Customer Ratings & Reviews

When I bought this watch I had doubts since it wasnt one that is used with your cell service. But after having it for a month I'm very impressed with all the features. Customized faces big selling point.

My son was looking for a smartwatch to replace his first generation Motorola smartwatch. He loves this and wears it everywhere. I totally recommend this watch. Watch band is easily interchangeable. Perfect

The Fossil Gen 4 Explorist HR is a smartwatch that runs Google's wearable operating system, Wear OS. Any user's experience with it is going to be partly due to Wear OS features, benefits (and quirks), etc. and partly due to the device itself. I'm going to focus primarily on the watch itself, since other than choosing to use Wear OS, Fossil doesn't have a lot of control over the experience. I will, however, say that as someone who has an Android phone, and is a regular user of Google's services, I find the Wear OS environment to be an intuitive "second screen" for most of my mobile apps and services. I can't speak to the experience pairing this to an iOS phone, however, as I don't have one. I definitely like the style of this watch. Some smart watches look like wearable computers. This one looks like a stylish watch that happens to have smart features. The case is larger than a traditional watch, it still feels relatively sleek and flat against my (medium sized) wrist -- not bulky or clunky at all. The stainless steel band clasps securely. It fits comfortably after I had a local watch shop take a few links out (for less than $10). The display is bright, clear, and easy to read, and goes the full round width of the watch face (no "flat tire" area at the bottom where earlier model smart watches had just a small black bar). You can download many Wear OS watch faces, but Fossil provides some exclusives that are really sharp looking. Different Wear OS watches have different button configurations. The Gen 4 Explorist HR has a primary button that turns, making it easy to scroll up and down lists, and two additional buttons that can be custom configured. This is great for quick access to my most used apps. The battery charges fairly quickly with the included adapter, and after a typical day of wear and moderate use, I still have around 20% at night. Before getting this watch, I was using a "Gen 2" Fossil smartwatch. Upgrading to the Gen 4 line added some useful features, like built in GPS (allows me to track location even without my phone connected) and Near Field Communication, or NFC, which allows me to tap and pay from the watch. I've found both to be very helpful. I also really like the Heart Rate monitor, which can either read on demand or at regular intervals throughout the day. Overall, the Fossil Gen 4 Explorist combines great style with helpful features and improvements over earlier versions. I'm happy with it, and would recommend it to others, especially users who have an Android phone and use lots of Google services.

My biggest grip with this watch is the side button. I wear it on my left hand, so the button is ALWAYS getting pushed as I move throughout my day. The button eventually got "stuck" and is hard to twist now. The OS is okay. Besides this, the watch looks great.

I bought this as a work watch to monitor my heart rate an step tracker. It still works the same as the day I bought it. I recommend a few packs of screen protectors it will save the watch

The watch works great, the only thing I didn’t like was the size of the band was so large with little adjustment. I took it to a jewelry store and they took a few links out and all is good now.

I got this for my father for his birthday, he loves this watch. Originally got him an apple watch and he wasn't too happy with him, switched it with this one, and he is very happy with it.

This is a great watch for the price and looks like a normal watch.

A nice smart watch for a good price. It fits my wrist just right.

Was unsure which smart watch to purchase and found the Fossil series to stand above the rest. Easy to use with long lasting battery this watch was the best purchase so far.

Works and runs great I'll highly recommend it. Worth the buy

This is an amazing watch. I am very happy with it.

The watch is not big and bulkly. I have a pretty small wrist and most smart watches are to thick and doesn't look good on me. Except the Fossil watch. It fits me perfectly.

Very user friendly and syncronizes beautifully with a Google Pixel. Some apps, like the Camera app need to be downloaded directly to the watch to optimize it's capability.

Have problems connecting to my iPhone but love it.

Love being able to keep the same watch and change the bands and the face for whatever I'm doing. Work, church, play, or just relaxing. This watch does it all.

Works great and for the price it's very worth it. Had to get some help using it tho as my fingers are a bit swollen at this time

Once setup and ready, it's very speedy going through menus/settings and in any installed apps. My third Wear OS watch and the best yet.

Good Watch and great quality. Classic look. I would buy again if had more options for Apple iPhone

Since we have children who loves our phones the fact you can see text messages, calls, etc. Is just a few things i love about it!