FastFT報道: 谷歌引爆智慧手錶平臺之戰
The mobile computing war officially moved from phones to “smart” watches on Tuesday, as Google formally launched entered battle with Apple to get its technology on to people’s wrists.
谷歌(Google)週二釋出了可在智慧手錶上執行的安卓移動軟體新版本，與蘋果公司(Apple)展開了對使用者的“手腕之爭”。這也意味著移動計算的戰場正式從手機轉移至智慧手錶。The internet search giant released a version of its Android mobile software designed to work on watches made by other companies – replicating the strategy it used to make its technology the dominant software platform for smartphones.
這家網際網路巨頭髮布了名為Android Wear的安卓移動軟體。按照其一貫策略，這個軟體可以用於其他公司製造的智慧手錶。憑藉這類策略，谷歌技術也主導了智慧手機軟體平臺。The release of Android Wear came a day after information was leaked to a technology blog showing Apple’s plans for a service allowing people to track personal health and fitness data.
就在Android Wear釋出一天前，一家技術部落格曾透露，蘋果計劃推出跟蹤個人健康及健身資料的服務。
Rather than focusing on making their own “wearable” devices, the moves showed the rival companies were aiming to create broader platforms, capable of supporting devices from other companies, as they seek to dominate the next big personal tech opportunity.
這對競爭對手的一系列舉措表明，為尋求對下一次個人技術巨大機遇的主導權，兩家公司並未將主要精力放在製作自己的“可穿戴”裝置上，而是將目標放在了影響更為廣泛的技術平臺上，這類技術平臺為其他公司生產的裝置提供支援。This platform approach also reflects the more fragmented nature of the emerging wearables market, which is already starting to spawn a wide range of different gadgets – many of them designed as fashion accessories. Many different apps are also starting to appear, adding to the need for platforms that can draw personal data together or present it in an easy way.
就在本週，谷歌表示，會將Android Wear開放給應用開發商，後者可以用它來修改現有安卓應用，使其可以在新一代智慧手錶上執行。LG已釋出一張新款智慧手錶照片，這款智慧手錶將於今年年中前推出，執行的正是新的Android Wear系統。Google said it would give app developers access to its software this week, to let them start adapting their existing Android apps to work on the new generation of smartwatches. In one of the first hints of when the devices will start to become available, LG released an image of a smartwatch due sometime before the middle of the year and running the new Android Wear software.
蘋果公司也在開發智慧手錶，去年年中該公司加大了對智慧手錶的開發力度。不過目前還不清楚這款被廣泛稱為iWatch的可穿戴裝置將於何時推出。Apple has also been working on a smartwatch, stepping up its development effort in the middle of last year, though it is unclear when the device, which has already been widely nicknamed the iWatch, will appear.
就在本週早些時候，部落格網站9to5mac上披露了一項名為Healthbook的蘋果公司未公開服務。該爆料顯示，蘋果希望通過收集和儲存所有個人健身和健康的資料，令其產品成為使用者個人生活的中心。Meanwhile, details of an unannounced Apple service, called Healthbook, were leaked earlier in the week to the blog site 9to5mac. These suggested that Apple hopes to put itself at the centre of users’ lives by giving them a place to collect and store all their personal fitness and health data, from their exercise patterns to the results of medical tests like blood analyses.
這一爆料資訊表明，蘋果打算採取一種平臺戰略，通過從不同應用和監控裝置收集資料來保證自己的核心地位。The broad nature of the information pointed to a platform approach that would see Apple acting as the central point in collected data from different apps and monitoring devices.
谷歌週二在網上推出的概念視訊顯示，安卓智慧手錶在極大程度上依賴谷歌的服務及智慧手機上已經存在的其他應用。
