Comparing Pebble and Android Wear

A number of readers have wrote in to ask me how does Android Wear compare to Pebble. Here is a list of items that I have compiled which I hope would be useful for those of you wanting to choose a wearable platform to develop for.

Note that this is a work-in-progress and I welcome your feedbacks if any of the items listed here is inaccurate. I will update it as more information is made available. 

	Android Wear	Pebble
	Android Wear is a modified version of the Android OS adapted for wearable devices sich as watches. The primary function of Android Wear is as an extension of your Android device – displaying notifications and allowing users to interact with the device through voice navigation on the wearable device.	The Pebble is a smart watch that allows you to write apps that run on the watch as well as on your mobile device. It displays notifications from your device. Pebble also allows companion apps running on the mobile devices to provide additional functionalities to the apps running on the Pebble watch.
Availability	Devices such as Moto 360 and LG G watches have been announced; availability not known yet	Pebble and Pebble Steel
Manufacturer support	Motorola, LG, Asus, HTC, Samsung, and more	Pebble
Interaction with users	Voice control and touch screen	Four buttons – Up, Select, Down, and Back
Device Network connectivity	Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)	Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)
Hardware Features	Not clear at this moment	Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, magnetometer
Standalone apps	Not available in the Developer Preview release	Yes, watchface apps and watch apps can run standalone on the watch
Companion apps on the mobile device	Android Wear devices require apps on the mobile device to send notifications to it	Companion apps on the mobile device can send notifications as well as provide additional functionalities such as Web services access, location-based services, etc
Connection to mobile device	Requires connection to a Android device	Optional; connection to a mobile device is only required for the installation of watchfaces and watch apps;
Color Screen	Yes	No, only black and white support
Touch Screen	Yes	No
Platform support	Android only	iOS and Android
Supports notifications	Yes. The primarily function of Android Wear is to display notifications from the Android device	Yes. Displays notifications from the iOS and Android device
SDK	Android Wear Developer Preview + Android SDK	Pebble SDK
Programming language support	Java	C (native apps), Javascript, Objective C and Java (Pebble Mobile apps)
Smartphone compatibility	Works with Android 4.3 and above devices. At this moment, Android Wear can only connect to phone devices; but Google has announced that the Android Wear Developer Preview release will be updated to support non-phone devices as well	Works with iOS 6.0 and newer and Android 4.0 and newer devices