Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good product......................................

Works great with my 6s Plus, like that it does not have bloatware

works great, wear it everyday. Looks great for everyday use

It didn't say it would be big. I didn't know I have to remove some links so now I have to wait to wear it because it doesn't fit.

Works great. Waaaay better than the Gen 4. Looks fantastic too.

If I was reviewing this smart watch the first few days I received it, I'd not give it more than 1 star and absolutely would not recommend buying it... But after doing all the updates, the Fossil started to behave good. It looks really nice. The design is really high scale. The watch is more on the heavy side with very nice looking shape. The hardware is pretty good as well. Phone calls from the watch are very clear voice (on both sides) the screen is very good in any light condition. The water resistance rate is amazing. For the hardware and manufacturing, I'd give it 6 stars easily. It is just the perfect watch (but also big face 44mm). The downside really is the Wear OS from google. It looks like it is still in development phase or something. The Fossil had to go through a lot of updates that took long time as wifi would drop whenever watch go to sleep mode. The connectivity was terrible before doing all the updates. The watch would even get very hot while updating and the battery life would go very very short. Like 60% less in just 4 hours. I remember I just put it on charger till 100% put it on the side over night (5 hours) and came in the morning for 44% battery only. Luckily all got better after done with those updates. Charging speed is ok. Not as fast as claimed but still, from 0 to 80% in like 50 minutes... I'd appreciate it more if the charger was wireless... It would just complete the luxury of the Fossil. The touch screen is pretty good. It gave me troubles only once and was fixed after restarting the watch. I think now that it was something related to the updates... Connectivity seems to be more stable now. Didn't have any BT or WiFi drops for a while now (intensive use as well). Battery life is ok. I have 87%, charged at 9AM to 100% and now it is almost 4PM. Did some voice calls with it. I received a lot of notifications (sound and vibration) usually, heart rate monitoring is set for every 5 min. I think that's ok for battery life. The play store is not that WOW... I had bad luck with several applications... They just didn't work properly. Main apps are fine. NFC is good. Google pay works very good sometimes better than the NFC on my phone. I just wish that Fossil added a wrist band adjustment tool in the box (4 stars for that)... I found a complete kit for $10 on Amazon... Think about it. I am also changing the band to a leather one. I have hairy hands and they get caught sometimes in the metal of the wrist band. Also, rubber/leather bands are more sporty. Google Assistant is not very well on the watch. Maybe I am not that familiar using it yet. On the phone it is acting smarter indeed... Maybe something to do with a coming update. Now one thing I was not aware of: This is not a fitness, sleep, life tracker. This is really a smart watch that has some health functions. If you are looking for a sleep tracker or a fitness tracker, you might get something else... I'd recommend it for a friend (or any body) who is looking to have a nice luxurious looking watch with nice features that will let you keep your phone in your pocket for longer time. All notifications and calls are manageable from the watch.

Great. Thanks. Keep safe. Love Best Buy.......Love the ⌚.

Feels good, not tight, gives the ability to not use phone.

Nice watch, easy setup, easy to use! Large screen is nice.

i have already other model that's why i bought new one

I upgraded from gen 4 to the 5. This watch is worth the upgrade.

Excellent watch and it looks great! Love the features as well.

very happy with my purchase. Great quality for the price

It's a great smart watch also looks great for many occasions

Love my watch, the looks and the value I get for under $300.

Amazing watch I wear it all the time without issues.

Really like this watch. Wouldnt trade it for another one

WearOS has finally arrived! What a difference a few years can make. Do yourself a favor, be sure your watch has all the updates before starting to install apps. Do yourself another favor, install and set up ONE app at a time to avoid buggy apps and conflicts. Not a complaint, just some advice to save you from having to go back and start all over if you cram a bunch of apps on the phone before checking them out. Patience with updating and installing apps will keep you smiling and give you something to do. I am comfortable with setting up apps and watches, and “knowing what I want on my watch” led me to doing too much at once and having to purge the system and start over with setting up the watch. Take your time and update first. Nuff said. This watch is replacing a Tizen-based watch I have had for about 3 years. Of course it is going to be a little different and have a learning curve, as with most smart watches – but once all the updates are installed (plan to spend a few hours going through this process) and desired apps installed, I can say that the Wear OS system is as good, if not better, than the Tizen system. Getting used to the button (or swipe) system as opposed to the rotating crown (or swipe) system is a learning curve, but that is a result of what I am used to doing and not a complaint about the Fossil watch. In daily use, I actually resort to the screen swipe more than rotating bezels or pushing buttons except for the button push to clear the screen and go back to the watch face – which works the same way on both my old phone and the new Fossil. No problems, either one just takes some practice and getting-used-to time on the wrist. The appearance and style of this watch are very nice – definitely masculine size and the watch itself is about the same weight as others I have used or tried on. I thought this would be a little heavy for the ladies, but several female friends have tried it on and most don’t seem to mind the size and weight. One said she actually liked the size as the screen was easier to read than her A**le and the watch felt more durable. Your mileage may vary and I would suggest trying one on from the display cabinet if you are concerned about have a smart watch that is “too big” for your comfort. Personally, I am used to the size and weight from my previous watch and find that the Fossil is a step up in style and appearance. The Wear OS has come a long way since earlier days when I first had a look at it before getting my first smart watch, and being able to directly access Google Play without having to go to a separate site for apps is definitely a time-saver. Do yourself a favor and read the app reviews and install/setup one app at a time, as some of the available apps are a little buggy and don’t work as well as they could. This is advice that I give having learned the “hard way” by loading up several apps that look interesting and then having to go back and do a factory reset to clean the slate – one or two of the apps were messing up the whole system and if you don’t set them up and try them out one at a time you might end up spending more time than you would like troubleshooting some buggy apps. Although this is not a designed “fitness” watch, there are most of the monitors such as heart rate and GPS that are needed for keeping track of daily activity, walking, jogging, and light workouts. I would suggest that you don’t want to use this watch in the weight room when you are hanging and banging, mostly to preserve the stylish appearance and avoid scratches. If you are dead set on using this for regular fitness tracking, then a flexible steel mesh or silicone band may be more suited than the metal link band that comes with it. A recent update to WearOS also has added sleep tracking through the Google Fit app, but personally I have a lighter and more “sleep comfortable” watch that I wear at night while my daytime watch is charging. On a personal note, the band that comes with the watch is very nice, but I may replace it with a Milanese Loop band with magnetic clasp, which I absolutely love on my old Tizen. Probably a case of preferring what I am used to, but I love those magnetic clasps as they are so easy to make a quick adjustment if my wrists puff up a little or get a little “touchy” during the day. The display is a definite improvement over my older Tizen watch and is easy to read in all but direct sunlight. Colors are bright and crisp, which allows for some really nice choices for watch faces – again available from Google Play directly without having to install a series of separate apps on your phone and watch to get a new watch face that catches your eye. The availability of Google Assistant is also a nice feature, as the B*xby function on my older watch got used (and crashed) a few times before I had to give up on voice prompts through my watch. This Fossil is actually functional with Google Assistant, and allows me to send texts, make and receive calls, and get a quick weather report while driving without having to get a ticket for violating the “hands free” law in my state. I am used to a built-in speaker for alarm tones and notifications, and have been OK with the quality of voices when making phone calls (good, not great) on the older Tizen watch. The Fossil is a definite improvement in speaker quality for voice messages and phone calls, but I would not get too excited about being able to play music on your watch, as none that I have tried are much good for more than carrying a tune in general or listening to a podcast in a pinch. Battery life seems sufficient to get me through the day, with the recommendation that “always on” is not running to pull the battery down. The wrist-action activation is nicely responsive when you raise your hand to check the time, about the same as what I am used to with my Tizen watch, so whoever is using “always on” and complaining about the battery life would have the same problem no matter what watch they are using. Battery life for daily use (other than the first days of massive fiddling around to get the phone set up) is sufficient to go through a 6AM to 5PM day with not problems, and plenty of battery to spare for evening hours. I charge my watch overnight, since I have a lighter fitness watch for evening and sleeping, so don’t anticipate any issues with getting a good full day out of the Fossil. If I need the watch to take me into the wee hours of the evening, a quick 30 minute connection to the charger takes care of going through an 18 hour day with plenty of reserve. Again, there are those that will be constantly fiddling with their watch and making phone calls and texting and using the weather radar and playing a game or two, and that might be problematic for battery life. If you are a moderate user of the watch and make a few calls and send a few texts and check the weather from time to time, you should be just fine with the battery. Keep the brightness set to “automatic” or dim it down a little and that will make the difference if your battery time is on the edge of acceptable. Also want to mention there are several battery modes that can be pretty quickly changed to conserve battery power if you see that you are getting in a pinch. My older Tizen watch goes to “saver mode” from time to time on a long day or after heavy usage, but not very often and when you need it on the Fossil, it is there to use. Personally I have a watch face installed that displays both phone and watch battery charge, which makes it easy to keep track of battery drain to drop the watch to lower power consumption if it’s going to be a long day with no charger nearby. Bluetooth and wireless setup are very smooth and no problems connecting to the phone, home wireless, open wireless (if needed), or Bluetooth headsets (if your phone is nearby why would you do this but thought I would mention that my headsets connect OK). Some folks recommend leaving the wireless off to conserve battery life, but I haven’t found this necessary with my daily usage pattern. Your mileage may vary and if you are concerned about battery life you can always turn off the wireless and location functions to save some juice when needed. Pricing on the top-end Tizen and WearOS watches are about the same. I have used Tizen for several years and admittedly once you get it set up, it works pretty well except for the poor voice recognition. WearOS struggled along for several years but with the Fossil Gen5 seems to have closed the gap and offers the advantages of direct access to Google Play (admittedly with less choice of apps but gaining ground quickly) and excellent voice recognition. Both are about the same price, and both work about equally as well. The tipping point for me comes with having several “Google Voice” devices around the house, and the comfort and familiarity with interacting with the Google ecosystem. Having a watch that ties right in with both my phone and the smart home system is the clincher for me. Another way to put it would be that the few things that disappointed me about the Tizen system are well satisfied with the WearOS system. These are nice benefits for me personally, and other than that either the Tizen or the WearOS are competing against each other hard enough to provide similar functions for their smart watches. Again, if you are looking for a hard-core fitness watch, keep looking, but for daily fitness and health tracking, the Fossil will not disappoint, and the “missing” features of the Tizen (if you want them) are well met by the WearOS. All in all, if you want to have a stylish watch that keeps good track of basic fitness functions, makes good use of the Google ecosystem, and allows you to keep your phone tucked away when you want to send a text message or make a call, this Fossil will satisfy.

Great value and quality. I'd buy this product again!

I love it. Was the perfect fathers day for my hubby