ASUS ZenWatch 2 Gets Android Wear 1.4 Update To Marshmallow 6.0.1

ASUS ZenWatch 2 Features Latest Android Wear Update

Android Wear 1.4 update is now available on ASUS ZenWatch 2

Fremont, California (March 15, 2016) — ASUS today announced that the ZenWatch 2 is now receiving the Android Wear 1.4 update to Marshmallow 6.0.1. The new update enables the speaker found on the WI501Q model ZenWatch 2, allowing users to make phone calls over Bluetooth, set audible alarms, and hear app notification alerts and sounds.

Both models of the stylish ZenWatch 2, WI501Q and WI502Q, now include Wrist Gesture support allowing users to scroll through cards, open apps, return to the watch face, dim the screen, and cancel voice actions before they take effect. Supporting 3rd party apps now also allow for messages to be sent with voice and touch. The Android Wear update also brings battery life improvements and additional language options.

ZenWatch 2 AVAILABILITY & PRICING
The ZenWatch 2 is available at leading retailers starting at $129 USD. For more information on the stylish and incredibly featured ASUS ZenWatch 2, please visit – http://www.asus.com/us/ZenWatch/ .

About ASUS
ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the worlds best-selling, most award-winning motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of todays digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets, smartphones and wearables. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,368 awards in 2015 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC. ASUS has more than 16,000 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 5,200 engineers. Company revenue for 2014 was approximately US$14.5 billion.