PayPal Apps for Wearable Devices

Google is standardizing their systems that support wearable devices such as watches.  This is the Android Wear release that we saw a few months ago.  The first devices are beginning to arrive using this new Android OS add-on as you can read about here:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8228/inside-the-first-android-wear-devices-lg-g-watch-samsung-gear-live-teardown

PayPal has jumped in as well with an app:

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26213&topic=innovation

Here is a snippet from that piece:

The new app, which is initially only available to PayPal's beta community, follows the recent release of the Android Wear OS and SDK by Google at its I/O developer conference. The Google APIs are constructed to help developers build new applications and user interfaces specifically designed for reading on tiny device screens.

Will wearable devices trigger disruptive capability in retail and in payments?  Time will tell.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant

**UPDATE** Just a bit more.  This article covers 7 new wearable payment innovations:
http://www.paymentssource.com/gallery/7-new-wearable-payment-innovations