What you need to know
- A Fossil executive spoke to CNET about the company’s Wear OS 3 strategy.
- The executive said Fossil plans to provide quarterly updates for its sixth-generation smartwatch.
- The first major update for Fossil’s Wear OS 3 smartwatches came out in December with tons of fixes and enhancements.
Fossil Group seems to have found a second wind in its Gen 6 smartwatch lineup now that Wear OS 3 is here. , the company says we can expect more from the current lineup as we wait for the expected 7th generation model.
In an interview with CNET, Brook Eaton, Fossil’s vice president of product, emphasized that Fossil is working on Google’s wearable platform, especially the latest Wear OS 3 update. “This is a very important platform for a while,” Eaton told CNET. “I wore [OS] Update when booting 3 [Gen 6] Wellness Edition had another pretty meaningful update in December. “
Eaton told CNET that Fossil is working to provide more consistent updates to its watches running Wear OS 3. This comes in the form of security patches and quarterly updates. It’s unclear if these quarterly updates will come in a similar fashion to Google’s quarterly Pixels feature cuts, which usually come with lots of new features and enhancements.
Fossil’s first post-Wear OS 3 update back in December was pretty substantial, coming shortly after the Pixel Watch received its first major update. Fossil’s December 2022 patch included numerous bug fixes and some enhancements to features such as custom battery modes. However, the company teased that we can expect more in the future.
In a Reddit post, Fossil said, “We’re also hearing requests for other features such as the Google Assistant, the use of buttons in some apps, various UI/UX changes, and improved battery life.” increase. “We’re working hard to move the needle as much as possible where we can influence things. And we have even more cool features and updates planned for 2023, so stay tuned.” Please give me!”
It’s also unclear if security patches will arrive monthly or more frequently. Fossil Group has been contacted for clarification on their renewal plans. I will update this post as soon as I receive a reply.
Yet, before the Wear OS 3 update, my Skagen Falster Gen 6 hadn’t been updated in quite some time and still had the December 2021 security patch. Following the Wear OS 3 update that rolled out on Thursday, the watch is now on the December 2022 patch. So, even if updates don’t arrive every month, Fossil’s current direction already looks like a huge improvement, and even in the face of stiff competition from some of his best Wear OS watches on the market, the device has improved. Hope to continue.
You can find the full article on the rebranded companion app and the lack of Google Assistant on Wear OS 3 watches on CNET.
Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition
The Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition is a stylish smartwatch that can track heart rate, SpO2 and many other health and fitness metrics thanks to the Wellness app and built-in sensors.
