Google is releasing two "flagship" Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches in early 2017

Google is all set to release two Android Wear 2.0 "flagship" smartwatches sometimes in the first quarter of 2017. The news, which confirms a rumor from October, comes from Jeff Chang, product manager of Android Wear at Google, who recently talked to The Verge. Reportedly, these will be the world's first smartwatches to be launched with Android Wear 2.0 on board.

According to The Verge, the two new watches will carry the brand of the company that's building them, in a partnership similar to the (now defunct) Google Nexus program. Jeff Chang said that this is a company that's made Android ...