SEOUL, March 19 ( Yonhap) - The technology giant # 2 of South Korea, LG Electronics Inc., said Wednesday that it plans to market its first smart watch in the second quarter of this year , adding to another battle against its main local rival , Samsung Electronics Co. in the market for wearable technology.
The LG G Watch is the first device in the product line of the company that operates entirely as a smart watch. It is jointly developed with the U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. , works with the Android - optimized Wear wearable - devices , and can connect to all Android smartphone operating system. It also has the "OK Google " feature, which allows users to find information with voice search .
According to Park Jong -seok , chief business of LG mobile devices , collaboration with Google is an opportunity to promote your LG design and engineering capabilities in the market for wearable technology.
The company showed in January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES acronym in English ) in the United States, its Lifeband Touch a wearable device that tracks the physical activity of the user and can be connected to smartphones through its touchscreen.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics Co. released for sale in February, his Gear Fit, a device of wearable technology with the first Super AMOLED curved screen industry and can connect to the management functions of the health of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5 .
Also presented at the World Mobile Phone Congress (MWC ) , held last month in Barcelona , Spain , Smart Clock Gear 2 , which works with the Tizen OS. It has a 1.63 inch screen and a basic 2.0 megapixel camera and can connect via Bluetooth to Samsung smartphones and other devices.
According to data from market researcher Canalys , Samsung Electronics occupied in the second half of last year , 54 percent of the global market for smart watches, followed by Sony Inc. in Japan and Pebble U.S. , with 19 and 16 percent , respectively.
