Fashion brands have been all over Wear OS. That includes Michael Kors, which has been selling a line of Wear OS smartwatches it calls Access for some time. Today, the designer has announced a new set of Access devices that borrow their design from Kors' established Runway watches.

The new Runway line is fairly feature-rich: the watches sport heart rate monitors, standalone GPS, and NFC for contactless payments through Google Pay. They're water resistant up to three atmospheres (that's about a hundred feet, in more practical terms); the company describes them as safe for showering or swimming. Michael Kors also touts its My Social app, which allows you to customize watch faces with photos pulled from your social media accounts.

Prices range from $295 for a fairly minimal timepiece with a silicone band all the way up to $395 for a rather gauche rose gold affair. Gold and basic rose gold finishes are available now; two silver models — one with a metal band, one with silicone — and a two-tone rose gold model are available for pre-order and expected to ship by September 3. The extra-pricey "pavé" rose gold finish is also up for pre-order, but it won't ship until early October.

Source: Michael Kors, PR Newswire

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