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Wear OS is Getting Improvements!

Kellen August 13, 2020 16

At the beginning of the week, the Android team teased possible Wear OS news, alongside new features for other platforms like Android TV and Android Auto. We've seen the news on both of those, but were starting to wonder if Wear OS would really see the love or...

Fossil Gen 5 Update Adding Sleep Tracking, New Fitness Stuff, and More

Kellen August 8, 2020 20

The Snapdragon Wear 4100 may be on the horizon, leading to a new round of watch releases, but Fossil isn't ready to put its Gen 5 watches to bed yet. A new update planned for August 19 should bring a number of new features, including sleep tracking. In a...

Google Play Music Leaves Wear OS in a Couple of Weeks

Kellen August 7, 2020 24

Google Play Music is set for shutdown starting this month and finishing up before 2020 ends. For the next several months, Google will push users onto YouTube Music, a music streaming platform that has improved since launching a few years back, but one that...

A Real Deal: Misfit Vapor X is Somehow Just $14.99 Today ($245 Off)

Kellen August 3, 2020 82

A couple of months ago, Misfit, one of Fossil's brands that makes Wear OS watches and fitness wearables, hosted a sale that had us wondering if the future of the company was in question. Today, they've topped that deal and are basically just giving away...

People Keep Asking Google if Wear OS is Dead, Which is Bad

Kellen July 9, 2020 37

During a reddit AMA today, the Android engineering team acknowledged that they still have a wearable platform to support when responding to a question about Wear OS, after a user suggested it's looking like an abandoned project. The company's response was...

DEAL: Fossil Gen 5 With Extra Straps Down to $139 ($206 Off)

Kellen July 6, 2020 10

It's going to be hard for the next several weeks (or months) to tell you to jump on a deal for a current Wear OS watch. We know that the Snapdragon Wear 4100 is coming and will offer significant upgrades over any watch you can buy today. The only way you...

Google, It’s Time for a Pixel Watch

Kellen June 30, 2020 65

Back in 2019, after learning that Google was close to releasing its first Pixel Watch alongside the original Pixel phone, I made the argument that it was the right call then to distance themselves from Wear OS and that they also shouldn't release a Pixel Watch...

Qualcomm Introduces Snapdragon Wear 4100+ to Try and Save Wear OS

Kellen June 30, 2020 40

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ gives Wear OS new life Wear OS is getting another chance, guys. Qualcomm just announced its new wearable chipset, the first real upgrade to the Snapdragon Wear line in more years than I can keep track of. The new Snapdragon Wear...