It costs a bit more than the standard Gen 6’s starting price of $299 (£279, AU$499).Ī Fossil rep told CNET that the Razer collaboration is partially a test to see how the gaming audience would approach the smartwatch, whether it’s a new customer, an existing customer or someone who would be into the limited edition element of this smartwatch. The limited edition will only be 1,337 units, because why not. The watch will go on sale Monday with a 44mm black case, starting at $329. Alexa will be preloaded onto the watch, and will activate when Amazon adds that version of the assistant to Google’s app store. The Gen 6 watch will also eventually get support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, which Fossil said will be coming in the near future. The watch also includes GPS, a heart rate sensor, Sp02 blood oxygen sensor and Bluetooth 5.0 LE connectivity.įossil’s Gen 6 smartwatch collaboration includes green and black themed bands. The Gen 6 line debuted last summer, with a particular focus on being able to charge its battery from zero to 80% in 30 minutes and its faster Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus chip. The two other Razer themed watchfaces include Text, which spells out the time, and an Analogue theme.Īpart from the bands and the watch faces, the Fossil Gen 6 ships with Google’s Wear OS 2, with plans to upgrade to Wear OS 3 sometime in mid- to late 2022. Find the best phones, apps and accessories with our CNET Mobile newsletter.

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