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Detailed explanation-1: -“The addition of Fossil Group’s technology and team to Google demonstrates our commitment to the wearables industry by enabling a diverse portfolio of smartwatches and supporting the ever-evolving needs of the vitality-seeking, on-the-go consumer.” The size of the deal isn’t huge by wearable industry standards.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Google Pixel Watch is the latest edition to the company’s Google Pixel collection of digital devices, which includes smartphones, laptops and tablets.

Detailed explanation-3: -As part of the deal, Texas-based Fossil Group’s research and development team working on the smartwatch will join Google, which will acquire the intellectual property for Fossil smartwatches, the firms said.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pixel Watch release date was October 13, 2022, and since then we’re continuing to track the best Pixel Watch deals. Note that the Pixel Watch launched alongside the Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro, which would both make ideal companion devices for the company’s smartwatch.

Detailed explanation-5: -Google’s acquisition of Fitbit closed in early 2021, but we haven’t seen much in the way of changes yet. 9to5Google spotted a big upcoming change posted on Fitbit’s help site: account migrations! A new Fitbit help page has outlined the plan for the coming Google account migration.