LG’s two new Watches herald the arrival of Android Wear 2.0

Few people can pull off style and sport. You might leave the house in shiny runners and slick hair, but after just three minutes of running you’re a heaving bedraggle. No, best to separate the two, which is just what LG has done. Designed with the full collaboration of Google, for whom these are a showcase delivery mechanism for its Android Wear 2.0 OS, there’s a sporty one and a stylish one. The former gets a bigger 480×480-pixel screen, 4G, GPS, heart rate and NFC for Android Pay. But the latter looks better in a little black dress… and unlike many stylish things, is £100 cheaper at £249. Both are waterproof, in case you do get a sweat on.

Fraser Macdonald consulting editor

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Fraser used to wear a Psion Series 3 palmtop in a shoulder holster. Perhaps he still does.Either way, his lifelong mission - including fourteen years for Stuff - has been to see whether the consumer electronics industry can ever replicate that kind of cyborgian joy.So far: nope. Despite a plan to combine a action camera and Olympus Eye-Trek goggles to become Man Who Sees The Vision Of A Man Three Inches Taller Than Himself.He also likes mountain bikes, motorbikes, cars, helicopters. Still thinks virtual surround is witchcraft. Dislikes jetskis, despite never having been on one.