Android Wear 2.0 could officially launch in early February

Google is now informing developers that it currently plans to officially launch its Android Wear 2.0 update sometime in early February. Previously, the company said the major update to its smartwatch OS will begin rolling out in a more vague “early 2017” time frame.

Google is sending emails to these developers informing them of the more specific launch time frame for its release so they can prepare their

Samsung's Gear smartwatches now work with your iPhone

Better late than never.

As CES 2017 winds down, Samsung is making good on a promise it made at CES 2016: It's releasing an iOS app for its Gear smartwatches so they'll work with the iPhone.

Samsung said almost exactly year ago that it would bring iOS compatibility to its latest smartwatch, the Gear S2, and it's since debuted a newer, thicker model, the Gear S3. Both watches will work with the new app, simply called Gear S.

Apple recently launched the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2

Apple recently launched the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2, and the new generation wearable is about to receive a lot of attention from both experts and fans.

We sampled the opinions of smartwatch and fitness tracker specialists, so you know what to expect from the gadget.