Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch line touts faster charging speeds, and eventually Wear OS 3

Fossil on Monday unveiled its new Gen 6 line of smartwatches, which arrive this fall and will receive Google’s new Wear OS 3 in an update in 2022. Despite its initial launch on the previous version of Wear OS, Fossil touts the watch’s faster Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus chip from Qualcomm and a claimed charging speed of zero to 80% in 30 minutes.

The watch line is priced between $299 and $319 in the US and is now available for preorder. The line will start at £279 in the UK and AU$499 in Australia.

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