Android Wear Smartwatch Owners Reporting Pairing Issues With iPhone 7

That's awful for those two people.

To be honest, you kind of lost me when you said "popular".
Perhaps they should all just invest in a proper smartwatch.

PS: This isn't really an Apple problem, is it? Google added iOS support, it's up to Google to maintain that support, and if it hasn't done so it is solely to make its competitor look bad. Android users should see it as a great example of how software and security updates work on their imitative and fragmented platform.

That's awful for those two people.

There's a lot of users here in Europe who chose Android Wear smartwatch instead of Apple Watch. The decision is mostly because of the design, where Apple Watch look like a smaller iPhone, most Android Wear watches look like regular watch.

Yep, they really should hassle google. It's had access to the tools to enable iOS support since WWDC, like every other developer.

Google has traditionally been very slow to update their iOS apps to support the newer software features.

Given their resources, Google should have detected this at the beta testing stage and rectified it there and then.

There's a lot of users here in Europe who chose Android Wear smartwatch instead of Apple Watch. The decision is mostly because of the design, where Apple Watch look like a smaller iPhone, most Android Wear watches look like regular watch.

Yep, they really should hassle google. It's had access to the tools to enable iOS support since WWDC, like every other developer.

To be honest, you kind of lost me when you said "popular".
Perhaps they should all just invest in a proper smartwatch.

PS: This isn't really an Apple problem, is it? Google added iOS support, it's up to Google to maintain that support, and if it hasn't done so it is solely to make its competitor look bad. Android users should see it as a great example of how software and security updates work on their imitative and fragmented platform.

A "proper" smartwatch ? I have an Apple Watch, and like my "proper" iPhone, it too has bugs I have to deal with :p

I think you are trying to create a issue here that is not present. We have a software bug, it's not a blame game nor a platform war.

The issue will be fixed .....just as bugs in my Apple Watch in software releases.
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One of the reasons I pay a premium for Apple devices is because of the tight integration accross the devices that is built in to the ecosystem. Given that, it is always strange to read about people that buy a premium Apple phone and then try to pair it with non Apple devices. Sure, it should work. But why? I mean why would you try to pair the iPhone with cromecast or with android wear when the integration with the Apple alternatives are significantly better?

I am not debating iOS over Android here, just the integration. To me this type of pairing seems like you get the worst of both worlds, at least in terms of integration.

Just to jump in, using chromecast video and audio, they are a better product , for instance chrome cast audio is excellent in turning any speaker into a wireless hotspot, and they work great with my iPhone / Apple gears