Fossil unveils new Q Venture and Q Explorist with HR sensor, built-in GPS and more

Fossil introduced the fourth generation of two of its Android Wear smartwatch lines – meet the Fossil Q Venture HR and Q Explorist HR. They are available for pre-order and will ship out on August 26.

Fossil Q Explorist 4th generation

The main difference between the two is size – Explorist is 45mm in diameter, Venture is 40mm. This means the exchangeable bands are different too, 22mm and 18mm respectively. The price, however, is identical, $255 for a leather band and $275 for a stainless steel band.

As you can tell by the name, both watches have heart rate sensors. And both sport a built-in GPS receiver (which wasn’t there on Gen 3 models). The new watches really are sportier than their predecessors, they are even swim-proof (the watches are rated at 3ATM).

Another new addition to the Explorist and Venture lines is NFC, which means the new watches support Google Pay.

Fossil Q Venture 4th generation

Those are some pretty significant upgrades, but the rest hasn’t changed – you still get 4GB of built-in storage (for offline music playback and such), Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy, Wi-Fi b/g/n and a battery that should last you the whole day.

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