Fossil was the only brand keeping Google's Wear OS alive for years, but now the fashion brand is quitting the smartwatch market. Wear OS is out of the dark ages now, but for years Fossil was the OS's only lifeline. Back in the days when Qualcomm was strangling the OS with lackluster SoC updates, Fossil was the only company that kept the dream alive. In 2021, despite years of loyalty, Google dropped Fossil like a rock when Samsung offered to come back to the Wear OS ecosystem.