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Fossil smartwatches are dead; you can get up to $140 in trade-in towards Pixel Watch 2

Fossil announced this week that it’s throwing in the towel on smartwatches, with no new releases in the pipeline. While updates will be coming for “a few years” still, if you’re looking to move on to a newer smartwatch option, there are some compelling trade-in offers for Fossil smartwatches towards Google’s Pixel Watch 2.

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Fossil is finally releasing Wear OS 3 update; new ‘Wellness’ smartwatch still on Snapdragon 4100+

fossil gen 6 wellness edition wear os 3

Wear OS 3 first launched in mid-2021 on Samsung’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 new Gen 6 “Wellness” Edition.

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No, those aren’t Fossil’s Gen 7 Wear OS smartwatches

Skagen Falster Gen 6 from Fossil Group

Ahead of a device’s release, companies need to get approval from regulatory agencies like the FCC in the United States, as well as organizations like the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). In the last few months, new devices from Fossil have arrived at both of these groups, sparking rumors of Fossil’s Gen 7 Wear OS watches. However, that’s not what these new watches are set to be.

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