There’s been no lack of activity in wearables at Berlin’s IFA consumer electronics show, but Android Wear was notably absent until Fossil unveiled two new devices with their first full-round screens.
The Fossil Q Venture and Q Explorist have always-on AMOLED touchscreens — 42 mm for the Venture and 44 mm for the Explorist. They’re both based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1200 processor (no more Intel/Google reference design), and use wireless charging, presumably using the Qi standard.
As with any Android Wear watch, the Venture and Explorist can be customized through the Google Play store and run Google Assistant and Google Fit. Both watches are available immediately for between $255 and $275.
Although these are Fossil’s first full-round Android Wear watches, the company’s Misfit division showed on at CES early this year; that watch is expected to ship in the next couple of months.