Saturday, May 17, 2014

Sony SmartWatch - a high level Overview

Sony SmartWatch is a wearable device that works in conjunction with Sony Xperia smart phones.

When a call or message comes in, the Watch acts like an android remote for the phone in users pocket and gently vibrates to let the user know about the call / message.

To have this set up, the below are the three simple steps :

- Install the Liveware manager
- Pair device and install device app
- Install apps

For the second step, Go to Settings -> Wireless and Netwroks, turn on the smartwatch using long press, until see the pairing icon. Once we see the pairing icon, turn on the bluetooth icon and scan for devices. Once the device appears in the phone bluetooth scanned devices list, click on the smartwatch to start the pairing process. The pairing request needs to be acknowledged on both the devices.

Once the pairing is complete, user will get a prompt to install the SmartWatch application on the device which actually manages the smartwatch. This is available in the PlayStore. Once the app is downloaded, the watch will start showing the clock. Swiping away the clock reveals that there are no application installed.

To install the applications for the SmartWatch, launch the LiveManager or go to the System Manager and click on the SmartWatch. Sony has developed a set of applications for the SmartWatch already which they recommend, it can be installed and make most out of the smartwatch by the users. 

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