If you wanted to take some of the wind out of the Apple Watch launch, what would you do? Why, make your own smartwatch platform compatible with iPhones, that’s what.

French tech website 01net reckons that’s exactly what Google is plotting. The site isn’t well-known outside of France, but it has hit the mark with a couple of rumours in the past. Insiders seem to think an announcement could be made at Google I/O in May.

It’s not the first time the possibility has been aired, either. Last year, Android Wear Product Manager Jeff Chang dropped a few hints that he’d like to see the software made available to as many people as possible – and that includes those running iOS on their smartphones.
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