Motorola reportedly bringing back Moto 360 smartwatch this year

Motorola could be bringing back its Moto 360 lineup of smartwatches this year. A new report seems to bring renders for the smartwatch and the name which suggest a 2025 launch. Since the Moto 360 was discontinued in 2017, Motorola has switched over to a different naming convention for its smartwatch models, though there was a Moto 360 release in 2019 by another company.

The information comes courtesy of Android Headlines who claim to have obtained images for Motorola’s upcoming smartwatch called the Moto 360 2025. Judging by the name, it is expected to arrive later this year, but it's unclear exactly when. As for the images, they show a round dial in what looks to be a stainless-steel construction. The pictured version has a metal band. There is a crown at the 2-o clock position and a button at the 4-o clock position. The report adds that there will be five color options for the Moto 360 2025.

As for the software, the Moto 360 2025 could come with Wear OS, which will be a departure from the company’s previous smartwatches that uses Moto Watch OS, a custom RTOS (real-time operating system) developed by Motorola.

For some context, Motorola first released the Moto 360 in 2014 and sticking to the name, it was the first round smartwatch to run Android Wear. The second generation came out in 2015 but the lineup was discontinued in 2017. Then, in 2019, a third generation Moto 360 was released but it was made by a Canadian company called eBuyNow.

It could be that Motorola is bringing back its Moto 360 series of watches to enter the more premium space. Its current offerings, the Moto Watch 120 (buy on Amazon), Moto Watch 40 (buy on Amazon), and Moto Watch 70 (buy on Amazon) are more budget oriented options.