As it hinted about a week ago, Apple today announced a software development kit that will give programmers vastly expanded access to components and sensors on the Apple Watch. Developers will be able to build widgets for existing watch faces (although not, apparently, entirely new watch faces). They'll also be able to access the digital crown to peer back through the history … [Read more...]
Apple Announces Watch SDK for November
If you want people to develop for your hardware, you'd better have an SDK. Buried inside today's announcements from Apple was word that the company will publish its WatchKit SDK for developers next month. There's still no definite word about a ship date for the Watch, other than "Early 2015." But by inviting the masses for develop for it, Apple is allowing outsiders to beat … [Read more...]
Misfit Publishes an SDK, Hopes to Populate an Ecosystem
As the wearables market emerges, hardware developers are increasingly opening up their platforms to software developers. Misfit, makers of the Shine fitness tracker, is the latest to publish a software development kit that it hopes will let its hardware interact with a universe of third-party software writers. Misfit's claiming a list of 30 partners who are using the SDK and … [Read more...]
Google to Ship Wearables SDK Soon
At this past weekend's SXSW Interactive conference, Sundar Pichai, Google's senior VP of Android, apps, and Chrome, announced that his company will ship a wearables SDK within two weeks. Translation for those who don't speak Geek: Google is about to make available tools (an SDK is a "software development kit") that will make it easier for developers to build software that … [Read more...]
