Fossil has actually begun turning out the Wear OS 3 upgrade to its Skagen Falster Gen 6 smartwatches. The just catch is that doing so removes lots of watchfaces that were formerly offered– yet an additional element you’ll have to consider when determining whether to upgrade to Wear OS 3.
The vanishing watchfaces were very first kept in mind on Reddit ( through 9to5Google), and also The Verge was able to validate that the number of offered Skagen watchfaces decreases from about 20 to 5 as soon as you update. This could not daunt some individuals, yet style is one of Fossil’s toughness as a smartwatch manufacturer, so it’s a bit frustrating to see.
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Otherwise, Wear OS 3 on the Falster Gen 6 is really comparable to what you’ll locate on Fossil’s freshly launchedGen 6 Wellness Edition That makes good sense considered that they have the very same equipment under the hood. This variation of Wear OS 3 isn’t anything out of the regular. It’s fairly comparable to what you’ll see on the Pixel Watch, other than with Fossil’s numerous battery-saving settings and also minus the Fitbit assimilation.
There are a couple of points to remember, nevertheless. You’ll have to download a different Skagen application once you update and also remove the old Wear OS application from your phone. This has actually held true of all Wear OS 3 sees so far, consisting of the Montblanc Summit 3 and alsothe Gen 6 Wellness Edition It’s a little interested that Fossil is selecting to produced a different application for Skagen, yet that’s most likely to make points much less complex.
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(*3 *)Alexa is the digital aide rather of Google Assistant right here
It’s additionally missing out on Google Assistant, which continues to be lacking from non-Samsung and also Google Wear OS 3 watches. Fossil allows you utilize Alexa rather, yet this is a factor to keep upgrading if your whole clever residence is developed around Google Assistant, for instance.
The upgrade is optional, and also do not stress if you do not see it on your watch right now. Keep an eye out for updates, and also you must see a notice appear on your watch. Or you can inspect by heading over to Settings, scrolling down to Systems, and also touching About and also, lastly,System Updates
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