Google GOOG made a number of announcements regarding Android Wear, Android TV and Android Auto this week, but cross-compatibility remains an issue for external devices.
"Do you have to buy into all of these pieces to have a good experience, or can you pick and choose?" Jeff Orr, a senior practice director at ABI Research, told Benzinga. "Can you get the automotive component and the watch or a wearable and is that enough?"
Orr, whose research focuses on mobile devices, is very concerned about the lack of cross-compatibility between the Android and iOS ecosystems. He said that these developers continue to face the challenge of finding a sizeable audience that is interested in an entire portfolio of products from one manufacturer.
"Even the largest brands, such as Apple or Samsung, have been challenged with that in their own lineups," said Orr. "Maybe one person in a household is buying into a particular brand, but when you go across all members of the family, inevitably you find a mixture of brands and different activities that they want to perform. Having those unique ecosystems of capability and compatibility will probably be the limiting factor for any one vendor's message."
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