Watchmaker Fossil Group this week revealed that it is selling some smartwatch technology it is currently developing to Google. The transaction is valued at $40 million (about CA$53 million). It will see Google acquire both new smartwatch intellectual property and and a portion of Fossil’s R&D team. Greg McKelvey, EVP and chief strategy and digital officer of the Fossil Group, provided little […]
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Fossil Q Marshal and Q Wander smartwatches to be available August 29th
Fossil introduced two new Android Wear smartwatches, the Fossil Q Marshal and Q Wander, at Baselworld 2016. The company at the time promised a launch in either late summer or early fall. Yesterday, it announced that both will go on sale on August 29th with pre-orders to start later this week. “Q Wander and Q Marshal beautifully marry form and […]
New Fossil smartwatches and smarter watches to be unveiled during Baselworld 2016
Fossil announced the Fossil Q Motion activity tracker just days ago and brought it to SXSW 2016. It today announced it will unveil new wearables at its 2016 Fossil Global Exposition taking place in Basel at the same time as Baselworld 2016. It plans to announce two new Android Wear-powered Fossil smartwatches and a new a smarter analog watch. “We love the digital influence on […]
Fossil Q Motion activity tracker to debut at SXSW
Fossil jumped into the wearables space in late 2015 with the launch of its Fossil Q line of wearables. It is now headed to this weekend’s SXSW where it will debut the newest wearable in the collection. The Fossil Q Motion is an activity tracker that also supports smart tap technology, allowing you to perform simple actions by tapping the band. […]
CES 2016: Fossil Q54 Pilot smartwatch
Fossil unveiled its line of Fossil Q wearables back in October. Among the new devices introduced was the Fossil Q Founder smartwatch and the Fossil Q Grant “smarter watch.” Today, the company introduced a new watch, the Fossil Q54 Pilot. Billed as a “smartwatch for analog watch lovers,” lacks a digital touchscreen display, opting instead for the connected approach we saw […]
Fossil Q Founder now available on Google Store
If you were looking forward to the day that the Fossil Q Founder launched on the Google Store, today is your lucky day but only as long as you live in the U.S. The Fossil Q Founder is the first smartwatch in Fossil’s new line of Fossil Q wearables that the company unveiled back in October. The other wearables consist of the Fossil Q Grant […]
Fossil Q Founder coming soon to Google Store
The Fossil Q Founder landed in select U.S. Fossil stores and the company’s own online store earlier this week. It will soon be a bit easier to pick up. It has now popped up on the Google Store with the notice that it is “coming soon.” The Fossil Q Founder is part of the new Fossil Q line of wearables that the company unveiled […]
Fossil Q Founder smartwatch goes on sale today
Fossil unveiled its Fossil Q line of wearables last month. Among them was the Fossil Q Founder smartwatch which is powered by Android Wear and a low power Intel Atom processor. The company today announced that it is now on sale in the U.S. at select Fossil stores and online. Much as other Android Wear devices, the Fossil Q Founder will provide a […]