Polar M600 Android Wear fitness smartwatch with GPS goes official

 Polar has announced M600 Android Wear fitness smartwatch. It comes equipped with GPS, optical hear rate sensor and activity tracking.

The M600 is powered by MediaTek’s MT2601 system-on-chip (SoC). It includes voice control, notification support and the ability to customize watch faces. The watch has a power button and front button for quick training control. Polar users its proprietary 6-LED solution with algorithms to insure accurate heart rate and integrated GPS for 24/7 activity tracking. It tracks activity, sleep, steps, calories, and provides inactivity alerts.

Polar M600 smartwatch specifications

• 1,30″, 240 x 240 pixels, 260ppi transmissive TFT display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• MediaTek MT2601, Dual-Core 1.2GHz processor based on ARM Cortex-A7
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage
• Android Wear
• Optical heart rate measurement with 6 LEDs
• Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyroscope, Vibration motor, Microphone
• IPX8, water resistant
• Dimensions: 45x36x13; Weight: 63g
• Bluetooth® 4.2 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS
• 2 days / 8 hours of training (with Android phone), 1 day / 8 hours of training (with iPhone)

The Polar M600 comes in white and black variants. It will be available globally at the end of Q3 for $329 or EUR 349.