Fossil Gen 5e Smartwatch 44mm Silicone - Black

Let me start my review by saying I'm a guy who typically didn't wear a watch. After wearing this Fossil Smart watch for the last 5 days or so, I never leave home without it. My first impressions were that it is a beautiful watch and feels like a premium high quality watch. The face is large and beautiful. The included silicon band feels nice and comfortable. It is thick and feels like it will last me a long time. My only complain about the silicon band is that after a few days of use, I'm noticing some white grimy buildup on it, I'm guessing its my sweat? lol. Or maybe soap.. from washing my hands. But , it cleans fairly easily and quickly and since it is silicon, you don't have to worry about getting it wet. The watch is also water resistant. The watch charges magnetically with any adapter or usb port. I paired the watch with my iPhone 11 Pro Max. You'll have to download the Android Wear app for it and leave it running in the background. The watch mostly runs smoothly when paired to my iPhone although it seems to drop connection sometimes. I usually restart the watch, or have to go back into the bluetooth settings to reconnect it. I figure it disconnects when I leave my phone behind somewhere and walk away out of range. The watch display is very nice, colors are vibrant and it is just bright enough to be able to see outdoors when out in the sun. I thought it was really cool that you can customize the face with an app and switch them out as you please. There is many faces to choose from in the watch and you can download many others. It has a lot of cool features built in the software.. it will track and monitor your heart rate throughout the day, it pushes just about every notification from my phone. You can email make a phone call with the watch. It has a built in speaker but it isn't very loud. I don't plan on using it for phone calls but its a nice feature to have just in case. I haven't figured out how to push iMessage notifications to the watch, but it could just be a limitation on Apple's part. I didn't think I needed a smart watch, but I have to admit that it is nice to be able to take a quick glance at the watch for any notification, time or weather without having to pull my phone out of my pocket. I rely on email notifications to get work done and for important stuff, so its nice to be able to check who emailed me from the watch and choose to respond then or later. Battery life is excellent, I have it set to "daily mode" which i like to call the full on mode. It pushes notifications to you, checks your heart rate throughout the day, always on display etc etc and the battery makes it through the whole day. I'd say my watch is at about 15-20% when the day is over and it's time for me to start unwinding. It charges fairly quickly, I can usually take it off the charger before I go to bed and leave it off to have it ready for the next day. Would I recommend this watch? Yes! It is a premium watch with excellent software and high quality materials. I think its very cool and has been very helpful to me throughout the day. I have no complaints about using an Android based watch with my iPhone. It works seamlessly and doesn't drain my phones battery either. Pros: Helpful notifications / fitness and heart rate tracker Beautifully designed, premium build quality, easily interchangeable bands. Android Wear- so it will work with any android phone or iPhone. Cons: disconnects once in a while, and have to go through a couple steps to reconnect.

I received this item for a honest review. This is a nice and lite smart watch. It has some features that make it an ok watch but seems to me always a battery problem. It has some different features for battery management. Although it never seemed to last for me a full day. The only 2 modes that had good battery left didn't leave many features you want in a smart phone available. I like to use mine to track steps, stairs, sleep and this one does using google fit. All that works good but you lose battery time with it. the speaker sounded ok but not sure if I would use it all the time or not.. over all it a good watch just not something I would wear all day.

Smaller screen than the Gen 4 I had previously, but brighter and faster. I kind of miss the scroll wheel and shortcut buttons my old watch had though. No major issues so far.

I recieved this item in return of my unbiased review. I'll start by saying I'm more impressed with this fossil 5e smartwatch then my previous gen 5 garret Fossil watch. The newer version of Wear OS by Google is much improved with the new addition of sleep tracking finally. This watch is a simple design with only one button on the side a speaker and mic. You have limited face options for the watch display, I highly recommend getting the Facer App for better watch face options, both free and paid. The battery life is average, lasting a day to two days before needing a recharge. Which thankfully the watch charges very fast using the included charging cable, but you'll need a usb power adapter. I haven't searched yet, but I hope Wear OS has the option to extend the length of time the display stays on for. On my gen 5 garret you couldn't change it without purchasing a separate app to controll it. I'm using this with my new S20 FE 5G phone. Which paired easily without issue. I like the all black look of the watch. The straps are interchangeable and can be picked up reasonably priced. I highly recommend the Fossil smartwatches for Android users.

I've had a few days to get used to this Fossil Gen 5e Smartwatch, and in all honesty I have to say I love this watch. First of all, the watch is a great looking design. I truly appreciate a man's watch that looks like a man's watch! It's bold, stylish, and modern. I have the black 44mm version with the black silicone watch band. I would be just as comfortable wearing this out with friends as I would wearing it to a dinner party. I truly appreciate the many different watch faces that are available. There are enough to satisfy anyone's unique taste and preference. I prefer a more simple face that displays the time in an easy to see format, and there were dozens like this to choose from. The setup of the watch was a bit cumbersome. Fossil utilizes the Wear OS by Google, so there is the tedious process of having to sign in to what seems like a hundred different Google apps to finally get the setup completed. There is no autonomous setup available (as far as I know) so you are forced to sync the watch with your phone. I do understand the whys, but meh.... Using the watch is simple and straightforward, which is a trait I dearly appreciate. With just a few swipes after getting it all set up, you pretty well know how to access all the functions available. As far as apps go, there doesn't seem to be many outside the realm of music or fitness, but that is pretty common with all smart watches. I was really a bit disappointed that there is no GPS standalone available, but this was due to the streamlining of the price point I would guess. The watch has a built-in speaker, and this is one of the things I love most about the watch. The speaker is crisp, clear, and distortion free. You don't have to hold the watch up to your face in order to carry on a conversation on the phone. It's pretty terrific. ALSO!! This watch has a great depth of range from my phone. I can go almost anywhere at work and still have connectivity. The same with being at my house, and outside. I am super impressed! The watch wears comfortably. I was a bit concerned the watch band would cause sweating, but I haven't experienced anything unusual. The watch band is adjustable, and you don't suffer with the hair pulling that so many watch bands put you through. When it is all said and done, I really like this watch. I've had several comments and compliments on it already. It feels good on the wrist, the battery seems to last as long as most of the competitors. The literature says its safe to get wet, but as with all my smart watches, I am not going to test that claim out. When it is all said and done, I would sincerely and highly recommend this watch to anyone who is looking for an excellent all-around stylish smart watch. The Pros: Insanely quick charging time! Seriously, almost a full charge from almost zero in LESS than an hour!!!! Great looking watch Feels great on the wrist, and the band doesn't pull and tug at your arm hair. Extremely customizable Above average battery life Awesome speaker GREAT RANGE FROM SMARTPHONE! The Cons: Brightness of the watch face is lacking. Outdoors with full sun it is almost impossible to see the display. I also have an Apple watch and its display is much brighter and easier to see. This was even after I set the brightness of the Fossil to its maximum. Lack of apps. The vast majority of apps are either fitness-related or music-related. BUT, this is common for ALL smartwatches...after all, who wants to photoshop or write a blog from their smart watch!! No GPS and no compass The Michael Kors thing... I got the Fossil watch because it was a Fossil...the MK theme is completely unnecessary and unwanted in my book. All in all this is a great watch. If not for the dimness of the display, I could have easily given this a 5-star rating. But even with that, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this watch to anyone in the market for a great all-around (and very stylish) smart watch that doesn't cost a fortune!

I needed anew smartwatch since my last one died. This was right up my alley to what I was looking for . However, there were somethings that I wish it did and didn't do. Likes: Lightweight and solidly built. Comfortable strap and clasp Good size face and controls Speaker for phone calls or audio (like google and music) Minimal interface (not a menu maze) with simple 4 way swipe Power adaptor magnetically connects to back of watch. Easy to read text as it has variable viewing sizes. Strap does not cause me to sweat up a storm with silicone as material. DIslikes: Power cable is only for watch and does not use any common connectors. (so you lose it or forget it, you are out of luck) Does not always push emails, texts, etc from phone. So many times I have missed important notes only to look later at my phone and see them there. Unable to move menu items around, so the ones I use the most might not be at the top, so I have to search for them. Battery is good, but extended and custom mode is pretty much useless since you can can't configure them the way you like. Limited watch faces (unless you download a separate program to watch and phone) that do not really look different or are hard to read time with all the added icons. Always wants to know your location, even if the item does not need to know. Unable to turn off fitness features to save battery, or to not have the light blinding you when you pick it up or take it off your wrist. Unable to add any additional programs or features with WearOS being a joke compared to other watch OS's. So for the price I am content for the moment until I find something more robust and feature packed that I can customize. I would recommend this to someone that wanted a smartwatch without all the bells and whistles, or the hugh menu system. But had I known it was limited as it is, I would not have bought it in the first place.

Hello, I had this watch for 24 hours, I read the reviews about battery life, and I'm at work and its 3:30pm the watch has been off the charger for 8 hours and battery life is at 80%. I have the watch set up as "daily" for battery usage. I'm getting notifications and under my normal use this is performing better than my last smartwatch, I did set the heart monitor to once an hour, I do have google fit configured when I drive to work I have song artist and title displayed on the watch and my drive is 75mins each way. I do recommend a screen protector, I don't recommend bathing or showering with this watch, it has a 3ATM rating, which means 30 meters but that is taken as if you drop it in water not wearing it and it goes to the depth of almost 100ft it should still work, but not wearing it swimming, diving, or salt water is bad for this watch go to a 5ATM if you want a watch for swimming. this watch is splash (washing hands) and a normal rain not heavy or soaking downpour. it says it has a speaker I haven't tried that yet. I do like the display. You have some decent watch faces to choose from, I have an Android App (photow**r) and I'm able to create a picture background from my phones gallery, not just from FB or Instagram like the watch specs state, the watch charges quickly so even if you are a smartwatch data heavy user, it will charge fast

I want to like this watch; really, I do. I have gone to great lengths to give it a fair trial including working with Fossil support to return the first one (which had defective gyro sensors) and testing the new one with multiple phones (I was overdue for a replacement of my ancient Nexus 6p and Google had a sale on the Moto G Stylus). But there are some important issues that need to be addressed. The Fossil 5e is a good looking watch. It is reasonably comfortable to wear and has decent battery life combined with a fast and easy to use charger (which helps offset the battery life issues). But I experienced some major issues with fitness metrics. You can walk around the house for hours and never see your step count change. Then you can be sitting still and all of a sudden, your step count increases substantially. With the first watch, I had step counts of 200+ happen while I was sound asleep or sitting at my desk. This is a serious flaw in a watch that is supposed to work with Google Fit and something I have never experienced with any other fitness watch from my original Moto360 from 2014 to my $39 Xiaomi MiBand 4. I’m not the only user experiencing this either as demonstrated by an article in their own support forums (https://services.fossilgroup.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004341346-My-steps-activity-tracking-data-does-not-seem-accurate-in-the-app-why-) Their heart rate sensor seems prone to the same issues, also documented in the link I gave. I must mention however this problem does not seem to be happening with my SECOND watch, so this could have been related to the defects in the sensors. But the problem exists for some users and it is documented. There is also a problem with step/heart rate data appearing on the watch in some watch faces and not others (I actually had better luck with 3rd party watch faces than I did with the ones that came with the watch) or counts being different between two different faces. And on my nexus 6p, even though Fossil says they are compatible with Android 6.0+, I was never able to get step data from the replacement watch I received to show up in the Fit app on the phone. Sleep data transferred fine though; confusing since both are coming from the same app on the watch. Even more confusing; this DID work on the first watch, though only intermittently - something that I chalked up to the bad gyros. Happily, this too appears to be working on the new watch and phone. But inconsistencies like this seem to be happening to others with this device. I am not sure if this is a quality control issue or a software problem, but it bears mentioning. Unfortunately, Fossil was not able to give me any answers when I contacted them about the issues, and they did not seem to be able to figure out what the problem is according to reports from other users. To me, step count and heart rate monitoring are basic features of a smart watch; even the cheapest fitness watches can do this accurately, so it is disturbing that the issue appears for many users. Like I said, I really want to like this watch and my second watch seems to be working as expected; but even with the second watch it seemed like it took a week or two to start behaving as it should. I think Fossil really needs to look closely at their firmware if they want this watch to be successful in the market. Best Buy has a great selection of smart watches and I would suggest exploring others if you have the same concerns as I did. Maybe I just got a bad device; it certainly happens. But when you are paying a premium price for a brand which has a stellar reputation for analog watches, it is kind of an unexpected disappointment. Fortunately, if you DID experience issues like I did, BB’s great returns policy will enable you to bypass the Fossil support channel and get a quick resolution. Based on my experiences with the replacement watch, I’m a bit more confident about recommending it, but I would suggest doing your homework and considering other smartwatches as well, since BB has a good selection of watches at similar price points.