Google launches Android Wear Beta based on Android Oreo, LG Watch Sport gets it first

Lo and behold! Many smartwatch makers have barely managed to update their wearable devices to the latest version of Android Wear and Google is already kicking off a beta program for the next iteration of the OS.

The Mountain View company has just announced it has launched the beta of the next Android Wear update, and the first smartwatch to get it will be the LG Watch Sport.

As we mentioned at Google I/O, this will mainly be a technical upgrade to API 26 with enhancements to background limits and notification channels, explained Google in a blog post.

Those ...