Smartwatches are hardly groundbreaking - we wrote about Kreyos early last year - but now Google is getting into wearable devices with it’s newest operating system, Android Wear.

Simple and fast, the OS is based on useful, actionable information. Using the user’s location or activity, as well as the gobs of personal information that Google acquires via Chrome, Android Wear seeks to answer preemptively answer the user’s questions. It operates using Google Now’s voice recognition system, allowing users to ask for directions, play music, send a text message, and much more.

LG and Motorola have revealed smartwatches that will be running Android Wear. LG’s G-Watch is sleek and futuristic with a minimalist square face. Motorola’s Moto 360 has a round face, and despite it’s tech savvy features, is far more akin to a traditional watch.

In a collaborative effort, Google has been working with Asus, HTC, and Samsung, as well as most of the main processor manufacturers, and the list expands past tech, as the company is teaming up with fashion watch maker Fossil as well.

With Android Wear being pointedly referred to as a “wearables platform,” rather than just a smartwatch platform, it sounds like the door wide open for other wearable devices in the future.