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"Google only just released its Android Wear SDK to developers today at\u00A0I/O, but\u00A0companies like PayPal, Soundwave, Pinterest, Eat24, Lyft\u00A0and Allthecooks have already announced their first experiences for Android Wear.\r\nAndroid Wear apps aren\u2019t quite full-blown apps, but Google\u2019s new SDK allows code to run directly on the wearable device, opening up custom interfaces, sensor control, data transfer and other experiences beyond simple notifications.\r\nYou won\u2019t have to install separate Android Wear apps, as downloading an app on the Google Play Store will automatically send the complementary wearable app to your device and keep it up to date.\r\n\r\nPayPal\r\nThis isn\u2019t the first smartwatch app for PayPal, as it released an app for Samsung\u2019s Gear 2 and Gear Fit devices earlier this year.\r\nThe upcoming PayPal Android Wear app will go out to the company\u2019s beta testing community later this week. It\u00A0will support the Moto360, the LG G Watch and other wearables as they are released.\r\n\r\nWith the app, you\u2019ll be able to check-in to pay, redeem offers and check notifications. PayPal also says the app will support voice commands in some situations.\r\n\r\nSoundwave\r\nThe Soundwave app for Android Wear will let you share songs you're\u00A0listening to with a single swipe across your watch. The idea is that you can use it to share the music you're jogging to.\u00A0You'll receive notifications as your followers interact with the music. If you want to follow someone back on the service, you can just tap your Android Wear device.\r\n\r\n\r\nPinterest\r\nPinterest is using the Android Wear app to tap into places you\u2019ve pinned. You can have your Android Wear device notify you whenever you\u2019re near a location that you\u2019ve saved.\r\nFor instance, you could add all the bars in your city that show World Cup matches so you know what your closest options are while out. The app can also ping you when you go by places your friends have pinned.\r\n\r\nWhen the notification pops up, you\u2019ll swipe through pages to see more info about the venue, and you can hit Navigate to switch over to Google Maps for directions.\r\n\r\nAllthecooks\r\nSocial recipes app Allthecooks beams recipes to your watch. Swiping across each step of a recipe will keep your phone in sync with your culinary progress.\r\n\r\n\r\nEat24\r\nGoogle showed off how it\u2019s possible to order a pizza in 30 seconds with the Eat24 app. Tapping into a notification makes it easy to go through a history of previous meals and repeat an order.\r\n\r\n\r\nLyft\r\nLyft uses voice actions to let you request a car. The watch interface keeps you up to date with the progress of your ride, and then lets you rate your driver once you\u2019ve arrived.\r\n\r\nThe great thing about Android Wear is that notifications from all of your apps will work from the start. While\u00A0first batch of third-party apps shows off some of the neat things that developers can\u00A0do with the new SDK, it's still just scratching the surface. We can look forward to plenty more features from app makers when we get our hands on\u00A0the first Android Wear devices\u00A0next month.\r\nSee also:\u00A0Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2014 in one handy list\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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