With new processor: Fossil Sport with Snapdragon 3100 introduced

Fossil today presented a new smartwatch with the latest Snapdragon 3100 processor. The smartwatch with Wear OS has some sporty features on board.

Qualcomm's new processor for smartwatches has been available for a few weeks now. The Fossil Sport is now one of the first smartwatches with the new Snapdragon 3100 chip. This should bring some improvements in terms of battery life and performance.

Fossil Sport comes with sporty features and GPS

The Fossil Sport comes in a 41 mm and 43 mm variant. The bezel and bezel are made of aluminum - the rest of the case is made of nylon. The bracelets come in 18 and 22 mm leather and stainless steel versions.

As already mentioned, the inside is the Snapdragon 3100, along with some sensors. In addition to a pulse sensor, there is of course also an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, GPS, NFC and complete water resistance.

The Fossil Sport is completely waterproof. (Image: Fossil)

The battery has a capacity of 350 mAh and, according to the manufacturer, should last for around 24 hours - a lot less if GPS is activated. There is also an energy-saving mode that should increase the battery life to 2 days. It can be charged to almost 100 percent within an hour using the charging dock.

There is now also an app from Fossil, which is preinstalled and can detect accidents and falls, as on the Apple Watch, and then automatically make an emergency call. As software, the latest version of Wear OS with the new look Installed.

Prices and availability

Fossil Sport will be on sale in the coming weeks and in Fossil online shop already available from today. We are priced here at 279 euros.