It was public knowledge that Fossil was working on an Android Wear-powered smartwatch, the company unveiled it last month, it’s called the Q Founder and today Fossil has finally released it. The smartwatch is part of the company’s Q line of wearable devices with the Q Founder being the flagship product. As previously mentioned it runs Android Wear and is powered by an Intel chipset.
Fossil calls it an “unassuming powerhouse,” because of the fact that it has a touchscreen display as well as refined steel and classic leather accents, basically what you’d expect from a high end smartwatch these days. Since it runs Android Wear expect the usual slew of smartwatch features, such as the ability to display notifications, incoming calls, texts and appointments. The smartwatch can also listen and respond to the user via voice commands.
The smartwatch does get Android Wear and Fossil Q companion applications for features like activity tracking and personalization, users can select from preloaded Fossil dials, customize their own or download additional watch faces from the internet. Q Founder works with both Android and iPhone.
Fossil has released its first smartwatch today, it can be readily purchased from the company’s online store or select retail stores for $275, the company has priced its smartwatch competitively against rivals from the likes of Motorola and LG.
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