Fossil Gen 6 begins receiving Put on OS 3 replace with out Google Assistant, Google Match and iOS compatibility points

Final week, Fossil Group introduced plans to improve a few of its product portfolio to Put on OS 3.0, a model of Put on OS that Google changed with Put on OS 3.5. As we mentioned on the time, solely the Fossil Group smartwatches working the Snapdragon Put on 4100 Plus platform will transfer from Put on OS 2 to its successor. In different phrases, solely smartwatches launched from 2021 onwards are eligible, such because the Fossil Gen 6.

As promised, Fossil Group has now began its Put on OS 3 rollout. Beginning with Fossil Gen 6, the replace seems to be rolling out to Michael Kors Gen 6, Razer X Fossil Gen 6 and Skagen Falster Gen 6 quickly as nicely. To recap, you will have to manufacturing unit reset your smartwatch to improve to Put on OS 3. Moreover, Fossil has up to date its companion app, one other requirement for putting in an OS replace like Fossil Gen 6.

Whereas there have been experiences that Put on OS 3 works easily on the Fossil Gen 6, it’s price noting that there are a number of lacking options. On the one hand, the brand new Google Assistant would not work, which is the case on Montblanc Summit 3. As a substitute, Fossil gives Amazon Alexa, a Gen 6 smartwatch, which receives a 1.6/5 ranking on the Google Play Retailer.

Then again, Google Match now not works with Fossil Gen 6. Though Fossil is not a Gen 6-exclusive difficulty, Fossil reported on Reddit that Google hasn’t up to date the service to help Put on Well being Companies. Google Match knowledge syncing is believed to nonetheless be doable by way of the Fossil Telephone app; You possibly can learn extra particulars concerning the workaround and lacking options on Fossil’s Reddit put up, comparable to Google Pockets fails to work when connecting Fossil Gen 6 to an iOS system.