Microsoft develops Android Wear keyboard with drawing as input method

October 12, 2014

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Microsoft is not shying away from supporting platforms from its competitors. The company is developing an Android Wear keyboard that is already available as a prototype. The Analog Keyboard works with input coming from letters being drawn on the smartwatch's display. It works with messaging and Google Search while being able to recognize numbers and special characters.

Microsoft is supporting devices all of the current Android Wear smartwatches, including the Moto 360.

Hit the break to watch the demo video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iu7bUKKrJE

Source: Microsoft Research
Via: The Verge

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Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.