Here’s How a Web Browser on the Apple Watch Looks Like [VIDEO]

By Anuj
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Browsing the web on a smartwatch is indeed a bad idea, and many users would also agree on that. In fact, Apple didn't include a native browser into the Apple Watch. This clearly tells that the Apple Watch isn't meant to browse the web.

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Here’s How a Web Browser on the Apple Watch Looks Like [VIDEO]

Nevertheless, Comex, a well-known jailbreak developer and former Apple intern, has managed to hack the Apple Watch OS to get a running web browser on to the timepiece, 9to5 Mac reports.

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In a video posted Sunday, the famed developer demonstrates Google's homepage displayed on the Apple Watch. Apparently, the page doesn't load images, and there's no built-in keyboard to input text.

"Apple has announced a native SDK is in the works, which will allow the wider developer community to create apps that run code on the OS itself (rather than through an iPhone app extension a la WatchKit). Until then, community hacks like this are the first glimpse of what might be possible,"9to5Mac writes.

Here’s How a Web Browser on the Apple Watch Looks Like [VIDEO]

To be honest, a 1.5-inch smartwatch screen never becomes web-friendly, as users would require a lot of patience to browse the web on such a small display. That obviously doesn't mean that smartwatches aren't capable of running web browsers.

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So far, Comex hasn't released any details of the hack. Apple, on the other hand, has official stated that native third-party Apple Watch applications will be coming "later this year".

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