Four-person startup Androidly has set out to create a smarter smartwatch.<\/p>\n
Androidly is a full-fledged smartphone that you wear on your wrist. Most smartwatches out there today merely serve as a complement to your smartphone by displaying incoming texts, tweets, and other notifications, but Androidly is able to function entirely on its own.<\/p>\n
It runs a three-year-old version of Android called Froyo and can run apps downloaded from the Google Play store.<\/p>\n
The ultimate goal is to totally replace your smartphone. In fact,\u00a0Androidly co-founder and CCO Pavneet Puri told Business Insider that smartwatches will replace smartphones all together in the future.<\/p>\n
“I never actually take my really expensive phones out anymore because I’m just going to lose it,” Androidly co-founder and CCO Puri said.<\/p>\n
Since the watch functions as a true smartphone,\u00a0\u00a0you never have to worry about where your phone is, Puri says.<\/p>\n
“It’s like an extended limb,” Puri says.<\/p>\n
Androidly is currently available for pre-order at prices varying from $229 to $269. The company expects to start shipping the devices in September.<\/p>\n