Wearing LG’s webOS Smartwatch Made Me Happy

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I don’t know what to say. What I just experienced was inexplicable. After Android Central revealed the news that Audi’s car-unlocking smartwatch (built by LG) runs webOS, I made an immediate dash to the nearby stand of TTs and asked the friendly German demo dude if I could borrow his watch for a moment. More surprising than his consent was the actual software running on this watch: it’s webOS with a level of maturity and polish that betrays the fact LG has been working on the UI for quite a while. The animations are smooth and fast and the look is tailored to fit a round watch face.

The watch has a circular app navigation menu, a slick and circular calendar app, and a quick settings menu that’s also best viewed on a round screen. Audi’s…

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