Fossil Men's GEN 5 + 5E Touchscreen Smartwatch with Speaker, Heart Rate, NFC, and Smartphone Notifications
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GEN 5 SMARTWATCH
Watch What You Can Do
Discover all of the unexpected things you can do right from your wrist.
GEN 5 – 44mm
FEATURES
Wear 3100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Wear 4100+ |
50 mn up to 80% | Charge time | 30 mn up to 80% |
VO2 Max | | |
| | Heart Rate | |
| | Activity Tracking | |
| | Google Pay TM | |
Approx 24+ hours | Battery Life | Approx 24+ hours |
Wear 3100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon | – |
50 mn up to 80% | Charge time | – |
VO2 Max | ||
| | Heart Rate | |
| | Activity Tracking | |
| | Google Pay TM | |
Approx 24+ hours | Battery Life | Approx 2+ weeks |
Wear 3100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Wear 3100 |
50 mn up to 80% | Charge time | 50 mn up to 80% |
VO2 Max | ||
| | Heart Rate | |
| | Activity Tracking | |
| | Google Pay TM | |
Approx 24+ hours | Battery Life | Approx 24+ hours |
Wear 3100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Wear 4100+ |
50 mn up to 80% | Charge time | 30 mn up to 80% |
VO2 Max | | |
| | Heart Rate | |
| | Activity Tracking | |
| | Google Pay TM | |
Approx 24+ hours | Battery Life | Approx 24+ hours |
- GEN 6 – 44mm
- HYBRID HR
- GEN 5 E- 42mm
- GEN 6 – 42mm
Much snappier than the Gen 4 unit. The 1GB RAM makes all the difference. Battery life has been pretty good too. Finishing the day on around 40% or so. I don’t use for sleep tracking, though I could easily top the battery up before bed and do so.
brought more as a watch than a fitness tracker however it does seem to have a lot of options available – having previously had an apple watch gen 1, this is much quicker with much better battery life
I got this instead of the galaxy one because I liked the style and slim design better. I am am glad I did, it does everything I wanted brilliantly. There is only one let down, the battery, that I’d want improved for gen 6. I will definitely buy the next version.
Pros;
Slim, minimal design.
Lightweight and waterproof.
Simple to use and connect with Google fit.
Tracks HR, Steps, Route and Sleep without issue or glitch.
Tons of workout presets.
Has Google Pay / assistant.
Allows previews and quick replys to Whatapp.
Has media and volume controls.
What more could you want.
Cons;
With everything turned on, it lasts maybe 8 hours before it goes into static watch mode (useless). I found in order to truly be able to use it all day and charge once you need to do the following; Custom battery mode / screen wake on tilt only / NFC and WiFi off / Bluetooth schedule to be off when asleep / Geatures and “OK Google” listening off / everything else on. Works great then.
I got this instead of the galaxy one because I liked the style and slim design better. I am am glad I did, it does everything I wanted brilliantly. There is only one let down, the battery, that I’d want improved for gen 6. I will definitely buy the next version.
Pros;
Slim, minimal design.
Lightweight and waterproof.
Simple to use and connect with Google fit.
Tracks HR, Steps, Route and Sleep without issue or glitch.
Tons of workout presets.
Has Google Pay / assistant.
Allows previews and quick replys to Whatapp.
Has media and volume controls.
What more could you want.
Cons;
With everything turned on, it lasts maybe 8 hours before it goes into static watch mode (useless). I found in order to truly be able to use it all day and charge once you need to do the following; Custom battery mode / screen wake on tilt only / NFC and WiFi off / Bluetooth schedule to be off when asleep / Geatures and “OK Google” listening off / everything else on. Works great then.
Good watch, battery life not as long as advertised. Only lasting about 24hrs if I’m lucky.
Sleep tracking is good.
In general, a competent Wear OS Smartwatch. It is not a fitness watch. The step count was way out and heart rate erratic. In common with other Wear watches, battery life needed careful curating to last 36 hours. Overall, it was worth the price, the other Apps worked well and the amount of personalisation very rewarding. I have around 15 other ‘smart’ watches to compare with it and it is one of my favourites.
Amazing, love them. good quality and amazing price. i got a bit of a problem with sinking the watch with the phone but customer service is amazing.
I do actually like this watch a lot, the look and build quality is, in my opinion far better than my Apple watch gen 4.
The watch design is very nice (prefer round watch faces than rectangle ones) and I think it looks far more expensive than what I paid for it from Amazon, when you get used to wear O S you find its actually not that bad, admittedly wear O S is not as good as Apple’s Watch O S but its very usable.
But the biggest bug bear with watch O S from Google is that its not as stable as Apple’s, the Bluetooth connection constantly drops out and disconnects from My IPhone, although it does then re-connect sometimes by itself, I Know this is a very common problem even if your running an Android phone!
If you run this watch in custom or extended mode then you can get about two days from it, Please don’t worry when you initially try it that the battery runs down super quick, after a few charges the battery consumption does improve.
Even with an IPhone I find that all functions of the watch seem to work okay.
The issues with this watch are not down to Fossil, but Wear O S itself, so come on Google give us an update to make this platform more stable.
I do actually like this watch a lot, the look and build quality is, in my opinion far better than my Apple watch gen 4.
The watch design is very nice (prefer round watch faces than rectangle ones) and I think it looks far more expensive than what I paid for it from Amazon, when you get used to wear O S you find its actually not that bad, admittedly wear O S is not as good as Apple’s Watch O S but its very usable.
But the biggest bug bear with watch O S from Google is that its not as stable as Apple’s, the Bluetooth connection constantly drops out and disconnects from My IPhone, although it does then re-connect sometimes by itself, I Know this is a very common problem even if your running an Android phone!
If you run this watch in custom or extended mode then you can get about two days from it, Please don’t worry when you initially try it that the battery runs down super quick, after a few charges the battery consumption does improve.
Even with an IPhone I find that all functions of the watch seem to work okay.
The issues with this watch are not down to Fossil, but Wear O S itself, so come on Google give us an update to make this platform more stable.
Perfect gift for my husband! He absolutely loved it. It works well with google phone. Delivery was really fast.
Amazon lost my first Gen 5 in transit, but readily dispatched a replacement. So after a delayed delivery I have now been using the watch for 3 weeks. So far it has been excellent for what I require, which is mainly to see notifications rapidly on my wrist. The battery life, in ‘daily’ mode with the display set to always -on, lasts well over a day. I wear the watch at night to facilitate sleep tracking, then charge it in the morning, which usually takes less than an hour to fully charge. The sleep tracking and heart rate monitor both work, and are reassuring. The fitness tracking works OK, and gives me a good record of my cycling trips. I have tried the Hole19 golf app, and this turns the watch into an accurate GPS golf tracker. I have yet to use google Pay, or any apps that use the mic and speaker. I don’t like any of the Fossil watchfaces or other Free wear OS watchfaces, so I have installed the Marine Commander watchface, which is excellent. The silicone wristband is OK, but and as it uses standard 22mm fittings I have ordered a more stylish leather alternative, much cheaper than the Fossil leather offerings. The watch is a vast improvement over my previous Asus Zenwatch, and overall I am very pleased with my Fossil Gen 5.
Looks like a proper watch, perfect while at work. I’ve had a few WearOS watches now and this is by far the best looking, also the best one to use. I was contemplating waiting for the next gen one, but as it was reduced to a really good price I thought it was worth doing now and I’m glad I did. Really happy with i
Amazon lost my first Gen 5 in transit, but readily dispatched a replacement. So after a delayed delivery I have now been using the watch for 3 weeks. So far it has been excellent for what I require, which is mainly to see notifications rapidly on my wrist. The battery life, in ‘daily’ mode with the display set to always -on, lasts well over a day. I wear the watch at night to facilitate sleep tracking, then charge it in the morning, which usually takes less than an hour to fully charge. The sleep tracking and heart rate monitor both work, and are reassuring. The fitness tracking works OK, and gives me a good record of my cycling trips. I have tried the Hole19 golf app, and this turns the watch into an accurate GPS golf tracker. I have yet to use google Pay, or any apps that use the mic and speaker. I don’t like any of the Fossil watchfaces or other Free wear OS watchfaces, so I have installed the Marine Commander watchface, which is excellent. The silicone wristband is OK, but and as it uses standard 22mm fittings I have ordered a more stylish leather alternative, much cheaper than the Fossil leather offerings. The watch is a vast improvement over my previous Asus Zenwatch, and overall I am very pleased with my Fossil Gen 5.
I bought this watch solely for the purpose of tracking blood glucose from the Dexcom sensor system I recently purchased. It sadly doesn’t work in this respect, as I am unable to download Dexcom app from the play store as other watches seem to do and as online users have. There are also compatibility issues with this particular app and the dexcom system with the Apple iPhone I have, and the iOS 14 is currently unsupported by the Dexcom app. In all other respects, the watch has done everything it is supposed to do.
Dexcom users- take the time and effort to research every detail of the system before buying. Otherwise, I’m sure buyers looking for a smart watch would be more than satisfied with the Carlyle.
Great stylish design. Battery gets me 2 days more or less, better than my galaxy active 1. Very user friendly and customizable. Google pay ready. Clear speaker and mic
Mobile app is nothing fancy but all in all its a great watch
Overall I am very happy with my watch, the battery life lasts a day so it is charged overnight with my phone.
The watch looks very good and has a premium look to i
Got to charge it daily, but other than that, it’s a very good piece of kit..
I like the large amount of faces available (could do with a sci-fi option), fitness tracker works well. Apps aplenty.
This is my first smartwatch and very happy with it. Nice size even with small wrists and has a stylish look. Quite easy to set up although some of the health and fitness functions took some time.
Nearly an all day battery. I run with the always on screen setting and the battery just last a full day. Turn that setting off and it runs for much longer. Plenty of settings for screen brightness on those sunny days but I expect the battery will take a hit then.
Watch speed is good, no waiting between screens or for apps to open.
Still getting used to the whole concept of a smartwatch, I’m not finding it as easy to ignore notifications as it is on a mobile making it easy to get distracted. Sure I’ll get used to it though
This is my first smartwatch and very happy with it. Nice size even with small wrists and has a stylish look. Quite easy to set up although some of the health and fitness functions took some time.
Nearly an all day battery. I run with the always on screen setting and the battery just last a full day. Turn that setting off and it runs for much longer. Plenty of settings for screen brightness on those sunny days but I expect the battery will take a hit then.
Watch speed is good, no waiting between screens or for apps to open.
Still getting used to the whole concept of a smartwatch, I’m not finding it as easy to ignore notifications as it is on a mobile making it easy to get distracted. Sure I’ll get used to it though
Awesome watch worth the price quality color functions absolutely amazing quite satisfied thank you
A very smart minimalist design. My only gripe is that the notifications vibrate function is inconsistent.
Hello. Got this little gem over a month ago. Brilliant. Just tweek the built in battery customizations to get better battery life. Had an apple watch which I didn’t rate. This watch far surpasses it and looks sexy to.
Bought for my 14yr old for christmas so not been used yet but it looks really nice
Really clear speakers
Good solid connection
WiFi is a bit Rocky
Managed to get this for 150 instead of 280.
My Mom got it for her husband who wanted a smart watch.
Personally I don’t like Android Wear watches due to their poor battery life. I personally use the Huawei Watch GT2, it has a 2 week battery life.
This works perfectly though and the recipient is very happy with it.
The first smart watch I’ve had, and so far been impressed with how it works. Easy setup with Samsung S10 and easily sorted notifications and taking calls.
I love the watch I have had the galaxy watch and galaxy watch3 but I much prefer the operating system on the Fossil. Only downfall is the battery life could be a lot better, I feel it is getting better each day though I usually get between 1 & 2 days from it on extended batter life. Would be a 5 star review if the battery was better, but realistically there is nothing wrong with the battery and nothing wrong with charging it each night. The watch however does charge really really quick so that makes up for it.
hough costly compared to other watches the build quality and overall speed is brilliant.
It’s the best Android WearOS watch I’ve seen at present.
No Sleep tracking is a negative.
Battery life poor.
Other than that love i
I’ve found this a huge improvement on my huawei watch 2 sport. The display is lovely and big, it looks nice, its faster and does everything I need. Have found at some times it’s disconnected from my phone by opening wear os on my phone sorts that..really happy with it.
The watch has some clever battery management options. Use custom setting, be sensible, and the battery life is absolutely fine . It also charges very quickly.
The major criticisms have been ironed out now- it now has slep tracking, and the crackly speaker on calls has been sorted with an update. Best Android based smart watch so far. Just set it up properly and be patient.
The watch has some clever battery management options. Use custom setting, be sensible, and the battery life is absolutely fine . It also charges very quickly.
The major criticisms have been ironed out now- it now has slep tracking, and the crackly speaker on calls has been sorted with an update. Best Android based smart watch so far. Just set it up properly and be patient.
I loved this watch. Used it every day to its limits. Performance was great and everything was working fine.
However after 9 months, my watch broke and started ghost touching screen. Nothing could fix it so I returned for refund. Going to wait for gen 6 now.
Not as well presented box wise and not as well built as the Huawei watch. some extra features being the 5th Gen of course. the battery takes time to settle and seems to drain faster than I would like. ease of use and complete lack of info is not good either. My previous use of Wear OS has helped and I was able to set up and tweak to get the watch the way I want it. strap adjustment also not as easy as the previous watch. However, get there. Fossil maybe needs to up their game and make it much more impressive and experience. Does what it is meant to though, and I use daily battery setting so charge every night. other settings allow for longer battery life but they switch off functionality. I use the watch for its functionality so again may not set it to another setting unless battery is getting low. An update is meant to come out this month and help battery life so will see if this does come and makes a difference.
Not as well presented box wise and not as well built as the Huawei watch. some extra features being the 5th Gen of course. the battery takes time to settle and seems to drain faster than I would like. ease of use and complete lack of info is not good either. My previous use of Wear OS has helped and I was able to set up and tweak to get the watch the way I want it. strap adjustment also not as easy as the previous watch. However, get there. Fossil maybe needs to up their game and make it much more impressive and experience. Does what it is meant to though, and I use daily battery setting so charge every night. other settings allow for longer battery life but they switch off functionality. I use the watch for its functionality so again may not set it to another setting unless battery is getting low. An update is meant to come out this month and help battery life so will see if this does come and makes a difference.
This is a nice watch but it was a replacement for one bought 6 months ago. This is my 4th fossil watch and two ( a 4th gen and a 5th gen ) have had the same problem, after a while the charging rings on the back have come loose. This seems to be a common problem since Fossil changed the way their watches get charged so maybe they should go back to the old style of capacitive charging as I had no problems with my old gen 3 watch.
Since it was still only a few months old Amazon replaced it without a quibble but I would be very annoyed about paying for a repair once it is out of warranty especially as it is a known fault.
This product is amazing the screen is very nice and easy to see the colors are great it is easy to use and the sound is brillia
I held off getting a smartwatch – mostly because I don’t like the look of the Apple watch and while I liked the better range of functions etc on the samsung one, it just looked too big/clunky and ugly.
The watch I generally wear until now is a traditional looking Rotary with a leather strap. Nothing blingy about it, which was one of the things that put me off smartwatches – they seemed to be designed to shout “Look at Me!” rather than focus so much on quiet stylishness.
I run Android on my phone (it’s a Motorola, so doesn’t have samsung’s horrible bloatware) so was ideally looking for a watch that played nicely with android and I happened to discover that Fossil, a brand that I knew and liked, made smartwatches running on Google’s own watch OS.
I’ve been wearing it now for a good few weeks and am delighted with it. It looks classically stylish with its brown leather strap and functionally is superb. I’ve had no issues with it, other than the expected ones while getting used to where things are on the watch, and am really happy with it. Quite a few friends have asked me about it and are also now thinking of getting one or another of the Fossil Gen 5 range. I love it!
I held off getting a smartwatch – mostly because I don’t like the look of the Apple watch and while I liked the better range of functions etc on the samsung one, it just looked too big/clunky and ugly.
The watch I generally wear until now is a traditional looking Rotary with a leather strap. Nothing blingy about it, which was one of the things that put me off smartwatches – they seemed to be designed to shout “Look at Me!” rather than focus so much on quiet stylishness.
I run Android on my phone (it’s a Motorola, so doesn’t have samsung’s horrible bloatware) so was ideally looking for a watch that played nicely with android and I happened to discover that Fossil, a brand that I knew and liked, made smartwatches running on Google’s own watch OS.
I’ve been wearing it now for a good few weeks and am delighted with it. It looks classically stylish with its brown leather strap and functionally is superb. I’ve had no issues with it, other than the expected ones while getting used to where things are on the watch, and am really happy with it. Quite a few friends have asked me about it and are also now thinking of getting one or another of the Fossil Gen 5 range. I love it!
I have the watch a couple of weeks and overall I am happy with it from tech, visual and ease of use point of view. Im a Type 1 Diabetic that uses Dexcom and the fact I can pull my instant data up on the watch is fantastic feature. Im still exploring what else can be brought up on it but excited by the potential – especially for golf.
Only downside is the stiffness of the strap – I have the brown leather silicon strap. I dont think it will last through the exercise use and general everyday wear. I will look around for different strap if it doesn’t last. Particular dont like the two straps to slip the main strap into.
I originally dipped my toe into Android Wear with a 1st gen moto360, now long since gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. I gave up on it for years. Thought I’d give it another whirl with this and I’ve not been disappointed. Yes, the battery life could be better, but as with most smartphones, it lasts easily until I go to bed and that’s all I want. In fact it lasts over 24 hours, but I charge it every night. I’m using daily battery mode, turned off all the unnecessary notifications from my phone. Setting it up was a pain, wear os crashed the setup procedure, needing a reset of the watch, but once past that it was a breeze. First day worried me though, the battery lasted about 4 hours! But there were several updates and I was messing with it. It’s been much better since.
In short, it’s a like a mini smartphone so don’t expect the battery to last like a Fitbit or Garmin wearable. It works brilliantly and looks great.
I love this watch. I don’t have an issue with battery life. I charge every night. I don’t overdo the use of the watch during the day. The always-on display is always activated. A great watch. Would recommend.
It feels and looks great. I have owned Apple, and Samsung watches and loved them too. But for me now using a Samsung phone, I have more choice of watch apps using an Android watch rather than with the great range of Samsung watches.
Very competitively priced.
Great stylish watch. Easy to use and setup.
Battery life is about a day. I like to keep the display on as it looks smart with a classic dial which gives me just under a day wear on the battery.
Great value for money for what you get.
Google app works well with the watch.
The Fossil app works terrible with it.
Easy to install apps to the device and use for viewing messages. Writing messages that are not predicted is difficult as you’d expect.
Comfort 8/10
Battery 7/10
Quality 10/10
Looks 10/10
Value 10/10
Comfort 8/10
Battery 7/10
Quality 10/10
Looks 10/10
Value 10/10
I thought battery life was v poor. It looks nice, more for a smart look, rather than a functional ‘yes I am wearing a smart watch’. I have a dress watch already.
However it is very good quality and if you want something discreet this is for you. I now have a Tic Watch Pro 2020 which is perfect.
Great watch with sometimes meh connection and battery yet compared to others is great everything is great except for connectio
Love it. Sadly there is no sleep tracker, anyway i love it.
Looks really good, and the battery life improve if you deactivate tilt to wake function. Now I get almost 2 days battery life.
Best advice, order the tool for bracelet adjusting…. Don’t even try without one.
Great piece of kit. Best android smart watch! Responsive, talks back, can answer calls, heart rate tracker and not to mention swim proof.
Shame about wear os not offering a preset option for tracking swimming though, to get around this I usually select other on the watch before swimming, then after my session I change it on my phone Google fit app to swimming. Really hoping wear os sort things out so that this amazing watch can be used to its full potential.
Battery life isn’t too bad, I got 3 workdays out with custom setting where Bluetooth disconnected after certain time and started back up at a certain time.
Great piece of kit. Best android smart watch! Responsive, talks back, can answer calls, heart rate tracker and not to mention swim proof.
Shame about wear os not offering a preset option for tracking swimming though, to get around this I usually select other on the watch before swimming, then after my session I change it on my phone Google fit app to swimming. Really hoping wear os sort things out so that this amazing watch can be used to its full potential.
Battery life isn’t too bad, I got 3 workdays out with custom setting where Bluetooth disconnected after certain time and started back up at a certain time.
Got this for my husband after I fell in love with mine!
Great piece of kit. Best android smart watch! Responsive, talks back, can answer calls, heart rate tracker and not to mention swim proof.
Shame about wear os not offering a preset option for tracking swimming though, to get around this I usually select other on the watch before swimming, then after my session I change it on my phone Google fit app to swimming. Really hoping wear os sort things out so that this amazing watch can be used to its full potential.
Battery life isn’t too bad, I got 3 workdays out with custom setting where Bluetooth disconnected after certain time and started back up at a certain time.
Great piece of kit. Best android smart watch! Responsive, talks back, can answer calls, heart rate tracker and not to mention swim proof.
Shame about wear os not offering a preset option for tracking swimming though, to get around this I usually select other on the watch before swimming, then after my session I change it on my phone Google fit app to swimming. Really hoping wear os sort things out so that this amazing watch can be used to its full potential.
Battery life isn’t too bad, I got 3 workdays out with custom setting where Bluetooth disconnected after certain time and started back up at a certain time.
Got this for my husband after I fell in love with mine!
No sleep tracking included,
Relying on a third party app with in app purchases,
Great all round apart from tha
Great watch for general everyday use as well as being great for health and fitness tracking with no issues so far of connectivity.
The upgraded 1GB RAM really helps. It’s fast.
Continues heartrate measure using Google Fit works nicely.
Battery life is good. Initially a bit more usage for few days during updates.
It looks wow on my wrist, I had a Huawei watch 2, but this one it’s just wow
I had been looking to upgrade my Huawei Watch 2 as the laggy OS was starting to get frustrating, and having looked at a few options I settled on the Fossil Gen 5.
First impressions were really good, a nice sized screen but still slim, and a really snappy OS.
A few weeks in and I remain really pleased, would recommend. The best WearOS watch I have owned by far.
This is an amazing looking watch with an amazing operating system. Looks classy with thousands of watch faces. Read, (you can even see the pictures which is attached) and Reply to your messages regardless of their origin (fb messenger, text, WhatsApp etc..) it has a microphone and a speaker. When you ask something to Google assistant it can talk back to you or you can listen to music or take a phone call on your watch. Brilliant heart rate and fitness tracking with a workout personal assistant. Has a GPS tracking, Wi-Fi and NFC for contacless payments which works perfect. It can pair with wireless headphones for your music. Battery easily lasts a whole day with everything turned on. Overall a really good looking classy watch, fitness tracker and a personal assistant. Definitely recommend it.
Has alot of updates when out the box but been great so far.
Pros :
Looks gorgeous best looking smart watch on the market in my opinion
Lots of features, like weather, Google assistant, reply to text make phone calls etc
Lots of watch faces to choose from
Different battery modes to increase the battery life
Cons:
Wear OS( operating system) has a very poor battery life and causes all wear OS watches to drain the battery faster than alternative watch brands like apple OS and Fitbit
Google assistant seems to struggle when you talk to it when you’re replying to text messages for example I said ” ok cool let me know how it goes” Google said/ heard ” ja kabba klob kla ” which makes no sense whatsoeve
This is my first smart watch, and was looking for something a little more stylish than a Samsung Galaxy. It looks really nice on your wrist and isn’t very bulky at all. With the always-on screen turned off the battery life for me is very fine, charging once every other day. It takes a while to get used to the menu’s and interface but thats to be expected with any new technology.
Brilliant watch. Battery was always a worry as I’ve read bad reviews about it. The reviews on the watch itself were good and I totally agree with them all. The watch is easily set up with your mobile. This is the first smart watch I’ve had so unable to compare to others but overall I’m really pleased with the watch. The only downside was the watch going missing on delivery on the first attempt. Amazon were great though and sent a new watch out. Its unfair to judge a company on mistakes happening but I was happy with how they dealt with the matter. very pleased
He said he has reduced the heart rate checking to hourly as he is not using it for sport. He has also changed the watch face to Defender to reduce the amount the watch keeps checking things although I suspect it is because he is a Land Rover Nut.
He has put on Alexa and a few other apps more appropriate to him and all work well as does the sleep checking, phone calls, diary etc. He said it will last all day and is charged in a few minutes while showers etc. He uses a stand charger as he does not like the included one.
He recommends it if you are the sort of person that sets it up and does not keep playing with it or you will flatten the battery quickly.
WearOS is still a little buggy but not enough to make you dislike using it.
Battery life is decent for an Android smartwatch. Unless you are doing something very weird you will easily get at least a day out of it even if everything is on. It’s also light and not too big for smaller wrists.
I’m guessing the extra memory and better chipset when compared to the older generations makes this overall a much better watch.
I love every thing with this watch, verry good quality and verry easy to use, but the battery life is not as good. If you are allways opening an app, the battery life goes down to 5-6 hours.
It was a little bit laggy for the first like 5 hours but I believe it was because it had a few updates to do. Ever since it has been great! It is a lot more conspicuous than going on your phone in work. I bought one for myself and my partner and we both enjoy it a lot!
The best messenger app is telegram, already got 6 of my friends to make the switch over, you can reply to WhatsApp and Facebook messages, but you can’t start them, whereas if you have telegram you can.
I was a bit concerned from reviews about the battery life but had listened to all the recommendations so knew what to expect.
The first day I used it, I played around with it allot and installed apps and updated the watch, The battery life was terrible. I knew this would happen as all reviews said the first few days all the updates would kill the battery.
After the first day and all updates were completed the battery seemed to be fine and I played around with the battery settings and got to know what settings did what to the battery. On the daily setting I have been having around 20% battery life left, that’s from 6am-10pm but this is with light use and the watch being used mainly as a normal watch most of the day. Extended I found I can have as much as 40% left. Custom option you can really adjust the settings to what ever you like so if you wanted I guess you could get 2-3 days from the watch but then most of the smart options are turned off.
Once the battery gets below 10% it asks you to turn on time only mode which turns the watch in to exactly that a watch for telling the time. This is great if your out and cannot charge but want to make sure you can still tell the time easy.
Speaker and mic works great for calls and Google assistant works well and is clear.
I have quite small wrists so was concerned about the size but it doesn’t look too big and the slim body helps.
The amount of options to make the watch your own is great including watch faces, battery settings and easy replaceable traps.
I would highly recommend this watch.
I was a bit concerned from reviews about the battery life but had listened to all the recommendations so knew what to expect.
The first day I used it, I played around with it allot and installed apps and updated the watch, The battery life was terrible. I knew this would happen as all reviews said the first few days all the updates would kill the battery.
After the first day and all updates were completed the battery seemed to be fine and I played around with the battery settings and got to know what settings did what to the battery. On the daily setting I have been having around 20% battery life left, that’s from 6am-10pm but this is with light use and the watch being used mainly as a normal watch most of the day. Extended I found I can have as much as 40% left. Custom option you can really adjust the settings to what ever you like so if you wanted I guess you could get 2-3 days from the watch but then most of the smart options are turned off.
Once the battery gets below 10% it asks you to turn on time only mode which turns the watch in to exactly that a watch for telling the time. This is great if your out and cannot charge but want to make sure you can still tell the time easy.
Speaker and mic works great for calls and Google assistant works well and is clear.
I have quite small wrists so was concerned about the size but it doesn’t look too big and the slim body helps.
The amount of options to make the watch your own is great including watch faces, battery settings and easy replaceable traps.
I would highly recommend this watch.
I’ve come from the samsung s3 which I’ve had for a few years. The Fossil watch has a better display and battery life. Love the google assistant which in my option is better than Bixby and also I’m now able to use google pay via the watch as samsung pay only works with few banks some im very happy with the replacement.
The only draw back is lack of apps but im not a big user of watch apps so not a real problem and love the fact I can update phone apps via the phone.
shame because it was a great watch for the price but I think the lugs on the watch were made of Nylon…?! EH!
Heres s9methging HANDY…lol if ypur are Left Handed and want to were the watch on the “RIGHT HAND WRIST”
There is an app on Google play for that called ” Lefty” this is for people who are mainly left handed ..or want to were the watch on the Right hand wrist.
it turns the view of the watches face the other way around.. and the three dials are facing the front of the wrist..
so now you can were yoyur watch any way arouynd you like how cool is that guys..
it was great for GPAY and Google voice but had no Speaker in it. it was very light and comfertable.
And SOOOOOO .. I ordered another one in Gray’ with speaker. and I am very please to say it works great on speaker calls..
and seems to work well with google pay/voice/youtube etc.
I also bought 2 clear cases that snap on great and is also a snug
fit nice on the screen and lugs of the watch are firm with the fitted TPU
here’s screen link below copy and paste into youyr browser Guys
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B082ZMQ9P9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
nice strong strap.. now my watch is ready for battle, lol
I love the twisting Dial. And hey.. Guys with two optional setting buttons/ vibrating and sounding alarm.has wifi/built in GPS/Bluetooth..I also tested the google maps and in my car google maps and voice worked great when I asked my Fossel to take me home lol I was using the watch through My Samsung Note 5 so it must of cvonnected the navigation through that..
The software on google OS can do with being a bit more upgrading and open to more apps. And the screen could do with more brightness/contrast. But hey guys its a 10 from me I love it. I also own the Samsung active2
what I love about these 2 watch is the fact you can customize them with different watch straps and coloured Cases
a great product also sold by Amazon.. well done guys..the fossel watch strap size is 44mm and the
active 2 watch strap is 20mm TSB Bank supports Google pay But not Samsung pay at the moment..However HSBC supports samsung pay and Santander. hope this helps. meantime Im of to play with my new gadgets lol
Knid regards
Mark..
Battery life is poor..otherwise Google is ok..because it’s a Google watch.
Wanted a smart watch with a circular body and good features. Good battery life, depending on the features active at the time. Plenty of apps available, great fitness capabilities and versatile all round.
Overall I’m very satisfied, mainly with the physical aspect of it. I like the metal strap (although it was slightly annoying having to go and have it resized the day I got it, but there is nothing you can do to avoid this I guess). It works pretty smoothly and does what I need it to do, only two problems I’ve encountred so far is that for some reason about 60% of the time my location service is not working and can therefore not use it to check the weather or Google Maps. Second thing is, it cannot sign into public networks on its own, I live in a place where my wifi is a public network and you have to sign in, so it relies solely on the slower bluetooth network for internet conneciton, but this was no major problem except from the initial update which too an eternity.
Works seemlessly with my android phone, Google for is great but doesn’t do sleep tracking easily. Being able to change features to save battery life is great too. Onboard speaker helpful for answering calls through the watch.
Very good all round watch, some minor connectivity issues from time to time but nothing that should sway you away from buying. Most people purchase a watch for the way it looks and this watch is by far the best looking / fastest watch on the market. I grabbed this in the Jan sales for 200, not too sure if I’d pay 3 for it however.
Its okay. Not as expected.. has a had battery life for the money that you are paying. Many straps not available on the company website are unavailable.
Didn’t think I’d get so much functionality pairing with iPhone but pleasantly surprised with the results. No iMessage but it works for my 365 email and calendar.
Charges in 30 mins
Looks great
Cons
Needs a sleep tracker
Had to factory reset after adding call answering from iPhone. It wouldn’t reconnect to wear os app until this rather drastic step…
Was anxious about the battery life but after the first day of updates it’s pretty great , even with tilt-to-wake enabled. You can squeeze 2 days out of it but I bought the dock and charge it every night, no bother. It’s pretty great, had the Huwaei watch 2 but this feel like a substantial upgrade. Looks good too.
Great watch overall. Love the third party watch faces.
I read reviews before purchase and most said it is one of the best smartwatches out at the moment. Totally agree with those reviews. Only had it a couple of weeks and there is so much it can do, I have only tried a few things so far but am well satisfied with the watch and look forward to using it and use more apps etc each day.
As all the reviews here and elsewhere state this is a good/very good Wear OS watch, absolutely no argument there. Looks wise the strap is indeed leather and a nice dark brown but if I’d realised it was silicone backed then I’d have saved myself a tenner and gone for the silicone only varient. ‘Genuine Leather’ is more accurately described as ‘Genuine Leather Bonded to Silicone’…
Otherwise very pleased, functions very (very) well and a breeze to set up, battery life seems to be as quoted (allowing for initial set-up excesses) and does indeed recharge quickly – 8% to 100% in an hour +-, very pleased 🙂 The leather does actually look good, just if you prefer it to silicone against your skin then…
Oh, and if you like a more traditional watch face then Marine Commander from the Play Store is well worth the 1.79 to support, try it…
Great looks.
Running smooth.
Decent battery life (1 full day easy, charge overnight) with Custom Battery Setting: WiFi Off (Bluetooth connection), Tilt To Wake Off (don’t need it with always-on screen), OK Google Off (hold the crown button to activate). Also, set Heart Rate measurements to be taken only during workouts (manual measurements still possible)
The best Wear OS watch right now.
Great smart watch which will do ALMOST anything you desire! Google has a long way to go if they wish to be the leader in this wearable market but it’s a great step towards a great product. Apart from the battery being a bit pants, the watch delivers on all areas.
Wear OS a bit limited but all together a nice watch
One of the best wear OS watches on the market, got mine on offer for 209 on black Friday, I bit heaver than some but easy to change the strap for a lighter leather one
Took a while before I got used to the functions but eventually got it as I wanted it. Battery life isn’t as good as I expected and it will probably need charging every night if used heavily. I like the Google pay option and being able to use Strava to record my activities. Google assistant is a useful tool. Overall I’m quite satisfied with my purchase.
Excellent watch very easy to use and pair up. Highly recommend this watch.
Very elegant well designed smart watch. Wear OS is easy to deal with.
Moving over from iPhobe & Apple Watch 3 to Pixel 4 & the Fossil Gen 5 has been a treat – both are quicker, more customizable and feature complete.
Battery is the one limiting factor – but the quick switching of modes through the pull down menu prevents me ever running out. You will likely need to charge it nightly if you want to enable all features – not a problem for me.
Brilliant watch with Google software.. absolutely love it. Better that Samsung watch
It is a great watch too bad there is no LTE versio
Everything that was important for me and I chose Wear OS for works.
Google Keep has good integration.
Google Maps has good integration.
Google Calendar + Outlook have good integration.
Notifications from 2FA applications can be confirmed from the watch.
This is my first smart watch so I can not compare it to other brands/models.
What I love the most is that I can see all my daily meetings at a glance as they are shown on the watch face (First – a Calendar Watchface – not free, but affordable. Outlook watch face is free but has bug in latest Wear OS version Edit: The bugs were fixed in the last patch. I am back to using Outlook watchface).