It’s interesting what else the watchmaker company is gearing up in the long haul by developing their own apps and how the Connected will grow.
TAG Heuer Philippines officially launched their Connected Watch in an event they called TAG Heuer Connected on August 6 at the Greenbelt 5, Fashion Walk. The Tag Heuer Connected is the first Android Wear smartwatch with Intel and Google inside made by a Swiss watchmaker. It’s compatible with iOS devices as well. They have even developed their own apps called Micro Apps.
With a big display, a stainless steel frame, and powerful guts inside, the Connected is the forefather to all the luxury wrist wearables that will inevitably follow it, and it’s a wonderful piece of wrist gear.
The Connected features a classic timepiece that reminds us of traditional watches. It goes with a either a rubber strap edition and a stylish leather strap, a 46 mm titanium case w/ 12.8 mm thickness, and 1.5 inch circle LTPS LCD with 240 ppi that’s protected with Sapphire glass. TAG also ensured that it’ll remain light and comfortable to wear as it weighs at just 52 g.
Running this watch is a 1.6 GHz Intel dual core chip paired with 1 GB RAM, and 4 GB internal storage. It also has a 410 mAh battery capacity that can last for more than 1 day on a single charge. Then unlike other slow charging watches, this watch can be charged in 2 hours time with its 3 different plugs.
Take a look at some of the designs below:
It also has Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, gyroscope, tilt detection sensor, microphone, vibrations, haptics engine. There’s also a built in microphone and IP67 water resistance.
The TAG Heuer Connected loads with Android Wear OS where users can do what other Google powered smartwatches can like changing watch faces, getting notifications, viewing time, setting alarms, monitor health, and etc.
Hosted by Apple David, spotted in the launch were basketball stars Asi Taulava and
TAG Heuer’s Connected with rubber strap is priced at 69,999 Pesos while the leather strap edition will retail at 79,999 Pesos.