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Fossil Group Launches Exclusive Smartwatch Capabilities within Wear OS by Google(TM) Platform - Multi-Day Battery Life and Tethered iPhone Calls
NextGen Smartwatches Launch Today, New Hybrid Smartwatches Available Fall/Holiday 2019 RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fossil Group, Inc.
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[{"type":"text","content":"NextGen Smartwatches Launch Today, New Hybrid Smartwatches Available Fall/Holiday 2019\n RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fossil Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) today announced proprietary nextgen touchscreen smartwatch technology and the latest evolution in hybrid smartwatches.\n\"We've made multi-day battery life for touchscreen smartwatches possible with one touch – a disruptor for smartwatches on the Wear OS by Google platform. And, we're leading the industry on Wear OS by Google by enabling tethered phone calls for iPhone users,\" said Fossil Group Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Greg McKelvey. \"Both advancements are the result of our unrelenting focus on advancing wearable technology. We'll continue to integrate the latest tech features our customers need with the styles they love.\"\nWith innovative designs and enhanced capabilities, Fossil Group's latest smartwatch technology simply delivers. The sleek and modern nextgen smartwatches will be available starting today from Fossil brand and this fall/holiday season from three other to-be-named Fossil Group brands. These new products will be Fossil Group's most advanced smartwatches ever, thanks to new features including: \nExtended Battery Life: An exclusive app offers one-swipe access to four battery modes – Daily, Extended, Time-only and Custom. Extended battery mode unlocks multi-day usage by keeping on essential features such as notifications and heart rate on a single, one-hour charge Voice Calling: A newly-added speaker and a Fossil Group proprietary app launching later this Fall enables iPhone users to make and receive calls while tethered to their phones; all other users are immediately able to make and receive tethered voice calls from the nextgen smartwatches. With the launch of this app, Android users will be able to benefit from a more seamless transition between Bluetooth devices when taking calls from their smartwatch Microphone and Swimproof Speaker: A swimproof speaker eliminates the need for an additional sound-dampening mesh barrier to keep out water; smartwatch users can get things done with help from Google Assistant and hear responses back, take phone calls, get audible alerts, play music and more Increased Storage: Tech enhancements double the storage space (to 8GB) and memory (to 1GB RAM), allowing users to download mo...