We’ll have to wait longer for Wear OS 3 to arrive on Fossil smartwatches
Google’s Wear OS platform for smartwatches received a much-needed overhaul last year, thanks in part to Samsung and Fitbit. The new unified platform, which is called Wear OS 3, debuted on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 series. But, unfortunately, those are still the only devices running the much-improved new version. And will remain so for several more months. Fossil’s Gen 6 models launched after Wear OS 3 arrived but, disappointingly, still running the older version. Google said they will eventually receive the update to the new version but not until the “mid to second half of 2022”. Fossil was expected to provide a more concrete timeframe at CES 2022 but, sadly, it didn’t. The company simply reiterated Google’s original timeline. So we’ll have to wait longer for Wear OS to arrive on Fossil smartwatches. Wear OS 3 will be also available to a handful of devices from Mobvoi. These include the TicWatch Pro 3 GPS, TicWatch Pro 3 Cellular/LTE, TicWatch E3, and the Chinese brand’s future models. Stay tuned for more information regarding the rollout timeline.
