Google announces new hardware and updates with the new smartwatch OS.

It's launch day for Android Wear 2.0, Google's first major smartwatch update in, well, ever. Wear 2.0 is a total overhaul of Google's smartwatch platform with a whole new design, an on-watch Play Store, a new version of Google Fit, Android Pay, and in general, a move toward being more of a standalone computer rather than a smartwatch slave.

With LG's help, Google is launching a pair of devices for Wear 2.0, both of which will hit stores February 10th. The $349 LG Watch Sport is the most exciting, with LTE, NFC, GPS, and a heart rate sensor (we have a full review, here). Given that it is packing an LTE modem, the LG Watch Sport is headed for Verizon and AT&T stores in the US, along with the Google Store.

The LG Watch Style is a lot slimmer, but it lacks all the cool features of the Watch Sport (no LTE, NFC, GPS, or heart rate sensor). The Style runs $249 and is headed to the Google Store and Best Buy. Google also notes that both watches "will be available at carriers and retailers across Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, UAE, and UK in the coming weeks."
The Wear 2.0 launch isn't just about new hardware, though. Many of the older Android Wear watches are getting upgraded to 2.0. Google provided the following list:

ASUS ZenWatch 2 & 3
Casio Smart Outdoor Watch
Casio PRO TREK Smart
Fossil Q Founder
Fossil Q Marshal
Fossil Q Wander
Huawei Watch
LG Watch R
LG Watch Urbane and 2nd Edition LTE
Michael Kors Access Smartwatches
Moto 360 2nd Gen
Moto 360 for Women
Moto 360 Sport
New Balance RunIQ
Nixon Mission
Polar M600
TAG Heuer Connected
The big caveat here comes from Google itself: "Some functionality requires hardware sensors which are not available on all Android Wear watches." This is a reference to the new version of Google Fit, which has an awesome weightlifting exercise-tracking mode that detects exercise and counts reps. The feature is present on the LG Sport Watch but not the smaller LG Style Watch. Which of the upgraded devices will get the new feature? We have no idea.