Google's MODE bands make it easier to switch up styles on Android Wear
 

Google's MODE bands make it easier to switch up styles on Android Wear
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Android Wear smartwatches are all over the place when it comes to style. Google's making it easier to swap bands with its new MODE watch bands.

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MODE watch bands use a "snap-and-go" mechanism that lets you quickly attach and detach bands from your Android Wear smartwatch. (The bands also work on regular watches.) Third-party companies are free to use the MODE mechanism and branding, so long as it meets Google's reliability testing and guidelines.

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It's **where near as elegant of a watch band mechanism as the Apple Watch's, but switching between bands is definitely quicker.* Read more...


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