For LG, the G Watch R is the company's second smartwatch, following up on this summer's launch of the original G Watch. While the company, along with Samsung, was among the first to release an Android Wear device, the G Watch's blocky design was rather uninspiring when compared with other Android Wear devices, such as the Moto 360. To fix this the company has decided to release the G Watch R, its second Android Wear watch this time featuring an all-new round design focused on a 1.3-inch OLED display. The new display allows the G Watch R to look more like a traditional watch, with LG claiming the display will be viewable in sunlight, a problem that has plagued earlier smartwatches, including the original G Watch.
The G Watch R also adds a heart-rate monitor and power button, two things the G Watch lacked, but otherwise offers many of the same features of the original, including being waterproof in up to a meter of water for 30 minutes. LG hasn't released pricing or release dates for the G Watch R, but says the device will be available "early in the fourth quarter of 2014."
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