<p>Google is showing itself once again to be a master of modern business strategy. Today the company announced that its Android operating system has been adapted for wearable computing, starting with watches, and with a sizable contingent of key partners attached to the project. One of those is Samsung.</p><p>Interesting too that Samsung announced a Tizen powered smart watch earlier this month. Tizen is a competitor operating system to Android and the Galaxy Gear is its flagship wearable. Nonetheless Samsung is in too with Google and Android. Ars Tecnica reported yesterday:</p><p>Samsung is launching an SDK of its very own (first spotted by Engadget) for the new Tizen-powered Gear smartwatches. The Samsung Gear is the sequel to the company's disappointing Galaxy Gear smartwatch, and with the new hardware (actually three new pieces of hardware), Samsung has switched from Android to the Samsung-made Tizen OS.</p><p>Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch (Photo credit: Janitors)</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2014/03/18/google-android-step-up-in-wearables-on-the-way-to-robotics/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/03/18/google-reveals-its-smartwatch-operating-system.html">Google reveals its smartwatch operating system, Android Wear</a> (Silicon Valley Business Journal)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d1oVXjsrOC8NAhMnV0zF-uYAWFEMM&authuser=0&ned=us">393 additional articles.</a></p>