Google’s LG-Made Android Wear 2.0 Watches Reportedly Copied Apple Watch's Digital Crown

LG's upcoming Android Wear-powered smart watches are reportedly copying functionality of the Apple Watch's Digital Crown. It looks like the company is getting set to introduce a rotating hardware button that mimics the style of the Apple's device.

The circular hardware button is designed and positioned as to look like a traditional watch crown, will reportedly be used to navigate UI elements on the upcoming LG wearable's display just like the Apple Watch, reports 9to5Mac.

The leak, which reported by Venture Beat includes details of iOS compatibility for the device alongside a touch display that will support handwriting recognition:

'Along with iOS compatibility, the two watches also share another commonality with the Apple Watch: a digital crown button that serves to facilitate navigation. The displays are touch sensitive as well, and boast handwriting recognition."

The rollout is going to continue to other regions from February and March, with the watches given famous placement at LG's booth at Mobile World Congress that will starts on February 27 in Barcelona.

This project was first reported by Android Police way back in early July of last year. The 14.2-millimeters thick Watch Sport will come in titanium and dark blue colours, while the 10.8-millimeter thick Watch Style, with its swappable straps, will be come in titanium, silver, and rose gold.

Of the two models, which both feature circular, plastic OLED displays; Watch Sport is clearly the flagship device. In addition to its larger, higher-resolution screen that is 1.38 inches and 480 x 480, versus Style's 1.2-inch, 360 x 360 face, the Sport also contains more RAM 768MB versus 512MB, although internal storage is 4GB across the board, and a larger battery of 430mAh versus 240mAh.

Both devices feature Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and they have model throws in cellular connectivity (with both 3G and LTE data) as well as GPS. This latter component allows the watch to take advantage of Android Wear 2.0's Android Pay capability.

Other notable features of this device include Google Assistant integration and water and dust resistance IP68 and IP67 certifications for the Sport and Style, respectively. Furthermore, the Sport contains a heart rate sensor and is capable of untethered telephony with the same phone number as a user's primary handset.