The trend of having a stylish Smartphones has increased so much that every individual is keeping it like a purse in their pocket and they won’t leave it alone anytime. Technology is keeps on evolving. Today we are not only crazy about smartphones but smart gadgets like wearable tech too. Smartwatch represents the relationship of people with the technology.  A Smartwatch is a wrist watch with screen that has the ability to do things than the normal watch does besides offering advanced features. It is much like a mini Smartphone on your wrist which you can operate anytime and anywhere just by the click or by your voice.

A number of companies have developed smartwatches but two of them are quite popular and making the headings these days. If you are planning to wear a Smartwatch, then that could be Apple Watch made by Apple care or Smartwatch powered by Google’s Android Wear platform. Apple Watch works with iOS8 while Android Wear works with Android.

Now, which one will wow your wrist Apple Watch or Android Wear, this is the hot question that you must answer before going to buy any one of them. As, both the platforms for Apple Watch and Android Wear strongly differ in architecture.

Android Wear is fully operational Operating System which can be used in the same way as you use Android, while on the other hand, Apple Watch only display data, leaving all the functionality, computation on iPhone. You must have your iPhone for using Apple watch but you can use Android Wear without having an Android phone.

We are proving you the differences between the Apple Watch and Android Wear that would help you to understand and decide which one would be the more beneficial for you.

Apple Watch VS Android Wear: Top 10 Differences

Apple is using custom user interface. The Apple watch has home screen as app launcher. Apple is focusing on encouraging launching apps having glances screen as the secondary option.  On the other hand, Android Wear home screen is watchface plus notification list. Android focuses on reacting to notification giving apps as the second priority.

In order to input or read data, Apple has provided tools such as Force Touch, Digital Crown and People Button for interaction. On the other hand, Google has introduced voice control and context awareness for interaction. Voice interaction seems to be very promising in context of rushing around with busy hands.

The Apple Watch will have microphone and speaker so you can answer the calls from the nearby phone and use the watch as a wrist bound walkie-talkie. You can also answer text messages or emails with your voice. However, Android Wear doesn’t support speaker but is useful for answering text massages and emails by voice.

The Apple watch will provide notification, calendar appointment, letting you to quickly respond to text massages or social media mentions. For Android Wear, actionable notification is the key feature. Google will be proving more control over the priority and frequency of notifications.

Apple has confirmed that the Apple Watch will manage 18 hours of battery life. As Apple Watch will only work with iPhone so, it will only provide notifications for text messages and calls. Thus, Apple Watch is not consume more power, so its battery life would last throughout the day. To charge the battery, you will get an included wireless dock which makes it so easy to charge.

Android wear needs more battery as it can be operated without Android Smartphone but currently, all android Wear watches require nightly charge.

6. Controls

Apple doesn’t give much importance on voice control. It has build-in Siri support. You can easily tap on an app to launch apps and can easily swipe to navigate. Apple has also introduced a new feature Glances to see notification, which you can swipe from the bottom of the screen and then act on using swipes and taps. You can easily reply to text messages, emails and can even analyze texts to give more useful answers with Personal Assistant Siri.

Android Wear gives the same control as you use on Android Smartphone. You can swipe and press to interact but doesn’t provide any multi-touch support. It basically focuses on voice control as you can talk to your wrist watch anytime and anywhere according to your need and query.

There is a plenty of new fitness features and apps on Apple Watch. Apple HealthKit is an important part of iOS8. Apple Watch uses gyroscope, accelerometer and GPS in order to increase tracking capabilities as there is no need of watching phone again and again. You can also find sensors at the back of Apple Watch to read heart rate. In case of increasing intensity of workout and exercise, it sends vibration to watch.

Google has also introduced Google Fit Platform which is a big play for Google in case of fitness. Once you have decided, what Android watch you want, you can easily take data from fitness apps and store them in Google Fit Application.

Apple Watch has the advantage in mobile payment through Apple Play. Users can pay at certain stores just by tapping their wrist watches against supported payment terminals. It also gives quick and easy access to passbook for tickets, loyalty cards and boarding passes.

Google has Google Wallet Payment Service but it does not support for Android Wear.

Apple has introduced a stream of Apple Watch Apps for the first time that has been created through its WatchKit Developer Platform. It provides some native apps like Maps, photos where you can zoom in and zoom out using crown dial. The Apple watch also provides its own communication app called Digital Touch.

The Android Wear App Store has a diverse collection of first and third-party apps. Android Wear is much more open to third-party developers as compared to Apple Watch.

The most obvious difference is of hardware only. Apple has just focused on single design while Google is working with different hardware partners on the huge variety of shapes, sizes and prices. By controlling the hardware, Apple has placed a bet on new interaction models.