News Summary

• Around that same time, rumors started popping up that Fossil’s retail employees were saying that the company wouldn’t release anymore smartwatches.Well, that turned out to be true.Fossil, speaking to The Verge, says that it won’t be making smartwatches going forward..
• As the smartwatch landscape has evolved significantly over the past few years, we have made the strategic decision to exit the smartwatch business..
• Late last year, we noted that Fossil has been heavily discounting its only remaining watches, and many models from Gen 6 had disappeared entirely..
• That includes both the company’s Wear OS watches as well as the “Hybrid” models that combined classic watch components with e-paper displays..
• The company’s last Wear OS release was the Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition, which was met with middling reviews..
• Ben's smartwatch of choice with his phone is the Google Pixel Watch 2..