The Moto 360 is launching in China, but not as we know it. The Android Wear smartwatch, announced by Lenovo at its IFA 2015 event, is getting another important version - to add to the existing Sport model and smaller women's sizes: the de-Googled Moto 360.
We haven't seen Android Wear in China until now because Google's services - search, Maps, the Play store, and Now - are not available in the country. To get around this and capitalise on a growing demand for wearables, including smartwatches, Google has modified the platform.
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The new Moto 360 for China will use local services: Sogou, for mapping, and Mobvoi for search and voice recognition, according to The Verge.
Now, Mobvoi is a sensible choice as the startup already raised $1.3 million for its round Chinese smartwatch, designed by Frog Design, the Ticwatch. Chumen Wenwen, its search and voice service, is already used by popular messaging app WeChat as well as Dianping, China's answer to Yelp.
Changes to Android Wear include replacing "OK Google" with "Ni hao Android" and Google Play will be replaced by local app stores.
This is an interesting move for Google - until now, it hasn't allowed the likes of Samsung to make any real changes to Android Wear. Clearly, the Chinese market is too important for Google to stick to its tightly controlled vision for Wear that we've seen in the first 18 months.
It isn't open source yet, this new Moto 360 is the result of Lenovo and Google working together, but we could also soon see Google's services making a return to China. With analysts such as CCS Insight pointing to China as a key market for consumer awareness of wearables, moves like this could have a big impact on the entire future of wearable tech.
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