The best-looking Android smartwatch, but not the best value.
The Android smartwatch ecosystem is improbably competitive again, after a couple years of stagnation where the Wear OS, née Android Wear, ecosystem was practically left for dead.
The invigoration came not from tech companies like Motorola or LG, which led the charge over four years ago, but from Fossil Group — owners of so many well-known watch brands it`s hard to keep track — and other lifestyle companies that have aligned themselves with Google in an attempt to ward off the insidious reach of the Apple Watch into their entrenched market share.
Skagen, like parent Fossil, has taken a couple of generations to get its offerings on the right footing, but with the Falster 2, the company has created something close to the ideal smartwatch for my needs. But it`s also a smartwatch built on last-generation hardware, with a processor that`s about to be replaced with something a lot more battery-friendly. At $2...
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