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There’s a New Skagen Smartwatch, Based on Fossil Gen 6

Tim January 5, 2022 5

Skagen, no stranger to making great looking timepieces both analog and smart, announced the new Falster Gen 6 smartwatch this week. Based on Fossil's Gen 6 smartwatch and running Wear OS 2, the new Falster features all of the improvements that were introduced...

Good Luck Getting the Fossil x Razer Gen 6 Smartwatch

Tim January 5, 2022 2

Fossil and Razer announced their first collab this week during CES, in the form of a very limited edition Gen 6 smartwatch powered by Wear OS. How limited? Well, it's Razer, so of course it's limited to just 1,337 pieces worldwide. That makes your chances of...

DEAL: Save Up to $90 on Fossil Gen 6 Smartwatch ($229+)

Tim December 27, 2021 4

Fossil is hosting a solid sale on its new Gen 6 smartwatches, powered by Wear OS. With the sale, you can save as much as $90 on the price, bringing the starting price for one of these wearables down to a completely reasonable $229. For specifications, the...

Google Pixel Watch Evidence Mounts

Kellen December 21, 2021 29

For the first time in the years-long running conversation around a supposed Pixel Watch, real evidence is starting to appear that suggests we may finally get one. After a new Wear OS 3 emulator build was discovered a week ago, signs from within it pointing to...

Wear OS 3 Gets a First Look Without Samsung’s Skin

Kellen December 14, 2021 8

Wear OS 3 is still very much a Samsung exclusive version of Google's wearable OS, where only the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic have it on-device. Google has suggested that other watchmakers will be able to put Wear OS 3 on their own devices in 2022...

Google Pay on Wear OS Now Available in More Countries

Tim December 7, 2021 1

Google announced this week the expansion of Google Pay on Wear OS into new countries, bringing the total number of supported markets up to 40. Google highlights a few of the newly supported countries as Israel, Kazakhstan, and the Netherlands. Shoutout to the...

Fossil Gen 6 is $90 Off and Might be Worth It Now

Kellen November 25, 2021 6

The Fossil Gen 6 released earlier this year with the worst of timing. The fashion wearable company prepared what should have been a nicely upgraded, chart topping Wear OS watch heading in the holiday shopping season, only to be undercut by Google, who had...

As Expected, Wear OS Market Share Leaps Into Existence Thanks to Samsung

Tim November 22, 2021 19

Google is likely readying its Christmas card list, with Samsung hopefully near the top, with data suggesting that it's a safe assumption that Wear OS would be a distant memory if it wasn't for the latest Galaxy Watches. Hate it or love it, Wear OS is very much...