November 6, 2019 11:00 am
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20949602/fossil-hr-hybrid-smartwatch-always-on-display-news-battery-life-features
Fossils new hybrid smartwatches have physical watch hands and always-on displays
Image: Fossil
Fossil’s new hybrid smartwatches combine physical watch hands with a circular low-power, always-on display. The $195 (£189) Fossil HR has a monochromatic display, which is capable of showing the kind of information you’d typically expect to see on a smartwatch — including activity tracking, weather information, and app notifications — all while being power-efficient enough that the watch offers a battery life of around two weeks.
Back when news of these smartwatches leaked in September, there was speculation that they used the secret smartwatch tech that Google paid Fossil $40 million for at the beginning of the year. However, Fossil said these watches are unrelated to that deal. “There is no relation between the IP Fossil sold to Google...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20949602/fossil-hr-hybrid-smartwatch-always-on-display-news-battery-life-features
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