Nixon Mission is the toughest Wear watch yet. Photo: Nixon

Californian watchmaker Nixon is going smart — and super strong! The company today unveiled its new Mission smartwatch powered by Android Wear, with a rugged build made out of stainless steel and polycarbonate that’s made for the outdoors.

Get a Huawei Watch for under $270 today only. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Huawei Watch, arguably the prettiest and best Android Wear watch money can buy today, has had its price reduced significantly for one day only.

Thanks to Amazon, you can pick one up for as little as $269 with a leather strap, and for just $279 with a stainless steel link band.

Huawei Watch is still one of the prettiest Wear watches. Photo: Huawei

The Huawei Watch will get its Marshmallow upgrade on Monday, February 29, according to a new report. The update will bring new navigation gestures, the ability to make and receive calls, and more.

Wear gets even greater. Photo: Google

A major Android Wear upgrade adds support for making and receiving phone calls on compatible devices, new gestures, and the ability to use your voice to send messages with a long list of third-party apps.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O 2015. Photo: Google

This year’s Google I/O conference will kick off on May 18, company CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed. The three-day event, which will give us our first glimpse at the next big Android update, will take place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.