Fossil Gen 5 Smartwatch Review

Wear OS watches have always been a bit slow, but Fossil is looking to change that. In this Fossil Gen 5 Smartwatch review we see how close they got.
Is this the best wear os watch available?
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[@Eevnos]

With Wear OS, Apple Watch, Galaxy watches and multiple generic smart watches, there are a lot to choose from! Which is your favorite?

[@MichaelMantion]

lte version?

[@Eevnos]

@@MichaelMantion I don't believe there is an LTE version.

[@Ragdollpropchannel]

hi. i was trying to download team fortress 2 but it says i dont have enough disk space. can you make a video of what to do to get it running properly? i use the hp chromebook 14 that youve mentioned in a video where you can play full on steam games by doing something in linux. please help.

[@denodan]

I am an android user and love android, but when it comes to smart watches. There is nothing beats an apple watch period. For me I choose a hybrid smart watch and actually have 2. The withings sport and Garmin luxe. I like the hybrids better. 1 have real hands and look like a watch 2 hate dead screens and having to flick the wrist etc to see the time. 3 last longer between charges and 4 still have all the fitness features and notifications 4 much simpler and no sluggish or crashing performance. I have tried samsung, fossil and none of these came even close to the apple watch. I would rather buy a cheap iPhone and get an apple watch rather than these other abdroid or sansung watches as all are far behind apple. It's the best and only decent smart watch out there by a long way. But for me after trying all these smart watches I much prefer the hybrid. Look much nicer and look like a traditional watch and no dead screen. Back in the early days they had led watches which had dead screens and had to flick your wrist to see the time and because you could not see the time consistently and poor battery life where not popular. It was only when the lcd screen watches came out then digtail watches become popular. If I wanted a full smart watch I would go for the ticwatch. Have an always on lcd watch face. Tap the screen you get the normal bright colour display. Also most smart watches take up to much room on your phone as many watch apps need to be stored on your phone also as well as the watch. So down load an app to your watch needs the app on your phone also.

[@binx4things]

Great review! Seriously. No bs or over talking. straight to the point. Thank you!

[@Eevnos]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed and thanks so much for the feedback!

[@Clawed9]

Had to scroll thru way too many videos to find this one that perfectly covers the important stuff. Good review. Thanks.

[@Eevnos]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that!

[@im_Spade_]

Honestly this is a really solid review. No extra bs as someone said before. Just you talking concisely about the pros and cons of the device. Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[@Eevnos]

That's awesome, thanks so much for the feedback and I'm really glad it was helpful!

[@kaneskeee]

You can't fool us, Hulk!

[@syamsuladdenno9403]

he look like mark ruffalo and i like it... no homo tho

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa372]

Ty for the review Dr. Banner

[@reytempo]

I think the main problem with smart watches is people want a mini phone... I like them as they are.. I own the fossil gen 2,3,4 and 5 and love them

[@Eevnos]

Yeah I agree, people can't expect then to do as much as a full sized device. We're not quite there yet. 😉

[@6426yyfrgvv]

A smart watch with a pair of Glasses (like 3D glasses) that would enable the user to see a 3D Hologram from the watches mini projector that would enable a Floating mirroring of the Screen to watch KZbin (at the size of a 40 inch Tv) and also the ability to use hand movements to push a text conversation to one side of your vision and the KZbin vid to another while still being able to see Your surroundings that would be Cool and the glasses legs to have Bone conduction technology so you wouldn’t need headphones and so Sound leaking and with the glasses You would see cool Advertisement from objects in everyday objects that have a mini projector and have Bluetooth 6.5 Transmitting audio to the bone conduction of the glasses and the ads would Be targeted to you because of the data the watch would transmit (Due to user agreement)

[@bexzii-kun7649]

My dude, I might have left the comment on the wrong video, but I’m way more than positive I left the comment in the right channel 👍🏽

[@JuanderBoyMusic]

All reviews should be like this. Great job sir.

[@Eevnos]

Thanks so much!

[@pm599hd]

needs to be said also that the Google Wear OS App consumes a LOT of battery in background on the phone. And in my opinion Google Wear OS in general is still in Beta Version, I experience a lot of OS problems on my Gen 5, including problems with Bluetooth connection that goes off sometimes and "Ok Google" is not working in other languages apparently (German in my case). I guess I have to reset factory it again and see if in English is all working

[@mustafatunc3297]

Grat review! I hope the 6th gen will get the new snapdragon processor which is in works and the OS will be refined till then. I was hoping to see a Pixel watch but maybe next year.

[@Eevnos]

Thanks a lot! I was hoping for the Pixel watch as well, but from what I've read the project has been killed. ☹️

[@mustafatunc3297]

@@Eevnos yeah, I heard that too but in the other hand I think they might just pushed it to collect more experience with 3rd party hardware vendors and will still release a Pixel watch in the future. They wouldn't have bought Fitbit if they don't have plans in this way I guess 😊

[@user-yc7ub1su7o]

You mentioned version 3.. I just got mine and it's running version 2.1 and the battery is terrible.

[@TheTuareg]

I`m using Huawei Watch 2 4G SIM Version and I`m happy with Wear OS

[@Eevnos]

Excellent!

[@harishkarthikeyan6585]

Many had complained about voice breaking during calls..is it fixed now??

[@Eevnos]

Yeah, I believe that was patched. I didn't have any problems with that.

[@jebaker2]

TicWatch Pro has 1 GB of memory and EASILY can last 2 days without having to turn off features. As battery life goes, it's the best WearOS watch out there IMHO.

[@Eevnos]

I agree the Ticwatch Pro does last a bit longer (depending how you set up both watches), but it's significantly slower than the Fossil Gen 5. Part may be the RAM as the TicWatch Pro only has 512MB, not 1GB.

[@denodan]

Yeah agree is slower than the fossil gen 5. Also would not last me 2 days if I had a ticwatch. Want a smart phone to last cannot beat the withings sport or zetime. On withings get at least a week without charging and light use get 3 to 4 weeks. On zetime get 4 days of moderate usage with message notifcations and all day tracking as well as sleep tracking and don't need to turn stuff off. A smart watch with physical hands is they way a battery lasts the longest. Pity more dont use this. There was rumors that Samsung was going to use physical hands as well as OLED. This is what zetime does. A full oled screen and hands in the middle.

[@tortenschiebermitsenf9282]

I have a TicWatch pro sitting in the corner and I am very pleased that I switched to the Gen5. It simply runs snappy and smooth not like the TWP. With TWP screen Timeout many times kicked in before the app started

[@SuperHoldenC]

No sleep tracking is very disappointing. Thanks for bringing it up though.

[@Eevnos]

Yeah, it was for me too. Honestly the options, for sleep tracking, on WearOS are pretty bad.

[@bexzii-kun7649]

Is it possible for a Chromebook Acer 15 CB3-532 to transfer into a Window?

[@Eevnos]

While I very much appreciate the comment, I think you left it on the wrong video. 😉

[@bexzii-kun7649]

You do have an video about it! You’re very cool!

[@bexzii-kun7649]

I don’t think I’m able to find...

[@MrSplonger]

Great video!

[@saurabhbodke9555]

What about the speaker?

[@Eevnos]

What would you like to know about the speaker?

[@explorewithkawin]

@@Eevnos Do you face any issue with the speaker??

[@vikerbikeruk]

Sent mine back crap at speaker calls.. all i got ws ehh eee.. ooooh... ahhh. but sounded great on music .. ? !! then I noticed it was a bit lagy when turning the dial it laged behind.... only thing it is usful for is NFC GPay .. sorry the software is just noit there yet and is limited...

[@dorate100]

Is this watch worth it honestly ??

[@hudsonfilmr910]

Great alternative the Apple watch

[@Eevnos]

That it is. Honestly though, if you're an iPhone users I'd still get the Apple watch.

[@anthonyrosa4543]

The iwatch is super ugly I gave it away and got one of these. I wish Apple made their watch like the frontier 3 watch.

[@ajwilmink9111]

Eevnos why? Doubting to buy a fossil gen5 but i have an iPhone

[@cypher3874]

Absolutely fantastic watch utter spoilt by wear os. So much so.i got.rid and went with watch active 2..which is also great but not as athletically pleasing as the fossil.5 or as fast and smooth but way better software experience. Such a shame as the fossil 5 gets the hardware side of things dead on par. Google , sort that pile of crap you call wear os out! It's utter garbage.

[@Eevnos]

rich gaming Yeah, it definitely needs a major overhaul.

[@denodan]

I think if apple opened the apple watch to android they would sell a bundle or and kill of wear os. Apple watch is the best out there, so if it was made android compatible would get one in a heart beat.

[@Eevnos]

I agree on concept, but in practice using the Apple Watch with Android would kill it. Part of what makes it so good is the solid echo system that Apple has and the tight integration, of both the hardware and software, on both the watch and the phone. There's just no way Apple could achieve that same level with an Android device.

[@denodan]

@@Eevnos they would only have to enable you to sync apple watch and enable to set it up with android. Once it's set up works independent of the iphone. You only need the iphone to connect afterall anyway? Can you not load apps from the apple store on your watch? Or am I wrong? It would not be hard to allow android users to at least enable you to set up the watch and sync through apple health for fitness. If other smart phones can do it for both system then so could apple.

[@randyb3576]

Apple Watch is looks beautiful on the women wrist, feminine on men, imo. Never for this android fanboy...

[@mrfunduck9429]

No doubt you would need to wait 5 hours on it yo charge, update iTunes, restart your pc, trust your browser, restart again, download some stuff, enter a few codes, update your pc OS, reset your Apple password, choose a different one than you current one, yes that one that didnt work a minute ago, switch the watch on, set it beside iphone to set up "automatically", restart phone because it doesn't work, reconnect it to pc, update phone software, download the new iTunes that was released 5 minutes ago, recharge watch, recovery phone from backup then reboot everything and you will finally be able to set the time on it. Then you can go a cycle and the watch will die at the bottom of your street 🙄

[@moochincrawdad]

The specs are still conservative to say the least when there's loads of those full android smartwatches with 3gb of ram, 32gb of storage and running that 64 bit Mediatek processor going for a lot less then these.

[@ArturKwaszyn]

Those are not smart watches, those are android phones in a form of a watch. They’re not using watch OS but rather full android.

[@moochincrawdad]

I'm confused, what is a smartwatch?

[@ArturKwaszyn]

@@moochincrawdad a smartwatch is a device running a dedicated software in a form of a watch. WearOS, Tizen, watchOS, FitbitOS. Android is not designed for watches.

[@moochincrawdad]

@@ArturKwaszyn Very true - but in the two or so months I've had my Kospet Optimus Pro full android watch I've been able to do a hell of a lot more than the Ticwatch Pro and Misfit Vapour 2 watches I was using and the Optimus Pro cost me less money - a hell of a lot less money!

[@ArturKwaszyn]

@@moochincrawdad it's a miniaturized Android device nonetheless. You cannot compare a device running full Android to a smartwatch, because they're different. Android cannot technically run on 1gb of RAM, that's why you have 3gb.

[@alexanderramos9492]

Awesome!!

[@Eevnos]

Thanks so much, I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@cullenjohnson242]

A cell phone accurately acquires GPS through a hybrid method using intersecting cell tower connections and GPS satellites to give a rapid location reading. Devices that do not use cellular signal rely only on GPS satellites to triangulate a position. Depending on ionospheric interference and satellite positions this can be almost instant or take several minutes, it is not unique to this device and will be a problem for any smartwatch you buy with built-in GPS.

[@TheRallyCoop]

I like the fossil watches. Would like it more if the back did not come off !!!

[@denodan]

Wonder why they just dont use full blown android like Lemfo do and some of the other Chinese smart watches. The Lemfo does not use wear os, but full android 7.1.1 with sim card capability so they are basically a full smart phone on your wrist? Why does android not use full blown android on their smart watches? It's better than wear os as you can download any android app from the store. Think it's far more useful and better than wear os and before smartphones took hold on the west. China has been making these watches for years before and contain full android even with camera and most had and still enable you to install your sim card for less than half the price of say the ticwatch pro lte version.

[@Eevnos]

Unfortunately I've never used a good watch with full Android on it, Android just isn't optimized for that use. All the devices I've used we're very slow and horrible battery life.

[@denodan]

@@Eevnos lemfo lem t has fixed that issue. A 2 day battery life with moderate use. 2800mAh battery and seen this play full blown android games and its quick from reviews I have seen. The only issue is the 2.8" screen so more like a phone on your wrist than a watch. But hey like phones the trend seems watches are getting bigger anyway. So think the lemfo lem t has changed the slow phone issue. Even the lemfo 10 seems quick. And both have 3gb rom and 23gb ram in their biggest memory range.

[@Eevnos]

@@denodan Oh wow, that's pretty sweet. I'll have to check that one out. Thanks for the info!

[@indranilchatterjee4492]

Mark Ruffalo

[@mrsmith7751]

Hulk smash!!

[@Eevnos]

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[@Only1NYChica]

Can you add Pandora to the watch?