Fossil today launched the Gen 6 smartwatch in India. The new smartwatch will run Google’s Wear OS 2, but Fossil stated it could be upgraded to Wear OS 3 in 2022. This is the 1st time that Fossil will make a solution offered in India and other markets simultaneously, the firm stated. It had announced the Fossil Gen 6 line-up in the US in August.
The Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch comes in two dial sizes — 42 mm and 44 mm. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 4100+ SoC, the Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch price tag ranges involving Rs 23,995 and Rs 24,995. The smartwatch can be bought from Fossil’s official web-site, choose offline outlets, and Amazon from September 27.
The pre-booking solution on the Fossil web-site will go live on September 25. The Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch will come in 3 colour solutions for the 42-mm dial variant and 4 solutions for the 44-mm variant.
The 1.28-inch colour AMOLED touchscreen device will also have 1GB RAM and 8GB storage. The new Qualcomm processor is stated to make the smartwatch 30 per cent more strong than the Fossil Gen 5, enabling for decrease energy consumption and more quickly app loading.
The Fossil Gen 6 comes with interchangeable straps, though the dials and buttons can be customised.
The watch features well being monitoring features such as sensors for heart-price and blood oxygen level (SpO2) monitoring. It also incorporates gyroscope, accelerometer, altimeter, compass, ambient light sensor, and off-body IR.
The smartwatch incorporates Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth v5 LE, and NFC SE as connectivity solutions. It is compatible with iOS and Android smartphones and can obtain and make calls when connected. It also supports Google Assistant.
The Fossil Gen 6 battery lasts more than 24 hours in standard mode and many days in the Extended Battery Mode. Fossil has stated the smartwatch can be charged up to 80 per cent inside 30 minutes.
The Fossil Gen 6 also features Spotify’s Wear OS upgrade that enables podcasts and songs to be downloaded on smartwatches.