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Update Haters Will Love This Fossil Gen 5E Deal

Kellen June 22, 2021 1

If you happen to be the type of consumer who does not care for a second about whether or not the expensive tech device you just bought receives long-term support, then I have the deal for you. The Fossil Gen 5E is 49% off for Amazon Prime day, so you can grab...

Maybe This is the Fossil Gen 6?

Kellen June 22, 2021

We have tracked so many Fossil devices at the FCC over the past couple of years that I'm not sure I'll ever truly believe the next one is the Fossil Gen 6. Too many times now have we had hopes raised only to be shown another variant of a Fossil Gen 5 or one of...

Fossil Confirms Gen 6 Watch on the New Wear Platform With Premium Price

Kellen June 5, 2021 21

From the moment Qualcomm updated its wearable chipset line a year ago, we figured Fossil would show up shortly after with an announcement for the Fossil Gen 6. As the biggest player in the Wear OS game, it only made sense that they would adopt the new platform...

Fossil Won’t Upgrade Older Watches to New Wear Platform (Updated)

Kellen June 5, 2021 21

In a bit of breaking news on this random Saturday, Fossil confirmed a couple of big items on our Wear OS future checklist. The first we just shared with you, and that's news of the Fossil Gen 6 arriving this year running the new Wear platform and likely...

Do Not Buy a Wear OS Watch Right Now

Kellen May 24, 2021 20

The Wear OS-related news from last week was exactly the news we hoped Google would deliver. They announced the biggest update to their wearable efforts ever that includes a partnership with Samsung and the hope that other wearable makers will take advantage of...

Fossil Gen 5 Wear OS H-MR2 Update is Back

Kellen April 28, 2021 7

Fossil originally began rolling out Wear OS' big H-MR2 update back in December of last year to the Fossil Gen 5 before pulling the update after issues surfaced. The update has been on hold since, but Gen 5 owners found a fresh build waiting for them today that...

Wear OS Watchmakers Seem Destined to Kill the Platform

Kellen March 9, 2021 47

The watch pictured above is the Huawei Watch 2 from 2017. It was a solid Wear OS watch at the time, with the best specs currently available, including Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 2100 chip. Again, that was in 2017, a full year after Qualcomm had introduced that...

Verizon Now Selling Fossil Gen 5 LTE for $15/Month ($349 Full Retail)

Tim January 21, 2021 6

This month, Fossil launched the Gen 5 LTE smartwatch, a Wear OS-powered device that is powered by the same ol' Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset. In other words, you shouldn't buy this watch, unless you have a time machine that will take you back to 2018 when this...