Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony and many more are giving up on Android OS when it comes to smart watches due to Google’s closed Android Wear policy.
Huawei Vice President Yang Yong recently pointed out that Android Wear is not as open as Android, and thus cannot become the standard. Forbes also criticized Google by saying, “Google’s stubborn nature is killing Android Wear.”
On Google’s part, however, it cannot raise the degree of openness to the level of the mobile OS yet, because its profits from the OS and business efficiency are much less compared to those of Apple.
In addition, the closing of some extent is deemed to be necessary to tackle malicious applications, smishing, etc. Under the circumstances, experts predict that Google’s dominant position is unlikely to be repeated in the wearable device market.