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Watch : Fossil Q Crewmaster

Hybrid smartwatch : what it is all about

What is a hybrid smartwatch? play around with one. The above photo share similar functionality. A hybrid
shows off the Fossil Q Crewmaster. We watch will track your steps, while the
A hybrid smartwatch is a fusion chose it as our example because the app works out calorie burn and activity
between a regular mechanical watch design is based closely on an existing time. Some watches will also track
and a smartwatch, in that it combines Fossil watch, which the company chose your sleep, but it’s not as common
some connected features with to augment with smart connected considering most people are unlikely
traditional watch mechanics. It doesn’t features. You can see it has an analog to wear the watch 24-hours a day. The
have a touchscreen, doesn’t usually dial, traditional watch styling, and it’s watch will alert you of notifications on
require charging up every day, and slim and stylish. your phone with vibrations, and some
doesn’t look like a piece of technology. kind of visual hint about which app is
It looks like a normal watch. If the It’s smart because it has Bluetooth alerting you.
Apple Watch, Samsung Gear Sport, or connectivity built-in, and it pairs with The method for notification alerts
touchscreen Android Wear watches like your smartphone through an app. The varies. Fossil, for example, makes the
the Emporio Armani Connected, don’t app is available for iOS and Android, watch hands zip around to point at a
appeal because they don’t really look which means there’s a high chance single number, which you designate to
like watches, then the hybrid is your whatever phone you have works with a certain app or contact when you first
gateway to the smartwatch world. the watch. It’s not like the Apple Watch, set up the watch.For example, if email
which only works with the iPhone. notifications are linked to the number 3,
Show, don’t tell the hands will move to 3 o’clock on the
The best way to understand what a What does a hybrid smartwatch do? watch and will linger there long enough
hybrid smartwatch does is to see and The vast majority of hybrid smartwatches >>> P26

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