under the name Android Wear, but was changed to Wear OS on March 15 2018,