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Android Wear set for Google I/O unveiling: The wearables race hots up

Industry giants have been betting big on health and fitness-related products, and this is a trend that is likely to be further highlighted at the Google I/O developers conference which is just around the corner. Here is a glimpse of what we are likely to see: To begin with, Google will finally give us a closer look at the Android Wear - the company’s vision for a smartwatch. In fact, the Google I/O is also expected to see a Samsung smartwatch running Android Wear. Samsung unveiled the Sami platform last month and Apple recently announced the HealthKit at WWDC, so it’s quite likely that Google will announce the Google Fit heath service at the I/O. The most recent report says that Google Fit ‘would allow a wearable device that measures data like steps or heart rate to interface with Google’s cloud-based services, and become part of the Google Fit ecosystem.’ This seems to be a direct aim at Apple’s HealthKit that is designed to pool and analyse health data.

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