Moto 360 (2015 Model) Review

Lisa Gade reviews the second generation Motorola Android Wear smartwatch, the Moto 360, released in the fall of 2015. The new Moto 360 improves quite a bit on the stylish but very much first gen original Moto 360. It has a brighter and more colorful LCD touch screen, a faster 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400 CPU and new styling. This round watch is very attractive and even better it’s available in two sizes: 42mm and 46mm. The smaller size is more in line with analog watch sizes while the larger model is as big as the first gen 360. The watch runs the latest version of Android Wear based on Android OS 5.1, and it can sync to Android smartphones as well as the iPhone, though the feature set is much stronger when paired with Android. It has WiFi to extend the range between phone and watch. The watch is IP67 dust and water resistant and you can get it with a leather or metal band. The price starts at $299 and goes up to $399. You order a customized model via Moto Maker. Like all Android Wear watches, the moto 360 supports voice commands and touch input and it has vibration for notifications but no speaker audio.