Canyon Smart Computer using Android Wear launched at Eurobike + video

Any news when this is going to be released?

Purchase of a new Garmin now on hold .....

... though perhaps that design does look a bit more prone to 'snapping' off in an 'unpredicted dismount' than something rubber banded to the bars.

that looks lovely, price seems very reasonable as well considering the stated functionality

This is definitely the way forward.

Anything allows software to be developed independently to hardware will benefit users. There can be reliability issues but by comparison I have never found my Garmin to be reliable either and the software and in that case hardware are developed by the same organisation.

This kind of thing will open up choices.

Maybe crystal ball gazing without the details but how do you reckon this compares to the Edge 520? Was getting (sadly) excited about getting a 520 but this looks rather interesting. For us Luddites without smartphones any reason to go for one over the other?

One could fear, that the usb post for the charger is located on the side that slides into the bracket. This would mean, that touring or other long distance cyclists that use a dyno hub generator to charger their gps device at day, would be unable to do so.

Otherwise a great looking computer! I really like the idea of bringing Android into this, the possibilities with 3rd party apps are endless. Still being able to use the Smart Computer as gps tracker without pairing it with a phone is a plus too, so its not just another smartphone mirror.

Looks good, just need Strava now to support ant+ on android devices.

This is quite sexy looking. I am tired of paying excessive amount to Garmin.

£200 sounds like a good deal for this sexy looking gadget.

Looks very good, and nicely thought out.

that looks really swish

I can't believe there are no companies that make a stem faceplate that is a garmin mount.

I cannot imagine Canyon will limit this to their own stems.
If you look, the computer has a specific housing, of which the housing slides into a specific front plate for the stem. I can see Canyon either producing front plates for other companies stems, or perhaps more likely making the sliding mount design open source so other companies can create mounts at their own expense. That's what I would do if I was them anyway. After all, the latter approach means they would not need to push sales of own brand stems. Profits would come from sales of the computer and profit from licensing the design...

That's the slickest looking bike computer I've seen. I imagine the cost of a stem and the computer (which bikeboy76 points out will only be for one bike) might cool my enthusiasm, but for now, it's at the top of my Eurobike released wants.

Looks great and very desirable, but how would I transfer the unit it to my other bikes......

Some computers are smarterer than others.

Aren't all computers smart?