showcases Android ar-ready apps in ay

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 3 Jul 2014

The first Android ar smartwatches aren’t slated to ship for another four days, but soon-to-be ar owners can now spend the Fourth of ly weekend perusing ay for apps with dedicated ar support. Actually, perusing the current collection of ar-friendly apps should take only a few minutes, as currently there are fewer than 25 available.

The collection includes ‘s smartphone bridge app that links your smartphone to an Android ar device. Anyone expecting to get a -icious smartwatch should probably grab this app install it to be ready for ar on day one.

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Android ar integration from Fly Delta, the airline’s Android app.

The rest of the ay collection is made up of third-party apps meant to highlight what Android ar can do. “‘ve worked with some friends to create some great early Android ar integrations,” said late dnesday on its Android Developers + page.

The selection includes apps such as IFTTT, Duolingo, The Guardian, nterest, 1ather, apps such as Hangouts Maps. If you don’t see your favorite app in the list don’t worry too much. Most Android app notifications should already work with Android ar.

The difference with the dedicated ar section is that these apps have enabled extra features such as voice replies, multiple cards for a single notification (called ges), multiple alerts from one app bundled together (called Stacks).

IFTTT says it created a new Android ar Channel that lets you trigger recipes get notifications on your watch, according to the ay description. Delta Airlines’ Fly Delta app puts your boarding pass right on your wrist.

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The Guardian notifications on Android ar.

The Android ar collection may be small now, but you can bet it will grow as ‘s G tch Samsung’s Gear ve begin shipping in the coming days. As we reported in h, developers are anxious to get their apps ready for Android ar.

In addition to rolling out a selection of ar-enhanced apps, also said on dnesday that ay Services 5.0 had rolled out to Android devices worldwide. The new ay Services includes the underlying infrastructure smartphones need before they’ll play nicely with Android ar. The ay Services 5.0 rollout began in late ne.