Fossil says Google will pay $40M for some smartwatch IP related to tech developed since its acquisition of Misfit; part of Fossil's R&D team will join Google
Transaction Unlocks Growth Opportunities … Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Google is buying Fossil's smartwatch tech for $40 million Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Google Fuels ‘Pixel Watch’ Rumors in $40 Million Deal for Fossil Smartwatch Tech Anton Shilov / AnandTech : Google Acquires Smartwatch Tech and R&D Personnel from Fossil Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott : Google Spends $40 Million for Fossil's Smartwatch Tech Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google acquires ‘select’ Wear OS-related IP, some R&D staff from Fossil in $40M deal Nivedita Balu / Reuters : Fossil to sell smartwatch technology worth $40 million to Google, shares rise Jeff McIntire / XDA Developers : Google is buying $40 million of smartwatch tech from Fossil Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica : Google buys $40 million worth of smartwatch tech from Fossil Group Jeet / Gizmochina : Google acquires Fossil Group's smartwatch technology for $40 million Chris Merriman / Inquirer : Google spends £30m to bring Fossil's watch tech (and boffins) to WearOS Firstpost : Fossil Group is selling $40 million worth of smartwatch tech to Google Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Google's Latest Smartwatch Deal Could Make the Pixel Watch a Dream Come True Rajesh Pandey / Android Beat : Google Acquires Fossil's Secret Smartwatch Tech for $40 Million Ellen Tannam / Silicon Republic : Google spends $40m on mysterious Fossil smartwatch technology Mark Bergen / Bloomberg : Google Spends $40 Million on Watch Tech to Fight Apple Andy Meek / BGR : Google just paid $40 million for Fossil's secret, unfinished smartwatch tech Stephanie Condon / ZDNet : Fossil to sell smartwatch IP to Google for $40 million Paul Lamkin / Forbes : Google Agrees $40m Deal For Fossil's Smartwatch Tech Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : Google buys $40 million worth of smartwatch tech from Fossil Group | Ars Technica Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Google just spent $40 million on ‘smartwatch technology’ from Fossil Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Google to revive WearOS with Fossil's mystery watch tech and R&D team Lauren Goode / Wired : It's Time for a Google Fitness Watch Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Google Buys Part of Fossil's Smartwatch Team for $40 Million Joe Rice-Jones / KnowTechie : Google buys $40 million worth of Fossil's smartwatch IP Ryne Hager / Android Police : Google buys undisclosed smartwatch technology from Fossil for $40 million, includes some personnel AndroidGuys : Google snaps up Fossil smartwatch tech in $40M deal PYMNTS.com : Google Buys Fossil Smartwatch Tech For $40M Cohen Coberly / TechSpot : Google to acquire $40 million worth of Fossil's smartwatch tech Marrian Zhou / CNET : Google will pay Fossil $40 million for smartwatch tech Nick Bastone / Business Insider : Google paid $40 million for a mystery piece of smartwatch technology from fashion brand Fossil Peter Wells / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Google ramps up bet on wearable tech with Fossil deal Christian de Looper / Digital Trends : Google is buying mysterious smartwatch tech from The Fossil Group for $40 million Jon Fingas / Engadget : Google will buy Fossil smartwatch tech for $40 million Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority : Google is buying smartwatch tech from Fossil for $40 million Chris Burns / SlashGear : Google buys Fossil smartwatch tech: New devices inbound Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : Google is Paying Fossil $40 Million for IP Related to Smartwatch Tech Kellen / Droid Life : Fossil Sells “Under Development” Smartwatch Tech to Google for $40 Million (Updated) Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : Google buys mysterious Fossil smartwatch tech and development team (updated) Tweets: Lauren Goode / @laurengoode : My thought: this says less about what Google needs to make wearables “work,” and more about the challenges that fashion-first brands face in building compelling tech that would actually compete with giants like Apple http://www.cnbc.com/... @cnbcnow : Fossil Group shares jump nearly 10% after company says it will sell its smartwatch technology to Google for $40 million http://cnbc.com/... http://twitter.com/... Aaron Pressman / @ampressman : My off-the-cuff, first take on Fossil selling wearable tech to Google isn't quite right. Fossil will still be making its own smartwatches. Google just bought something, some feature, not sure exactly what, that can also be offered to other Wear OS manufacturers. Julian Chokkattu / @julianchokkattu : Fossil is selling intellectual property “related to a smartwatch technology to Google for $40 million.” And a part of the R&D team supporting that tech is joining Google. Sounds like a Pixel Watch is definitely coming late this year. @DigitalTrends #PixelWatch @ohmdee : “Stacey Burr, VP of Wear OS at Google, was keen to stress that the new technologies would be available to all of Google's existing and future partners.” Very curious. I thought this was finally confirmation of the legendary Pixel Watch, but it doesn't necessarily seem the case. http://twitter.com/... Andrew Martonik / @andrewmartonik : My read: Google just paid very little money to buy the tech (and talent) that's enabled Fossil Group to crank out great inexpensive smartwatches for years, and now it can license it out to other partners so they can all do the same. http://www.androidcentral.com/ ... Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : I guess Swatch wouldn't sell.(But, it's kinda weird Google found itself in a position to need Fossil's cachet and reach in wearables. Fingers crossed this isn't the next Moto.)http://www.cnbc.com/...