Do you own an iPhone and want a smartwatch not made by Apple? Well your choices are about to expand significantly. According to The Verge, Google is very close to completing their effort to make Android Wear compatible with iOS devices. Much like other wearables, you will need to install a companion app and this app will manage the communication between the devices. I would expect the Android Wear experience with iOS to be vastly different from the Apple Watch. Apple likes to keep a lot of its software hooks private and the fact that the Microsoft Band still cannot communicate any information back to the watch is not encouraging. At most, Android Wear watches on iOS will likely be able to control music playback and interact with various Google services. I would not expect a deep experience, but options are always good!
