Fossil Men's GEN 6 Touchscreen Smartwatch with Speaker
Fossil Men's GEN 6 Touchscreen Smartwatch with Speaker, Heart Rate, NFC, and Smartphone Notifications
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Fossil Men's GEN 6 Touchscreen Smartwatch with Speaker, Heart Rate, NFC, and Smartphone Notifications
This is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a stylish and functional smartwatch. It pairs well with any outfit and I specifically chose the stainless steel option so that I could wear it to my office. The touch screen is responsive and intuitive. I have not yet had the chance to test the battery life, as I charge the watch almost every day, but the charging speed is great. Overall, I am very impressed with the Fossil Gen 6 watch and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a stylish and functional smartwatch.
Brought for my hubby and he loves it! Looks grea
Watch is designed well, feels high quality and performs well in most scenarios.
The only downside Ive found so far is lack of apps, there is an ok range but nowhere near the level of Apple Watch – though with the launch of pixel watch and Samsung being fully committed to wearOS I expect this to get better. Battery is also a major downside, 1 day max – however this is common with most smartwatches with a highly functional OS like wearOS. I would say if battery is a concern to check out alternatives with lighter OS’s such as fitbit, however this can come at the cost of some functionality.
WearOS 3 Upgrade:
WearOS 3 was a requirement for me when buying a smartwatch – it took a lot of research to answer all the questions I had so adding them here for anyone else this may help –
The watch ships with wearOS 2 but can be upgraded to wearOS 3.2. WearOS 3 factory resets the watch so best to do it first thing if you wish to use it. WearOS 3 introduces a lot of new features but does break some eg.
Flashlight functionality is broke (Brightness doesnt increase to make it usable like in wearOS 2)
Google assistant is no longer available (Alexa added instead). After researching into this, it appears Google has not made assistant available to SnapDragon based watches on wearOS 3 yet. Hopefully Fossil it will be added when google release the functionality.
So yeah, really pleased and very good value for money.
Hope this helps.
Good value for money. Charge once a day but very fast charge. Does what it says on the tin.
Nicely crafted metal gear and works as described love i
Before purchasing this watch I investigated all the options and decided that this was the best option for me. The looks, the performance (both the battery and the features) and the price were winners.
However, still need to get my head around the pairing with my iPhone but this hasn’t diminished the functionality.
Really pleased with my purchase, does everything that I was looking for, notifications, heart rate, blood oxygen, answer calls and fitness tracking. Very comfortable to wear, nice screen size and clear text. Battery last around a day/day and a half depending on usage but charges fairly quickly. Easy to set up, connects well and stays connected all day to my android phone. Overall I’d highly recommend this watch.
Love the watch but they really really need to sort the short battery life that won’t even last a day!!!
very well built and good looking watch. Avoid the silicon strap as is seems to burst very easily.
I like the crispness of the display, and the bit more functionality than my previous Fossil. I wanted decent battery life, but the look and feel of this watch is very decent, and so far I am getting well over 36hrs out of it (enough for me). Gen 6 means it’s ready for Wear OS3, so for the money it suits my needs superbly.
I looked into the different versions and was going to go for the leather strap as it was considerably cheaper but when I saw the stainless steel, it looks far superior. Had to go to a jewelers to get the links out, be good if they provided a tool to do it yourself.
Battery life I can get a day and a half, but takes hardly any time at all.
I don’t use it for the sleep monitoring, but the rest of the monitoring works well.
Keyboard is a joke but voice recognition is very good.
Handy when you don’t realise your phone is ringing.
Overall very happy with it. I also got a screen protector which are pants. Because it is square cut glass, slightest knock on the edge chips it.
I took me forever to find the perfect smartwatch, I thought I found it when I found this. Unfortunately after a while when charging the watch got so hot it didn’t charge. Such a shame
The watch looks great, quite dressy. I got this watch not just for the looks but the fact that it is one of the very short list of watches that are ready for the new Wear OS. The battery life on it is nothing to write home about but it certainly gets me through a full day and my understanding is that the new Wear OS will actually improve the battery performance, win win. I thought that the thin edge between the screen and the bezel could be visually distracting but you don’t notice after a day or so. All in all a smart looking smartwatch that is ready for the future.
I like this watch, lots of faces to choose from, good GPS tracking, I think steps are a little out though. Definitely stands out against some of the other smart watches on the market and is a decent size, doesn’t over bare my small wrists. As for those instantly returning the watch because of the battery life – I had to use the watch for a good two weeks before the battery capacity maxed out. It needs quite a few charge cycles to learn and then it will for the most part last a day. Sometimes it will be in extended ‘time only mode when I charge it up again on the morning but that’s not an issue for me.
UPDATE: After OS3 became available the battery life has increased greatly. I can now go on a hike without being on reserve power by the end of the day, using the workout tracking with heart monitoring and GPS active for 3 hours straight. Much improved. I wish the screen glass was a little more tough. It has gained a few deeper scratches and enough small marks to be noticeable which is a shame.
As the title says, I have tried a lot of smart watches, so does this one stand out. First the design: This is a very smart looking watch and looks very nice in what ever attire I’m wearing for the day. The bracelet is HUGE and dosen’t come with any tools to take the links out, so spent more on Amazon. Some watches also come with a second strap, this didn’t so Amazon again for a grey rubber strap. Fits much better. Overall the design is brilliant. It charges very quick and battery lasts around a day. Believe me the battery is not bad compared to many out there. Downside is that it doesn’t come with WearOS3 which is disappointing. Its a good watch and I do recommend it but only for android users if you want a full smart watch. Apple users is okay for notifications, receiving calls but thats about it.
Fantastic and a Very stylish Watch Well worth the good Amazon Offer
Only neg at the moment Fossil or someone needs to make a quality watch charging Base/Dock for the Gen 6 only as charge cable upgraded from Gen 4/5
The watch it’s self is smart and attractive with many different functions but I don’t think it’s works well with the iPhone there is no fossil app just a wears os app not very good battery life not great if you’re messing with the watch strap way too big not many changeable faces unless you pay for them overall nice looking watch but not for me
Much more responsive that the TicWatch Pro 3 I was using before, but missed the premium look and feel of the Fossil.
Battery life isn’t half bad, even with all features turned on and sleep tracking all night it’ll make it. 7am off charge, 24hrs later it’s down to somewhere between 4-10% so I wake up 6am, stick it on charge while getting ready and it’s at 100% charge before leaving for the day at 7am.
The crown dial is an issue. This is actually my second Fossil Gen 6, the first was returned within 2 days as it would continually restart randomly. Seems the crown dial is an optical sensor for presses, so if dust somehow gets in there it thinks it’s being held in. Not ideal and something Fossil need to address (perhaps with a software prompt or a combination of buttons required!!).
The metal band on my model is nice, but can be a bit tight sliding your hand through once the bands are resized. There’s a never ending SQUEAK from the watch band as it connects to the watch, very noticeable on both of the watches I was sent. It’s so loud in fact, when shifting gears on the car I thought the gearbox was squeaking… no… I just forgot the watch did that. Hopefully it’s something that goes away with time as I don’t fancy putting WD40 on it!
Overall, I’m happy with the crisp display, fast charging, decent Fossil watch faces + apps, smooth performance of the 4100+ and it looks stylish. If you can find this under 200 it’s a great deal and the update to Wear OS 3 near year will be fantastic but there’s nothing you’d miss out on getting it now.
One of, if not the best Wear OS watch on the market except for the Galaxy Watch 4. For those without a Samsung phone this is a much better device, and for those seeing something that’s stylish the Gen 6 is a winner too.