Fossil's 14 Brands to Deliver 250 Smartwatches With Google Assistant, Pay
Fossil Group will offer more than 250 smartwatch styles from major fashion brands this holiday season, it said Tuesday at IFA, promoting its Wear OS by Google-powered touch-screen smartwatches launching in the fall through year-end. The 14-brand collection of hybrid…
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and touch-screen smartwatches includes designs from Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, Michael Kors and Skagen. New tech features of the Fossil Group lineup are heart-rate tracking, Google Pay via near-field communications, untethered GPS, one-hour fast charging, Google Assistant and water resistance to 98 feet, it said. A recent redesign of Wear OS by Google will provide quicker access to information and notifications, more proactive help from Google Assistant and "smarter health coaching" via Google Fit, Fossil said.