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"The LG G Smartwatch and the Samsung Gear Live Smartwatch, two of the first web-connected smartwatches to run on Android Wear, will be available for pre-order via the Google Play store starting Wednesday afternoon.\nGoogle announced during its annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco on Wednesday that the LG G smartwatch and the Samsung Gear Live are now ready for the market. LG's model was first introduced in March, along with the Android Wear platform and Motorola's 360 smartwatch, but more details surfaced during Google's keynote presentation.\nSee also: Google Overhauls Android With L Developer Preview\n\nThe LG G smartwatch goes on sale starting today via the Google Play store.Image:  GoogleWhile the Moto 360 smartwatch won't go on sale until later this summer, Google said Samsung Gear Live is \"joining the Android family,\" starting on Wednesday.\nThe Samsung Gear Live ($199), which comes with a built-in heart rate monitor, can be paired with any Android device running Android 4.3 or higher. It's available in two flavors: black and red wine. Other specs include a Super AMOLED screen, a 1.2 GHz Processor, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. It's dimensions are 37.9 x 56.4 x 8.9 mm and weighs 2 ounces.\n\nTwo Android Wear-capable smartphones go on sale today. The Samsung Gear Live is pictured here.Image: GoogleIt was also announced that the voice-enabled Android Wear platform, which lets users talk to wearables similar to Google Now, is now available in API for developers.\nGoogle Now cards play a key role in Android, with actions such as swipe, press and hold. Cards can be swiped away and removed from the stream, while glanceable notifications about messages, weather and flight information are displayed.\n\nGoogle Now cards are a key feature on Android Wear. Actions include swipe, press and hold. #GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/GOKdAhbAx7\n\u2014 Mashable Tech (@mashabletech) June 25, 2014\n\n\u00A0\nThere's social media integration, too. If you like someone's pin on Pinterest about a restaurant, for example, the watch will notify you when you're nearby. Other use cases include turn-by-turn directions and order a pizza directly from the smartwatch, in less than 20 seconds.\n\nImage:  GoogleYou can ask your smartwatch to call you a car with Lyft, and it knows your location based on the device's built-in GPS. It's possible to keep track of the car's arrival time to pick you up and rate the driver directly through the watch.\nAndroid Wear supports both circular and square screens, and Google expects there will be many different styles.\n\n\n\nGoogle IO 2014 Keynote\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA view of the Google I/O Developers Conference on June 25, 2014 in San Francisco.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendees work on a laptop computers during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on June 25, 2014. \n\nImage: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience members settle in for the Google IO Keynote at the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on June 25, 2014. \n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatias Duarte, Vice President of Design discusses Android L with has over 5,000 new API's, and takes a radical new approach to design.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps for Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on  June 25, 2014. \n\nImage: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps for Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on June 25, 2014. \n\nImage: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA demonstrator waves a sign in protest of Google during the Google I/O Developers Conference at Moscone Center on June 25, 2014 in San Francisco, California. \n\nImage: Stephen Lam/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile the Moto 360 smartwatch won't go on sale until later this summer, Google said Samsung Gear Live is \"joining the Android family,\" starting on Wednesday, too.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt was also announced that the voice-enabled Android Wear platform, which lets users talk to wearables similar to Google Now, is now available in API for developers to built.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA presenter demonstrates Android Auto on stage during the Google I/O Developers Conference at Moscone Center on June 25, 2014 in San Francisco, California. \n\nImage: Stephen Lam/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoogle announced the Android Auto SDK as well; the company is releasing a full set of APIs for audio and messaging applications. \n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoogle launched the next phase of its in-car initiative, Android Auto, on stage at its annual developers conference, Google I/O. The system is completely voice-enabled.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Android L, there are special tools to keep work and personal apps separate. Data separation ensures the two environments don't interact, similar to what BlackBerry 10 does.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeased back in April thanks to an early leak, Google took the wraps off Android TV today at its Google I/O event in San Francisco.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoogle said it wasn\u2019t abandoning Chromecast, announcing a feature Wednesday that allows devices to control Chromecast though a cellphone connection in addition to Wi-Fi. An update to Chromecast will allow a broader range of apps to be displayed on televisions.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrs Holzle discusses Googles Cloud Platform at Google I/O 2014 in San Francisco on June 25, 2014.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Powers discusses how Nike and Adidas will work with Google Fit. Fuelband will share its data with the Fit hub, and the app will also be able to import data from it.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd to finish off the keynote, Sundar Pichai announces that everyone attending gets a G Watch or a Gear Live and a Moto 360 when they become available.\n\nImage: Mashable, Kurt Wagner\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? 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