While Samsung has just released their first smart watch with little traction and rumors continue to swirl around what Apple may do with the ‘iWatch,’ Sony has been busy tweaking and improving the SmartWatch 2. As the name suggestions, this is the company’s second foray into the portable arena and today, the company has announced a major milestone. The Sony SmartWatch 2 officially boasts over 400 apps which include the likes of Facebook and Twitter among more “generic” features/apps like a clock, weather, stopwatch, phonebook, and SMS, to name a few. Along side this milestone, Sony is releasing a major update that will bring a big smile to owners of the SmartWatch 2.

The new update from Sony now allows for easy customization of the SmartWatch 2. Users can drag and drop apps from either their watch or Android smartphone where they see fit. Sony is also inviting developers to take advantage of the open nature of the watch and develop their apps to fit and work natively on the SmartWatch 2. The update also brings with it what Sony calls “six unique and stylish wallpapers” and a new calculator app. Other improvements include:

 Improved Gmail and Facebook apps

Thanks to some of your feedback, we’ve made some slight tweaks to the Gmail and Facebook functionality on SmartWatch 2. Tweaks include improving the Gmail synchronisation between phone and watch, and making the posts on the Facebook app more “scrollable.” Have a look around and tell us what you think.

Notification drawer

We’ve also tweaked the notification drawer. You can now scroll through all of your calendar appointments and mark any events as ‘read’ straight from the watch.

Bluetooth connect/disconnect vibration settings

You can now choose to turn vibration settings off for when Bluetooth connects and disconnects. 

The Sony SmartWatch 2 is available for $149. At CES 2014, more wearables from the Japanese giant were announced, including the Sony SmartBand and Smart Tennis Sensor.

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[Via Sony]