Motorola announces new Moto 360 smartwatches

Motorola has announced its second generation Android Wear smartwatches.

There will be two versions of the Moto 360, one of which will have a GPS location chip to help the collection of fitness tracking data when the device is not linked to a phone.

The firm will also allow shoppers to customise the device's design when they order it - a facility it already offers for its smartphones.

This year virtually every smartwatch-maker has a circular device except Apple.

The software Google provides is tightly controlled and almost identical on every Android Wear watch.

Motorola unveiled the new devices at the Ifa tech show in Berlin. Prices will vary by design, starting at £229, when they go on sale later this month.

The company is also promising longer battery life than before - something for which the original version was criticised.

The company said the devices would now last "up to two full days of use", which would be above the norm for such wearables.