Which Smartwatch has the best SDK ecosystem? - General Questions and Answers

I want to buy a smartwatch, but I want to develop for it too. Some watches have an SDK, some just say Android Wearable. I don't know what to get. Which smartwatch has the best development ecosystem? I don't want to use Pebble because I need to display images from the Internet for my projects, and as I understand it the Pebble is all color e-ink. The Sony Smartwatch and Samsung have SDKs, the Garmins do, but I don't think the Garmin can display URLs from the Internet (be nice if they could).
If this is the wrong place to post this, please move accordingly. I looked at the Smartwatch forum section, but I did not a general place to ask. I saw Android Wear, but wasn't sure if I should use that one.
Thanks for any help.

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