The Fossil Gen 6 Wear OS smartwatch will appear on August 30

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The Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch with Wear OS 3.0 has already been confirmed by Fossil itself, but not the release date. Based on an email sent to customers, it looks like Monday, August 30, could be the big day. The email, spotted and reported by Droid Life, says the Gen 6 model is "arriving soon," and Fossil fans are advised to "check your emails Monday for your first access to the most popular smartwatch. The latest and most advanced from Fossil". . It looks like an announcement for the Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch, and that means we should get more details about the wearable, even if it doesn't go on sale right away. Of course, we will bring you everything that is advertised here on TechRadar.

What we know so far

First up for Fossil Gen 6 is the software: Google is putting a lot behind the big Wear OS 3.0 update coming this year in an attempt to take market share away from the Apple Watch, and the update brings with it better battery life, better app switching, improved performance, new 5rd party tiles and much more. Then there is the hardware: the successor to the Fossil Gen 4100 would arrive with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 8 Plus chipset, 1,28 GB of internal storage and a 416-inch screen with a resolution of 416 x 6 pixels. You can expect plenty of onboard sensors and tracking tech to be included in the Gen 299 model, while the price would be around €329-€355, with direct currency conversion (so you probably won't on site), this it costs around €390-255 / €280-480 / AU€530-XNUMX in other markets.

Opinion: Fossil deserves a hit on Wear OS

Leaked images of Fossil Gen 6. (Image credit: WinFuture/Fossil) In the shadow of the phenomenal success of the Apple Watch, the creators of Wear OS haven't had it easy. The available hardware components were a bit underpowered and it seemed like Google had completely forgotten about its smartwatch software from time to time. Nonetheless, Fossil continued to carry the Wear OS flag in smartwatches: with the Ticwatch, it launched some of the best models in recent years, although this hasn't always been recognized by sales figures. In short, Fossil deserves a smartwatch shot because of all the hard work it's already put into it. Its portable devices are still very well built and stylish, even if they are disappointed with the Google-provided operating system or the Qualcomm-provided internals. With the arrival of Gen 6 with software and hardware updates, we expect the next Fossil smartwatch to be the one that really turns heads in terms of attention, buyer interest and critical acclaim. Check this space for TechRadar's review once we've had a chance to test it.