Citizen suspends sale of its latest smartwatches

Japan-based watchmaker Citizen launched its second-gen CZ Smart watch lineup earlier this year in May. According to a report by Verge, the company is reportedly suspending sales of these WearOS-based smartwatches temporarily due to a “technical issue.” These smartwatches came with a feature based on tech from IBM’s Watson and NASA to track a person’s alertness. The second-gen CZ Smart features a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 chip that is also available on other Wear OS 3 smartwatches like the Fossil Gen 6.

List of affected models

The affected models include the MX1000-01X, MX1011-05X, MX1018-06X, MX1000-28X, MX1016-28X, MX1017-50X, MX1000-52X, MX1002-57X, MX1010-59X, MX1003-71X and the MX1005-83X.