(credit: Fossil)
Fossil has been quiet since the start of 2016, but now we are getting a glimpse of the company's first new wearable of the year. The company just announced the Q Motion, a slim, cylindrical tracker that is the company's first to track sleep in addition to activity.
None of Fossil's current wearables—the Q Founder smartwatch, the non-display Q Grant watch, and the Q Reveler tracker—monitor how much sleep you get, so this is a good addition for the Q Motion but also an expected one. The Q Motion is also the first device to come from Fossil since the company purchased Misfit, which makes both connected fitness wearables and home devices. Most of Misfit's wearables track sleep, and while the Q Motion is clearly positioned as part of Fossil's line, it's likely that Misfit taught the fashion company a thing or two as it developed features for this device.
The Q Motion also looks very much like Misfit's newest device, the Misfit Ray. Both are stylish yet minimalist bracelets, with a cylinder module in the middle. Both track activity (although with the Ray, you can designate specific activities within Misfit's app) and sleep, and both have vibration motors and small LEDs on the module that go off when you receive smartphone notifications. While the Ray only receives text, call, and alarm alerts, Fossil's Q Motion will be able to filter the notifications you receive on the device via its Android and iOS app just like the other Q wearables.
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