Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle HR first look: wearOS is getting BETTER?!

This is the Fossil Gen 5, or the Carlyle HR to be more specific . The company's new refresh to its smartwatch lineup, which might look a lot like its predecessors but is not. Actually not by a significant margin. I'm Jaime Rivera with Pocketnow and here's our first look.
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In the WearOS space, Fossil is the company I'm most interested in. They serve as an ODM for many other popular fashion brands that run wearOS, they're also the company that's kept the ball rolling with launches on the latest and greatest hardware, and best of all, we know they're now working closely with Google on the next chapter of this smartwartch platform.
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[@ESCO2]

I watch Jaime's videos ONLY to hear him pronounce his name 😂

[@jmal]

Jaime RiveRRRRRRa

[@Drayonis]

Yup. Sounds like cotton in his mouth😂 I laugh every time

[@ESCO2]

@@joseamaro4750 I believe that would involve getting a divorce from your mom first and why would I leave her for him? I like her better 😉

[@naveenchandra6526]

For those looking its at 4:24

[@odd02]

Omg I thought I was the only one...like I keep trying to say his name like him 🤣

[@MrSpookdog418]

I just got this watch for Christmas. I'm beyond grateful and will wear it proudly

[@zaraf]

It is so satisfying when the loading circle matches perfectly with the watch online in the thumbnail

[@reviewthecheapest]

I love the clean and classic design.

[@holycrapimbatman1760]

I own a fossil gen 4 explorist watch. I really like using it. The only thing I hate is the battery, it didn't even last me a full day untill I turned off the tilt to wake and used the always on display. Now my battery life has drastically increased. Also some people are mentioning to increase the size of battery, I don't think it's a good idea, because if we increase the size of battery, the width and weight of the watch increases and it might not be as comfortable as the current watches. I just hope that wear os improves and gives us better software and battery optimization.

[@ewokpillowtalk]

The "less than a day battery life" is really disappointing.

[@_CaptainKaze]

This makes the watch useless

[@crudolol]

So sad :-(

[@tspatch2337]

I know...I really wanted to love this watch. I waited for it👎👎

[@svnbit8408]

Still no way to disable crown activating Google assistant which is annoying af they never offered a fix. But you can configure the other two! Fail

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

Charging your watch every night is something I never tolerated (thus I’m still using a Pebble) but needing to charge it in the middle of the day is simply ridiculous.

[@r1pbuck]

I've been wearing mine for a couple of weeks since my Gen 4 died the first time I jumped in a swimming pool.... So far I can easily get through a day on a single charge...I generally charge it up before bedtime. It would be nice if the watch menus were duplicated on the WearOS phone app...much easier to make sense of them that way.

[@yohennycastro4145]

A comparison between this watch and the new galaxy watch active 2 would be awesome!😍

[@zt9233]

Just got a refurb version of this watch it’s super slow. Please use galaxy watch or switch to iPhone and use watch OS. WearOS is not ready. Certainly not from what I’ve seen. This is truly the worst watch experience I’ve had

[@mstk8845]

They need to go ahead and put some kind of kinetic charging in these watches. That could help battery drain.

[@trd8749]

The regular kinetic watch mechanisms pretty much take up the whole case, I don't know how they could fit all of this into such a tiny package. Will be cool if it ever comes to fruition though!

[@adaml.5355]

That would never work. However, the real solution to battery life is for Qualcomm to make a new processor for wearables. The current processor is 28nm and based on budget phone processors from years ago!

[@mstk8845]

I'm thinking more along the lines of a secondary source along with battery. A hybrid kind of thing. The watch could run on battery mostly when you use it and kinetic when you are not. The tech is out there for almost anything we could think of.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

The amount of energy used by a regular mechanical watch is orders of magnitude smaller than anything with an OLED screen (plus the CPU, sensors, mic, etc). So it’d be a huge mechanism with almost zero gain of battery in practice. What manufacturers need to realize is that a watch isn’t supposed to do all the things your smartphone does plus some more. 99% of the time a watch is there to tell the time, so make it to show the time and nothing else, and then start putting extra functionality. Do we really need to make phone calls from a watch? Make an ultra low refresh rate screen, like one refresh per second, kill all the extra Android services like Google with dictation (do we reaaaaally need to search near restaurants from our watch? Like freaking REALLY?), use Bluetooth LE, kill the AOD when the user is sleeping, etc. I love the Pebble approach: a watch plus basic notifications, plus a timeline with calendar and next events, basic stuff like weather and sleep tracking. Do we really need more?

[@denodan]

@@mstk8845 well the best battery life is with the ticwatch. 4 days battery, fuel screens one looks like the old school LCD when not on and it's in always on mode. Press a button or screen reverts to OLED. With this duel hybrid screen lasts up to 30 days with watch display only and a out 3 or 4 days usage. Also there is the withings with physical hands and tiny OLED screen or the zetime with physical hands and pressing the button brings up a nice led bright and colorful display. Have one and get 4 days and that's with notifcations always on tracking hr all day and sleep tracking. It really comes down to how often you play with these watches. The first few weeks expect poor battery life as your always playing around. When that wears off expect better battery life.

[@timstein]

I just purchased this watch this past Sunday, and I have to say for me and my use over the past week I'm really impressed with the battery life. I have been getting almost a whole day on 1 charge. By the time I get home it has barely gotten below 50% life remaining. Of course I turn off all the battery hogging features (i.e. Wi-Fi and NFC), and this really helps. I have really been impressed on the overall look and feel of the watch its self. This is my 3rd Fossil Smart watch, and I was able to trade in my last one for $100 off of this one.

[@LosloTypical]

I bought the Gen 4 last Saturday and returned it on Monday for the Gen 5. The battery is great, and the software is amazing. Like Wear OS sucked on the two days I had the Gen 4, but it’s so fast now.

[@MarceloLopezJr]

Have you been able to get a call to playback on the watch itself? As in take the call on the watch itself, and have the call audio be maintained? If so, could you please share what phone you're using (and what version of Android). Please look at my reply to this video with a bit of my experience with a Gen 5 over the past few days. Cheers.

[@ArturKwaszyn]

TerriblyMundane how good is the battery life?

[@LosloTypical]

Artur Kwaszyn I mean it’s fine. It lasts two days with the always on display but I’m sure it could go on much, much longer without it.

[@LosloTypical]

Marcelo Lopez I use an iPhone currently and am unable to take phone calls from the actual watch. However when I get my Note 10+ this coming week, I’ll come back and tell ya.

[@ArturKwaszyn]

@@LosloTypical thanks :) good to hear that there's at least one WearOS watch that lasts longer than 12h 😂

[@calli0507]

I turned off GPS on the watch and the battery improvement is insanely good.

[@low5738]

How long does it last, it's $295 , but if it only last 5 hours that's not worth it

[@unkownnn6664]

HOW MUCH DOES IT LAST

[@AsherTech]

I think the watch is cool but I think they should have added a second layer screen for better battery life like ticwatch did and also a bigger battery. 310mah is too small.

[@marek9358]

And instead of making it bigger, Fossil makes it smaller from gen to gen.... I don't get it.

[@cartmaneric6970]

Amazfit bip has a 30 day battery life and the screen doesnt turn off.

[@AsherTech]

@@cartmaneric6970 I have that one

[@cartmaneric6970]

@@AsherTech im amazed about its battery life.

[@lawrenceatkinson5884]

Give me more battery - I'm happy if the watch is thicker. Please.

[@JoshxDarnxIt]

Really looking forward to this watch. Just hope they release more colors like the older Explorist models

[@brandonten-fah782]

Copped one of these for Amazon Prime Day and I'm looking forward to upgrading from my Samsung Galaxy Watch. Thanks for a great review!

[@HereticHammer01]

It's a great looking smartwatch. However, it feels like smartwatches still have a bit further to go to sway me, especially when you mention things like the battery life. Not another device to keep charging all the time!

[@sebisuarez10]

I'm so dissapointed by WearOS. It could be so much better, but I'm glad you guys are providing updates on it.

[@gareth3566]

I love how he has a stroke every time he says his name

[@Rando201]

Becoming a fan of Jaime. Good stuff! Never comes in with the HEY EVERYONE ITS YA BOI nonsense with sound effects. Just a nice review and I appreciate it.

[@tiburonroano]

I love tizen. Haven't upgraded from my Samsung Gear S2 lte model.

[@Macjohn1419]

I wear my Gen 1 watch on a daily basis and it meets my daily needs. The battery lasts for the full waking day and I just throw it on the cradle charger overnight and it’s fresh for the next day. I also own the Gen 3 version with the Armani style for evenings out. Very stylish and I get the looks and questions where I got it. I’m looking into the Gen 5 in the near future.

[@shahulca5960]

Which one is better Huawei g2e titanium or fossil gen 5?

[@25supercharlie]

Just when I got a Gen 4 in January, because the Sport was already sold out, and it's now being repaired bc my mom broke the screen. I feel so useless 😂

[@abdlh987]

In terms of design it's sleek. But when the downside is just the battery like you mentioned

[@DaFlash1]

I was just about to head up and make the purchase when I heard about the battery life .. I did a double take on that one, lol

[@mongemrxcvi9881]

Man this guy might be the busiest guy on earth. He does all the reviews or most of them, all the dailys, he is in India here then NY. Dude, how many coffee cups do you need in a day ?

[@DerrekLeigh]

This will be my first smartwatch

[@GadgetyMV]

Hardware progress in the wearables sphere has been excruciatingly slow. As in really slow. That includes the Apple watch, too. The Fossil Gen 5 portfolio brings, 4 years after the launch of my previous watch, the original Huawei Watch, NFC for GooglePay, the ability to go for an occasional swim, built in GPS, a rotating crown, an additional push button, and the swiftness that 1GB RAM provides. Four years. The Huawei watch looked great, had a speaker, enabled taking and placing calls, and sapphire glass. The glass still looks pristine. As for NFC and Google Pay, where I'm located there's no provider accepting Google Pay on smartwatches, only for phones, so it's a may be a useful future feature to me, but isn't yet. The ability to go for a swim, equaling 10,000 strokes in two years, is really only occasional use. Even for excellent swimmers, swimming an average of 1-2 sessions a week, at a stroke length of 10 per 25m, would equal 6 lengths a session. That's a dip, not a swim. For a poor swimmer, using more strokes, even fewer lengths, or fewer times. Furthermore, after 2 years warranty is up. I like the software which is the reason I stay with Google, basically for the Assistant, the Keep app, and other apps not available on other smartwatches. Those four years of excruciatingly slow hardware development goes for the Apple Watch 5 too "oh, gee look, we have always on." Four years ago I thought by now I would have 10ATM, better HRM, more sensors, and 4G LTE compatability, plus at least a 36 hours of hard usage before the battery has to be recharged. Unrealistic, apparently.

[@jGRite]

I have a 3rd gen watch and want this one, but don't wanna go through the back piece falling apart again.

[@carlos53k]

The battery life is the reason I always end up returning every fossil watch.

[@yubstep]

My Samsung gear s3 had a battery life for 4 days. 2 years later its about 3.25 days. I'm very happy.

[@bartluttels6948]

Just bough the amazfit gtr 42mm €130 12 days battery

[@carlos53k]

@@bartluttels6948 My friend bought that one but returned it right away because it look and felt like a piece of plastic and rubbed strap. Didn't like the look and feel of it. What's your view on the watch?

[@yubstep]

@@bartluttels6948 yea the problem is that the engine for the Amazfit is not so great compared to a true Smartwatch like Samsung or Apple.

[@bartluttels6948]

@@yubstep yeah true

[@twincam2013]

How well does this watch integrate with iPhone? Any issues?

[@srikargottipati8200]

Nice video haime rivera!!

[@Zetsumei88]

Sadly the 3100 isn't the WearOS savior that everyone was looking for. It's the same archaic 32bit, 28 nm process as the 2100. Heck, it's literally just the 2100 with a modern low power coprocessor that indeed does offer power savings with a caveat. What's the caveat you ask? It's literally to not use your watch or perform any cpu power hungry tasks. If you do any of the following the high powered cores take over and the battery savings are nonexistent that point because it's essentially like using the 2100. Hopefully Qualcoom gets off their ass and makes a new 64 bit chip with a 10nm process or less soon!

[@SaiDarshanM]

HIIIIIIIMEYYY RIVERAAAA the best name in tech!

[@cjpp78ytube]

just ordered this watch from Fossil. I haven't had a smart watch since the first gen Lg wear os watch. I've been waiting on google to make one but went ahead with this. If google does come out with one in the fall thats substantially better like with their own soc or a next gen Qualcomm chip, I'll go to that.

[@haseebali9591]

You didn't read the comment about battery life...??? You are comfortable with battary time of half of a day...???

[@navsudan]

Love the t-shirt!

[@Paritoshtechnicaltechno]

Nice watch....I loved it

[@spacecat8748]

Any news on the Battery performance, after the software update?

[@OviWanKeno9i]

I really want one if everything comes out good in the review. I have an original Huawei Watch with sapphire and a Milanese band. No other watch has come close in design yet tbh. It doesn't even have a blank space between screen and bezel and at 5 years old, the screen is flawless still.

[@carmendewa2449]

Hi ty for the Video thinking of getting this watch. I see battery life is not the best and i hope that since you shot this video it has improved. Having the GW46mm i got sick of charging it daily and ive somewhat been spoilt with Huawei GT2 and its 10 days of not charging it with everything running but AOD which i dont mind. Even when taking lots of calls you just cannot kill this battery lol. So 2 questions 1. has battery life improved ? and 2. Can you make & take Calls on this watch ? Cheers from Down Under ;-)

[@elliex20]

How long will the watch last if i use it only as a watch? That is all I do with my smatwatches excet when I am out traiing that I explicitly activate monitoring.

[@your__daddyy]

Waiting for the review of the galaxy watch active 2

[@joey563pb]

I just got a fossil gen 5 carlyle hr and even with extended battery mode I got barely 8 hours with all my notifications from emails, text, and maps. From your test, would I be better off returning it and getting a ticwatch pro 4g? I have heard and read The battery life is amazing and the performance is just as good (even with the order chip set). Or do I just ride it out with the news of the Google/Fossil partnership maybe giving a closer to perfect WearOS watch combination in the future?

[@malemkhombasalam6986]

I have bought this watch 4 days back. I have lot of problems... Battery last only 2 hours, warm up( heating) problems, sound can't hear when playing music, when talking with other no. sound is waving and sound stop every second, etc. Could you please help me to solve problems

[@jeff39840]

Does it actually work with ios

[@ChillPanda.]

Yes, would try it, but I'll give a chance on the Gen. 6. 🙋‍♂️

[@schloemoe21]

The battery life would be a deal breaker if it was like that with production software. :(

[@schloemoe21]

@Maz man that sucks. Am running a Garmin instinct...I'd surely pass out before the battery dies...lol

[@ChristFan868]

Great review Jaime!

[@TheChurchIsLikenUntoTheMoon]

How far can go from your phone? Or can you get a plan for it yourself?

[@DzusINC]

"Imheimenravela-wihpockenow let's get hands on"

[@owenf2299]

Yes!!!

[@eespinosa64]

Just picked one up for $177. I hope it's worth it.

[@HiddenPalm]

I like the cpu, memory and space, except for the battery. But why doesnt the screen take the whole display??? What is that about? And is there an alternative Wear OS watch that takes the whole display with the same cpu (3100), memory (1gb) and 8gb space?

[@dentaldoc1460]

Nice looking design.

[@Drayonis]

If the battery life sucks what's the point?

[@MertAbi9199]

Drayonis the batterie isnt that bad i mean 1 das easy with the normal mode 2 days with the other

[@denodan]

@@MertAbi9199 those complaining about battery life have everything they possibly can on. Some things dont need to be on and the beauty is can customize the battery usage to your taste so will last either 2 days if you so wish.

[@gurupreetsingh6751]

Just bought it hope it's all good 👏👏

[@cillianmullen9713]

Hey man I'm considering buying this watch myself, could you give me a insight into how you're getting on with the watch? The only issue I see is the battery life? Is it really such a issue?

[@gurupreetsingh6751]

@@cillianmullen9713 any watch you buy has limited battery. I love it for all my whole day steps and movement goals. I get all notification/meeting alerts that I wanted so all good. Battery life is on usage I am keeping all time display on it still lasts me more than a day. But whenever I go gym and I use fitness feature that record all my sets and reps that I love and make a journal of all my gym time. So that take battery alot but still lasts me the whole day. So simple use 2 days excessive use 1 day.

[@wasilkatchi]

@@gurupreetsingh6751 how long does it take to charge?

[@gurupreetsingh6751]

@@wasilkatchi doesn't take long usually I leave for whole night but actually if you need it takes 45-60 mins and good for rest of the day

[@papapatriarchy]

Any updates after 2 months? Were there any software updates to improve battery life?

[@datmeme8967]

I'm still disappointed with how these brands are faking the "full round" display by just insetting the active area to avoid the "flat tire" area that was present on the truly edge to edge display of the Moto360. The result is an ugly thick black faux bezel that they try to hide with black watch face backgrounds. Can't they locate the light sensor somewhere on the side of the case or even with a screen punch-out like on the newer Samsung smart phones?

[@MrWessiide]

Put playback speed on 2x and listen to him say his name at :26

[@stetsonclark8348]

I just bought one but realized it didn't fully support Facebook messenger which I use as my main form of communication. I could only check notifications but still had to use my phone to read and reply to messages. Unless I missed something.

[@MiguelFlores-uo1zk]

Hola lo acabo de ver en ese comercial de fossil se acuerda de mi . Saludes yo lo atendía en crowne plaza

[@frankthilorohl2352]

I'm looking for the companion apps. I can't find the app store on the watch. Can someone provide me a hint - thank you in advance

[@MuvoTX]

Nice review... Really like my Fossil gen4 explorist. Awesome hardware. I can't stand WearOS though. I get about 1 update every 1.5 months, since Jan 2019. All but 1 of those updates crashed a critical function or two on the watch. One month notifications would get wiped, next month the touch screen locked out, next month bluetooth would disconnect, month after that text message notifications would get nixed...etc...etc. Its to the point I really don't wear it that much. Its just too unreliable. I just can never predict when the next WearOS update will release and remotely kill my watch. Its not me or my phone. In parallel with the gen4 explorist I have also owned an Amazfit Stratos since Jan 2019. That has been a complete opposite experience. Reliable, and proven to be a very dependable accessory to my phone. It has gotten 4-5 updates and not one of them has crashed something on the watch. Its a very simple watch, but in this case I really think less is more... I can easily tolerate less features if it gains me reliability.

[@orangea9458]

The galaxy watch, the original one, has been more reliable on my Huawei than my old iPhone and that says something considering apple for some reason has a reputation for reliability.

[@rosettamalvese5695]

I picked up one this week... I’m curious to see the features they are “supposedly” adding to iOS .... I would love to get calls that I can answer on my watch and get text that I can respond to directly on the watch....my Apple Watch does these things but I’m sick of that rectangle design.... we’ll see if they come through on the promises ..... FItbit versa was supposed to be adding those features for IOS but never did .....

[@rvgr12]

Cool tshirt!!!!! I love Skeletor. LOlllllll

[@naveenkumar-os9im]

Watch looks professional.. very smooth in software..but the acreen is not bright enough and battery life is not that great. Difficulty in connecting to Fossil app. It would be better.

[@MattSeabolt]

Looks good! How's that finger?

[@jeffgomske6920]

I agree with you on all aspects...however, of the 5 Wear OS devices I've owned, one driving factor never seems to change: the OS is laggy, glitchy and just plain makes the whole experience of using a smart watch more of a pain than a good experience. I MUCH prefer the Samsung Tizen watches, but that isn't to say that Wear OS is incapable of beating Samsung. Notifications are clearly better on Wear OS, along with Google Assistant and the ability to customize the generally weak vibration are the 3 main areas where they are superior. But the one thing TIzen has never done to me where Google has is make me frustrated that the device won't lock up, lag or any number of other frustrations. They are infinitely snappier and the battery life just kills Wear OS. I haven't sworn off buying another watch forever, but until they can just fix those major lag and glitch issues, I can't see myself getting another one.

[@HughesyTech]

Lag is do with the RAM. Most WearOS watches have only 512mb ram.

[@jeffgomske6920]

Then WHY after so long has nobody ever really tried to address this? The lag may be a RAM issue, but the glitches, well those are all courtesy of Wear OS. RAM isn't gonna fix those.

[@HughesyTech]

@@jeffgomske6920 the lock ups and lags are ram. 768mb watches fixed it 90% of the way so I'm presuming these 1GB ram devices will. However with the glitches I agree. It could be less buggy and the battery life sorely needs to be addressed. Google keep adding in battery features with every new major OS release but they don't do anything. It's all a front. Until sales go up heaps it makes no sense for Qualcomm to give a shit and spend money on R&D to make a good Chip. It's all just lip service.

[@jeffgomske6920]

I've owned several Wear OS devices (two of which had 768mb RAM) never noticed ANY smoother, well, anything. It's obvious you're a Wear OS fan, and that's fine, but the problem goes well beyond simply adding additional RAM.

[@HughesyTech]

@@jeffgomske6920 yeah and you gotta check your eyesight. It IS more smoother. I have two Wear24, ZTE quartz , fossil gen 3, fossil gen 4, misfit Vapor. I Check the wearos Reddit daily and one of the authors of their watch spreadsheet. Others agree with me on there that for most daily operations 768mh and above smooths out a lot of the lag when swiping etc. Google have their issues but their balls are against the wall with WearOS til Qualcomm helps out with a chip.

[@lucianodan2]

hello, I have seen many reviews of fossil gen 5, but I have not seen if the clock is activated and displays time with the rotation of the wrist and the majority of the smartwatches, thanks excellent review top

[@ryanharris1397]

Yes, this feature is supported in the Sport, Gen 4, and gen 5 at least. I haven't used older models so I can't speak to them, but it's definitely available in the above models. If you're looking for the setting, it can be found in the Android Wear OS app Advanced Settings from your smartphone.

[@sunitagadekar3895]

Thank you

[@Gwakari]

295 USD is good price but in Europe it is 299 EUR (aprox. 340 USD)

[@odotec]

Subscribe to the newsletter to get 20% off coupon@=). Btw: it has more than 1GB of RAM!

[@bbwheels5387]

Should I get this or the galaxy watch

[@Markgb3]

It depends. Do you want a fitness tracker with 3 day battery life, that also happens to do notifications? Then go with the Galaxy Watch. But if you're looking for something with a ton of apps where it can be used instead of your phone in most situations but needs to be recharged every night, then the Fossil Carlyle is a good option.

[@slash0t5]

Anybody knows what the watch icon in the settings menu is for? It just puts my watch into sleep. Is that all it is there for?

[@Roger101Watson]

I was thinking about getting a gen4 as they are a good price right now, what put me off was the shocking battery life and it seems this gen5 might not be any different :(

[@HughesyTech]

@@DexterHR it was a batch that had that problem and was fixed Fossil said. I've had my gen 4 for months and no issue

[@satriaekaditya6123]

Did gen 5 can open youtube like g.active 2?

[@devangkoyani6963]

Does it work good with Iphone?

[@QQPP19]

Don't get why there isn't a silver face with black leather

[@lawrenceatkinson5884]

I think there is. Because that's exactly what I will be looking for. I think that in a few weeks the full range will be detailed online.

[@arthurcwb]

After your 1st impression of new fossil and since you are wear os enthusiastic, I need your help. Do you know some 3rd app that could filter notifications per contact or content (eg. WhatsApp)? I have this on my Amazfit but i want to change my watch. Thanks.

[@balaaan]

I bought many smart watches over the years, but keep going back to my Casio Pro Trek WSD-F20. I simply love almost everything about it. It's rugged, has dual layer display, and battery life (though not the best one l tried) is very good (lasts me around 2 days). I also love that the 2nd layer display can last for weeks in timepiece mode, so I can still use it as a normal watch even when the battery dies! The newer WSD-F30 is out with some improvements, but sadly the battery got smaller, so I'm skipping that.

[@MrSirnate15]

Has the battery life improve yet?

[@bxbank]

What about backing up the watch to an Android device?

[@dxmxo9427]

I want ittt I like the Google os and how big it is

[@michaelk487]

Cool 😎

[@CoupleDrinks]

I like heavy watches but you said this one has no weight to it really?

[@ozzyynk32]

Is this watch water resistance?

[@qiqitrading7745]

cool watch!!!

[@Ram-ki9np]

How much weight of ths watch?

[@lionelceniceros4970]

Would it work on iPhone

[@DarkOracleOfDeath]

So basically if I get a wear os watch, I still can't give up my Xiaomi MI Band 3 as that's the one that does sleep tacking and the watch would have to go on the charger at the end of the day. That's kinda sad... But, I would still get one... I just need to decide wether Snapdragon 3100 is something to really look for or if I can get away with a Ticwatch C.

[@rddubbwright6283]

How does it compare vs Samsung newest watch?

[@MrVizziato23]

This watch has definitely piqued my interest, and if Google doesn't release their own Android wear watch at the Google event in October, then this is probably what I'm going to get. I haven't had a smartwatch since the 1st Moto 360 and now I'm ready!

[@MrVizziato23]

@@BreezeAgent it's not Android wear and I don't have a Samsung phone

[@HughesyTech]

Android wear is WearOS now and has been for over a year. Google won't release a Pixel watch, they've said this before and it makes no sense to cannablise sales and relationships with Fossil and Mobvoi.

[@MrVizziato23]

@@HughesyTech No, Google said they weren't ready to release one last year bc they probably wanted to work on it some more and more with project soli coming to the Pixel 4 devices I wouldn't be surprised to see a Pixel watch.

[@HughesyTech]

@@MrVizziato23 sorry I don't know how long you've been following WearOS but think you're flat out wrong here. You can wait and wait but that Pixel Watch will not come.

[@sethi100]

Seems to me those 3 side buttons really stick out - alot. Have you also tested the Ticwatch pro lte.

[@svnbit8408]

Yes and you still can't turn off assistant activating constantly unless you wear in on your forearms smh

[@SMentor568]

Need a battery that at least lasts two days

[@abmonstein]

You mentioned nothing about the speaker on this version of the watch. Can we take calls on the watch and the phone interchangeable depending on where you answered the call?

[@joharshah1100]

What happened to moto 360 line-up? @pocketnow

[@booooooooooooooooooooooo]

Johar Shah discontinued

[@MarceloLopezJr]

@@booooooooooooooooooooooo Sad, but true.

[@lawrenceatkinson5884]

I still use the Moto 360 ii. Love it. But it's getting tired. The big decision - the new Samsung active or the new Fossil?

[@MarceloLopezJr]

@@lawrenceatkinson5884 I think if you want call audio then either wait for Google to correct the issue with the fossil gen 5, or grab that Samsung. I can't in good conscience recommend the Gen 5 if one of its flagship features has been crippled by Google.

[@lawrenceatkinson5884]

@@MarceloLopezJr I don't want to use my watch to make calls, that's why I have a phone. I want most the other features listed. But not texting or KZbin either.

[@OddFishing]

Nice.

[@bxbank]

Not by a significant margin? You mean not insignificant, right?

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Want this.. nice

[@trancamtuong]

This Gen 5 can reply sms meseage or fb messenger when we connect with ios? Or just can receive the notification?

[@denodan]

@ gen 5 you can make and receive phone calls as long as its tethered through your phone. This goes above just being a limited smart watch.

[@maxchilla732]

This or the active 2?

[@samsimo472]

Plz This fossil gen 5 or smartwatch galaxy active 2?