????但是Android Wear也并非沒(méi)有瑕疵,。它的通知管理在某些地方做得仍然不足,，比如不支持谷歌的通訊工具Hangouts,。另外還有不少小問(wèn)題，比如當(dāng)你回復(fù)了一條信息之后,，通知就應(yīng)該自動(dòng)消失,，但是Android Wear上的通知卻不會(huì)自動(dòng)消失，而是要等你去手動(dòng)清除它,。另外有些第三方應(yīng)用的回復(fù)欄上面會(huì)顯示出一個(gè)綠色的復(fù)選框,，而不是通常的輸入界面。

????除了觸摸輸入之外,，Android Wear也支持谷歌的語(yǔ)音識(shí)別軟件。我很高興地發(fā)現(xiàn),，只需要很短的時(shí)間,，它就可以識(shí)別出“OK谷歌,，7分鐘后提醒我給牛排翻一下面”這樣復(fù)雜的指令,。語(yǔ)音指令同樣可以用在搜索、撰寫(xiě)郵件或短信,、定鬧鐘甚至是在Lyft網(wǎng)站上打車——只要你像蝙蝠俠一樣很酷地說(shuō)一聲：“OK谷歌,，給我叫輛車?！?/p>

????在實(shí)測(cè)過(guò)程中,，Android Wear的語(yǔ)音指令大多數(shù)時(shí)候可以毫無(wú)問(wèn)題地運(yùn)行,。（只有一個(gè)例外：當(dāng)我在一個(gè)有很多“熊孩子”大喊大叫的屋子里時(shí),，機(jī)器無(wú)法識(shí)別我發(fā)出的“OK谷歌”的啟動(dòng)指令,。雖然我可能是當(dāng)代的“糊涂偵探”,，但我卻沒(méi)有一個(gè)隔音區(qū),。）我常常只要一抬手腕,，就能設(shè)置一些項(xiàng)目或者發(fā)送一些文字。最妙的是這些在10秒鐘之內(nèi)就能完成（你可以試試看在智能手機(jī)上需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間）,。

????我要坦白,，當(dāng)我第一次發(fā)現(xiàn)有人盯著我對(duì)一塊手表喃喃自語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，我感覺(jué)非常尷尬,，但是后來(lái)我克服了這種尷尬感。相比之下,，我上次試用谷歌眼鏡就沒(méi)有過(guò)去這個(gè)“心理關(guān)”,。

????由于安卓開(kāi)發(fā)者們給谷歌Play Store里的很多現(xiàn)有應(yīng)用也添加了Android Wear功能,，因此使這款智能手表平添了許多新的能力，也使Android Wear在目前市場(chǎng)上智能手表產(chǎn)品中一枝獨(dú)秀,。比如達(dá)美航空公司（Delta Airlines）出品的Fly Delta應(yīng)用就包含了一個(gè)Android Wear版，一旦你把智能手表與手機(jī)進(jìn)行配對(duì)，Wear版的應(yīng)用就會(huì)自動(dòng)安裝,，然后你就可以將腕表的屏幕當(dāng)成登機(jī)牌來(lái)使用。（至于航空運(yùn)輸管理局的安檢人員是否認(rèn)可這張“登機(jī)牌”,，那就是另外一回事了,。）從我本人來(lái)說(shuō)，我希望星巴克（Starbucks）也能早日推出相應(yīng)的Android Wear應(yīng)用,，這樣我就可以在智能手表上顯示我的會(huì)員卡條形碼來(lái)進(jìn)行快速支付了,。

????再回到前文提到的身份象征問(wèn)題。智能手表是否成為一種身份的象征,？雖然這也不是谷歌的錯(cuò),，但是搭載Android Wear的第一批智能手表缺乏具有吸引力的外觀，恐怕暫時(shí)難以取代傳統(tǒng)手表,。LG的G Watch看起來(lái)就像一個(gè)黑色的塑料方塊，三星的智能手表則飾以銀色塑料邊框,。這樣看來(lái)，這兩款手表的硬件設(shè)計(jì)顯然是讓位于軟件和服務(wù)了,。就這一點(diǎn),，我要給個(gè)差評(píng)。（外觀更好看的摩托羅拉Moto 360智能腕表將在今年夏天上市,。而傳言已久的蘋(píng)果iWatch據(jù)悉要等到九月份才能與消費(fèi)者見(jiàn)面,。）

????但是，它們的確是在朝著正確的方向發(fā)展,。智能手表需要提高的方面還有很多。雖然對(duì)于生產(chǎn)廠家來(lái)說(shuō),，他們面臨的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)與16世紀(jì)生產(chǎn)懷表的廠商可能無(wú)法同日而語(yǔ)，但有一點(diǎn)毫無(wú)疑問(wèn),，他們將改變我們的生活方式,。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

????It’s not all hunky dory. Notification management falls short in some areas, particularly for Hangouts, Google’s communication tool. The quibbles are small but frequent: for example, it makes sense for a notification to disappear after you reply to a message, yet it persists until you manually clear it. And third-party apps that allow you to reply display a green check mark upon the selection of that option, rather than the usual input dialogue.

????In addition to touch input, Android Wear supports Google’s speech recognition software. I’m happy to report that it takes very little time to fire off instructions like “OK Google, remind me to flip the steaks in 7 minutes.” The same can be done to search, compose an email or text message, set a timer, or even call a Lyft car with a Batman-eqsue, “OK Google, call a car.”

????In testing, Android Wear’s voice commands mostly worked without issue. (An exception: when I was in a room full of screaming kids, I couldn’t get the initial “OK Google” command to work. I may be a modern-day Maxwell Smart, but I lack a cone of silence.) I regularly found myself setting or sending an item just by lifting my wrist and uttering some words. The best part: all of it was done in 10 seconds or less. (Try doing that on a smartphone.)

????True, I was overcome with embarrassment the first time I caught someone looking at me as I dictated a text message to my watch. I got over it in a way that I wasn’t able to with, say, Google Glass.

????There are a number of new capabilities opening up as Android developers bundle Android Wear functionality into existing Android apps in Google’s Play Store, setting the platform apart from other smart watch offerings on the market. For example, the Fly Delta app also includes an Android Wear app: Once you pair a watch to your smartphone, the Wear app is installed and you’re able to use the screen on your wrist as your boarding pass. (Finding a TSA agent that allows you to use it, on the other hand, is another story.) I hope for a Starbucks Android Wear app with which I can display my Starbucks Card barcode for quick payment.

????And what about that status symbol, you ask? Though it’s far from Google’s fault, the first models of Android Wear watches lack a compelling look to serve as a replacement for more analog alternatives. LG’s G Watch looks like nothing more than a block of black plastic, while Samsung’s Gear Live offers a plastic face with a silver bezel. The watches’ hardware design clearly took a backseat to software and services. For once, that’s not OK. (The better looking, if large, Moto 360 arrives later this summer. Apple’s rumored iWatch? September, supposedly.)

????But they’re headed in the right direction. There’s a lot of work yet to be done on the smart watch, and though the companies that make them aren’t quite facing the same stakes as their analog counterparts in the 16th century, there is no question that they will change the way we live our lives.