Published 12:49 IST, June 5th 2019
The smartwatch that Google CEO Sundar Pichai wears is now available in India
The ‘mysterious’ smartwatch that Google CEO Sundar Pichai wore during his Google I/O 2019 keynote is now available for buying in India
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‘mysterious’ smartwatch that Google CEO Sundar Pichai wore during his Google I/O 2019 keyte is w available for buying in India. smartwatch in question, is Fossil’s Sport, and it has seemingly been designed to be “ ideal companion for all health and activity enthusiasts in striking right balance between all aspects of ir lifestyle – be it work or workout.”
Fossil Sport has been launched in India at a price of Rs 17,995 and it’s available across Fossil online and Fossil retail stores as well as Fossil partner channels across India.
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Fossil is touting two key aspects of Sport. Available in six colours and two case sizes (41, 43 mm), Fossil Sport when paired with nylon make it “ lightest smartwatch to date,” according to Fossil. re will also be an option to pair Sport with as many as 28 silicone straps. Fossil Sport is furr powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor that is claimed to offer smooth performance as well as “more than a day’s worth of battery life.” An in-built battery saving mode is said to d “an ditional two days of telling time.” Fossil Sport also supports fast charging.
Sensors on-board Fossil Sport include, heart rate, GPS, Altimeter, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light and microphone. Fossil Sport runs Google's Wear OS software.
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Fossil Sport was recently worn by Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O keyte event – leing to speculation if he was wearing yet-to-be-anunced Pixel Watch.
YouTuber Marques Brownlee, more popularly kwn as MKBHD, was possibly one of first few to spot smartwatch and be curious about it. Soon after, MKBHD asked Twitterati to ID Pichai's ‘mysterious’ smartwatch and someone did ID Pichai's ‘mysterious’ smartwatch, successfully. As it turned out, Pichai’s smartwatch h a Fossil connection – something that was later verified by Fossil as well.
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To recall, Google recently bought Fossil’s smartwatch tech and a portion of its R&D team for $40 million in its fresh attempt to make Wear OS relevant again.
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12:48 IST, June 5th 2019