{"id":96596,"date":"2022-10-14T05:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fossil-is-finally-launching-wear-os-3-for-its-smartwatches\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T05:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:19:20","slug":"fossil-is-finally-launching-wear-os-3-for-its-smartwatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fossil-is-finally-launching-wear-os-3-for-its-smartwatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil is finally launching Wear OS 3 for its smartwatches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wear OS 3 first launched in mid-2021 on Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Watch 4 series, and now, well over a year later, the platform is <em>finally<\/em> starting to expand to older hardware.  Fossil has confirmed that its Wear OS 3 upgrade is just around the corner, and launched its very first smartwatch running the platform in its new Gen 6 \u201cWellness\u201d Edition.<\/p>\n<p>To date, there have only been six smartwatches with Wear OS 3. The Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 4 Classic, Watch 5, and Watch 5 Pro, as well as the Montblanc Summit 3, and now, the Google Pixel Watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> Google Pixel Watch initial review: Expect disappointment, and you&#8217;ll never be disappointed<\/p>\n<p>But Fossil has just confirmed that it will finally bring Wear OS 3 to its entire catalog of compatible smartwatches in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the folks over at <em>Android Central<\/em>Fossil confirmed that it will start rolling out Wear OS 3 to all compatible smartwatches starting on October 17. This includes:<\/p>\n<p>Basically, anything from Fossil with the Snapdragon 4100+ will get Wear OS 3 starting this month.  According to Fossil, the UI will be relatively similar to what we see on the Pixel Watch and the Montblanc Summit 3, not a heavily customized version like Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Watch series.  But you&#8217;ll be missing Google Assistant and need to re-pair your watch using the new Fossil companion app. <\/p>\n<h2>Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition debuts Wear OS 3<\/h2>\n<p>Available starting October 17, the Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition will be the brand&#8217;s very first smartwatch running Wear OS 3. This fitness-focused smartwatch has a tweaked design that&#8217;s a bit more sporty, and also brings with it a fix for one of our biggest complaints with Fossil&#8217;s Wellness suite: The new Fossil app can show your fitness\/health stats on your phone, rather than limiting that data to just your smartwatch.<\/p>\n<p>Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition is pretty familiar overall, though.  It has a 44mm case with a 1.28-inch AMOLED display, 8GB of storage, and 1GB of RAM.  You&#8217;ll also get 3ATM water resistance, two buttons, a rotating crown with a button, and sensors for heart rate and SpO2.  The watch comes in silver, black, and rose gold options. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, this isn&#8217;t bringing Qualcomm&#8217;s latest smartwatch chip.  You&#8217;ll still have the Snapdragon 4100+ with this smartwatch, rather than the extremely promising Snapdragon W5+, which is set to debut in a Mobvoi smartwatch.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for updates on the Wellness Edition on Fossil&#8217;s website.  You&#8217;ll pay $299 to get your hands on this new smartwatch.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-wear-os\">More on Wear OS:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixel 7: Last minute leaks!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqCOSeOPDSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wear OS 3 first launched in mid-2021 on Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Watch 4 series, and now, well over a year later, the platform is finally starting to expand to older hardware. Fossil has confirmed that its Wear OS 3 upgrade is just around the corner, and launched its very first smartwatch running the platform in its &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fossil-is-finally-launching-wear-os-3-for-its-smartwatches\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fossil is finally launching Wear OS 3 for its smartwatches<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100586,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fossil-wear-os-3-update-removes-google-fit-and-assistant-too\/","url_meta":{"origin":96596,"position":0},"title":"Fossil Wear OS 3 update removes Google Fit and Assistant too","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wear OS 3 is finally heading to users, as the platform's reboot is now rolling out to Fossil Gen 6 smartwatches. 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