Articles tagged "Fossil"

Following the Wear OS 3 transition for smart wearables has been interesting to follow and with every new piece of information, we can slowly make out what the big picture will look like for Wear OS. The latest information comes from Fossil, a...

Fossil has unveiled its next-generation Hybrid smartwatch for those who prefer a more classic look with some of the smart features of modern smartwatches. The Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid takes design elements from its other Gen 6 smartwatches and packs more...

Introduction The Skagen Falster Gen 6 is part of Fossil's recent lineup of smartwatches. With the Falster Gen 6, the watch gains faster performance thanks to the Snapdragon Wear 4100+ Platform. There are also shorter charging times, improved...

After a couple of high-profile leaks, Fossil has finally unveiled its Gen 6 smartwatch lineup powered by Google's Wear OS (but not the latest OS 3 version) and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4100+ platform. The new watches come in 44mm and 42mm...

Fossil announced its Gen 5 smartwatch back in 2019, and the company will unveil the Gen 6 series next week - on August 30. Fossil has set up a promo page on its website to tease the Gen 6 smartwatch, and while the company doesn't explicitly...

Fossil’s Gen 6 smartwatches with Wear OS are “coming soon”, but that’s as far as the official page goes. But we can look to unofficial sources to see what’s in store – all models will use the Snapdragon Wear 4100+ chipset. This is a relatively...

On August 11 Samsung will unveil the first two watches running the new unified Wear platform which was developed by the Korean company in collaboration with Google. Today the search giant thankfully made some important clarifications about the...

Fossil’s LTE-enabled smartwatch is now available exclusively from Verizon. The company has previously seen much success making stylish Wear OS-powered smartwatches across its family of Fossil watch brands. The smartwatch packs the Qualcomm...

The Fossil Group and its subsidiary brands brought out their next generation smartwatches to show off at CES 2021. This means the watches share some hardware (but have unique designs). Note that they are split into two groups – the more capable...

Last year Fossil introduced its Gen 5 smartwatch with Android Wear, Snapdragon 3100 chipset and a $295 asking price. Today the maker is introducing its Gen 5E smartwatches which come in a smaller 42mm casing alongside the 44mm option from last year....

Smartwatches come in different shapes and sizes and with support for a varying set of features. Some manufacturers opt for more capable platforms with a lot of functionality and power-hungry displays and chipsets. Others deliver products for users...

Today the Fossil Group has announced that it's entered an agreement to sell Google some secret still in development smartwatch technology for $40 million. The deal involves intellectual property related to that technology, as well as some of...

Today, Fossil announces its latest smartwatch simply called: the Fossil Sport. The fitness-oriented Wear OS device will run the latest version of Wear OS with a revamped fitness and navigation UI. It also has Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Wear 3100...

Fossil introduced the fourth generation of two of its Android Wear smartwatch lines – meet the Fossil Q Venture HR and Q Explorist HR. They are available for pre-order and will ship out on August 26. Fossil Q Explorist 4th...

Fossil's Android smartwatches are among the most stylish around, but are usually more expensive than average too. Well, now you get a chance to save some of your hard-earned cash thanks to a few nice deals on Amazon. The watch company has...

The popular watch brand Fossil launched another smartwatch called Q Control. Powered by the Snapdragon Wear 2100 and running the Android Wear 2.0 OS, the Q Control is the newest addition to the Gen 3 portfolio of Fossil. Fossil Q...

Last month, Fossil unveiled third-gen Q Venture and Q Explorist smartwatches. The company said the wearables will be launched on September 24. While it's still nearly a week before the scheduled launch, the watches are on sale already. Not...

Earlier than promised, Fossil unveiled the third generation of its Q Venture and Q Explorist smartwatches. Both run Android Wear 2.0, of course, and are based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 2100 chipset. Both watches come in a choice of metallic and...

Remember when Fossil said its smartwatches would be updated to Android Wear 2.0 in "mid-March"? Well, it's very rare that when a company outs such a reasonably vague release time frame it then actually commences the rollout on the exact day that...

Did you score a Fossil Q Founder for $132? If you did, you’ll be pleased to know that the company will release the Android Wear 2.0 update for all of its smartwatches in mid-March. That’s great to hear when certain manufacturers (cough) have...