Bing Torque
The possibilities of the operating system Android Wear for devices wearables or wearables each time they reach new heights. And it is that Google has wanted to extend its idea of an open scenario for any approach or tool created by a developer already seen in the smartphones, but taking advantage of it in smart watches The funny thing is that it has been Microsoftwho has decided to take a step forward and bring their search engine to these devices, even being able to replace Google's own
This is Bing Torque, an application for smart watches that undoes the original approach of Android Wear to use Google searches and your information cards after Bing , the search engine for Microsoft All of this in a very natural and comfortable way for the user. And it is that with this application it is not necessary to activate the voice recognition saying out loud that “OK, Google” All you have to do is perform a wrist wiggle and Bing Torque starts up.
Similarities with Google Now, the assistant of Google in Android Wear are more than remarkable. Thus, Bing Torque acts as the alternative, carrying some of the features of the assistant Cortana from Windows Phone to smartwatches.Of course, although it is not necessary to use the command “OK, Google” the way to enter the question to search through Internet is via voice,so the user will still need a quiet environment and not have too much embarrassment.
And we say that it acts like Cortana because it doesn't work as a mere Internet browser by voice, being able to recognize phrases and natural language For example, it is possible to rotate the wrist and activate recognition to ask about the weather in a specific place After that, it is possible to activate the search engine again and name just another place Then Bing Torqueunderstands that the question is related to the previous one, being the meteorological information of that new place what the user seeks to know.
Besides this, Bing Torque supports almost all types of questions.And it is not limited to displaying a link to a web page, but to collecting specific data. Either the answer to the question of how tall is President Obama, who is the CEO of Microsoft, how many kilometers are there between two points and a long list of possibilities. All this by simply launching the application and give a flick of the wrist to activate voice recognition. Of course, for the moment only works in English, so it is not very useful for the Spanish public today. In addition, it has some problems on the Moto 360 watch, although its operation is very smooth and precise on the LG G Watch and the LG G Watch Gear Live
In short, an alternative tool to use the search engine and the possibilities of Bing instead of those of Google The good thing is that Bing Torque is completely freeCan be downloaded via Google Play
