LG may soon unveil hybrid smartwatch with Wear OS: Report

Tipped to be called the LG Watch Timepiece, it is expected to feature a stainless steel body with physical hands and a 1.2-inch LCD screen over them.

While the watch is expected to feature physical watch hands, it is tipped to sport a 1.2-inch LCD panel above the watch hands. It will be able to display watch faces, which can be installed via the Google Play Store. The watch hands themselves are also said to relay extra information such as a compass, stopwatch, altimeter and more.  

As per the report, the LG Watch Timepiece will be sold with a 22mm silicone rubber strap. However, users will have the option of swapping straps. Further, LG is also tipped to launch a special edition version of the device called the LG Watch Timepiece+ that will be available with a silicone and metal strap and an extra charging cradle. As for specifications, the watch is tipped to offer 4GB of eMMC storage with 768MB of LPDDR3 RAM. It is expected to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 2100 chipset.