A comparative analysis of wearables operating systems based on functional constraints

A wide variety of wearables are now being sold on the market. Improvements in hardware performance and miniaturization allowed the creation of new advanced devices. Despite this focus on hardware optimization, the software part may also have an essential role inside wearables continuous development. There is a need to understand the main impacts of operating systems in this ecosystem, particularly on performance aspects. This work presents a functional comparison between some of the most common operating systems used by wearables. In the absence of a standardized benchmark, authors have created a set of evaluations to figure out the system with the best performance. Results presented at the end helps to determine the best operating system in each scenario, forcing designers and developers to choose the software solution taking into account this environment-specific features.