Men's Gen 6 44mm Stainless Steel and Silicone Touchscreen Smart Watch, Color: Black (Model: FTW4061V)

Reading these reviews, it is clear not everyone knows how to use their smartwatch, which means updating their device. So before giving my review, I will use my review to educate people. First, plug your smartwatch into your charger. Tap the top of the screen and swipe down. Next, tap on the gear icon. Tap the bottom of the screen and swipe up until you see "system," then tap on it to select "system." Tap the bottom and swipe up again until you see "about" and then tap on it "about" to select it. Tap and swipe up (again) and select "System updates," and install the available updates. Your smartwatch will reboot, AND you will need to repeat this process until there are no more updates. Fossil, like any Android device, is not without its partnerships. Unfortunately, that is part of why the battery may drain faster; for example, you do not need two (2) heart monitoring apps. The excellent news is Fossil had the foresight not to lock in those bundled apps, and you can uninstall (remove) them safely. To bring up the list of installed apps, quickly press the middle button. A long press will bring up Google Assistant, so be sure to press fast to bring up the app menu instead. Next, select "Play Store," and within "Play Store," swipe down to "My apps." Select the app you may wish to uninstall (remove). You can always reinstall (re-add) if you change your mind, and the system (important) apps are protected and do not have the option to remove, so you have nothing to worry about and can do this safely. In the Wear OS app (on your phone or tablet), you should also disable any notifications you do not need to be sent to your smartwatch. My phone already receives a lot of notifications, and not all of them do I need to be passed onto my smartwatch. This, too, can save battery power. Now my opinion is Fossil did an excellent job of making a smartwatch. Although this is the 1st smartwatch that I own myself, I have experienced using a few other brands (Apple, Fitbit, Samsung, Amazfit). The truth is the technology, no matter if you use Android or Apple, is not perfect. For example, if I wake up but remain lying in bed playing with my phone, it may still be counted as "sleeping." And if I try to measure my exercise inside my house, taking 100 steps may be counted as only 80 because the GPS and step counting are not perfect if you remain in a confined space. This is the same for every brand smartwatch I have used; there is a small margin of error. If you are expecting absolute perfection, the technology, in general, is not there. That said, Fossil's battery, when you disable the "always-on screen" (located in the display setting), is suitable for well over a day with all the features enabled. The smartwatch is also durably made of solid stainless steel with a sold screen. They did not go cheap on the quality of the watch. I even took a long warm, soaking bath, going a bit above the swim test, and my smartwatch works fine. Fossil also supports both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, so I have the best of both worlds. Overall, I am satisfied with my Fossil smartwatch.

Disclaimer: I've only had it one day, so this is an initial impression. I will update in the future if I run into problems or anything changes. So after setting it up, it required two updates to get up to date. Makes sense, it's been a little while since this beautiful thing was released. I purchased a watch face called the Pixel Minimum face (as seen in the photo), and i just love it. The Fossil faces look sharp, and I might use them in some situations but in general this face is great. The sensors don't seem to be the most accurate, but are close enough. The battery life - not so great, but it charges incredibly fast, 1% about every 10 seconds. If smart features aren't required, they can almost all be disabled and should make it last quite a while as just a regular watch. Of course I hope the WearOS 3 update will better be able to handle the hardware and eek out better battery life, but only time will tell. The speaker is, lackluster, but it's so tiny I wouldn't expect it to play a concert. It's good enough for google assistant to talk a bit. Calls on it are pretty hard to hear, but again, it's a watch.. I'd probably prefer to use my phone anyway. I haven't had a chance to use google pay with it yet, but I'm sure it works just fine. Initial conclusion: It's a fast, fast charging, snappy and gorgeous work of art. It combines form and function in a comfortable to wear device. The battery, well, sucks, but considering how fast it charges it's forgivable - for me at least. The built in speaker is nice to have, but won't be something I use often to make or receive calls as it's not quite loud enough to hear without holding it right up to my ear. I would recommend this for any tech enthusiasts who also like beautiful things. It's not a dedicated health tracker, and shouldn't be treated as such. It is a smart watch that fulfills all the functions a smart watch (In my humble opinion) should, with some extra frills around the edges.

I love this watch! The first day was spent figuring things out, I got mine on sale and used. It showed up in excellent condition, like new really, but with zero original packaging, no paperwork, nothing other than the watch and charging cable. I got a lot of help from some reviews here, and also some YouTube videos. Yes, the battery is bad until you turn some stuff off, but mine lasts all day now with everything I want running. (Work notifications, health apps, weather, my calendar, etc) The watch does need to be monitored settings wise, it sometimes turns things back on that I have turned off, mostly the adaptive brightness and sometimes it turns wifi back on, but it seems like every day it has to be done less...almost like it is figuring things out? The watch looks and feels great, WAY better looking than my Galaxy 5, so it's my everyday work watch now, and the Galaxy is for exercise and sleeping. (The Galaxy is a lot lighter, so I don't notice it while in bed) The Facer app is also great, thousands of faces to choose from, but it is a subscription service. (Worth it to me for $9.99 a year, next year will be 35, we'll see) Anyway, it's a great watch, don't be discouraged about the reviews harping on the battery unless a full day is just not enough for you.

There are 2 things that make this watch unusable 1. The charging system that it has is the worst you have to have the charger on it just right or it doesn't charge it will say it is but then doesn't and from what I have found online alot of people are having the same issues and not to mention that alot of people are reporting that the charging cable that they got is also faulty. 2. When the watch died on me the first time the only way I was able to get it to reconnect to my phone was a full factory reset and I had to go through the setup again All in all I don't suggest this watch to anyone all the videos I watched about this product said it was a great watch but like I said don't believe the hype

Update #4, May 2023, final Well, this watch is just as bad as the rest of them. Today it ceased communicating with my Samsung Z Flip 3 phone. Even the Fossil app said there were no connected devices. Numerous restarts and re-pairings did not solve anything. Removed the third party faces, no joy. Reset everything, no joy. Bluetooth was working, wifi was working, it would connect to my phone (according to the Settings menu) but the watch would not display anything other than time. No date, no widgets, nothing. There have been other anomalies over the last 5 months, most notably about once a week the watch would be at 100% in the morning (I charge overnight) and by noon it was in low battery mode, even without using the d**n thing for calls or anything else. Back on the charger for the rest of the day, using my old quartz watch (which always worked at least to let me know the time of day). This is my FIFTH smart watch, the second Fossil. It was the best yet, but still not ready for prime time. I will give it this: the audio quality for phone calls was very good, and I never had to switch to my real phone mid-call. And with the "always on" display it always had a dim readout of the time and date, so I never had to shake my arm like I had palsy to get the time. Those are, at this point, the ONLY two things that are positives about the watch. As for settings, battery anomalies, and the occasional switching off of Bluetooth on its own, I have had to demote this watch to 1 star. Too late to return it, so in frustration I smashed it. I will never waste money again on a smart watch. They are just toys and not serious devices. Here are my prior reviews of this disaster: Out of the box this watch was easy to setup with my Samsung Z Flip 3 smartphone. Load the WearOS by Google app on the phone, but then read on here. Don't do too much adjustment of settings at first because it will want to do a software update. Charge it, then let it do the update. Any customization you did will be lost with the update, so just wait on customizing. Next, another system update will probably be needed, For this one, the WearOS app will not work and your watch will be useless. The trick is to remove the WearOS app from the smartphone and then install the Fossil Smartwatch App instead. NOW continue with setting up the watch. WARNING! If you use this watch to answer your phone, then you cannot use an earpiece or car interface to do the same. By now most phones will switch over to the car phone when it senses that but I guess that little convenience slipped by the Fossill/Google programmers. I'm still not sure about that. I am still in the return period and that issue may be a deal-breaker for me. I like the watch, but the interface on the phone, the very slim face selection, and the car interface all make this software look several years old. Hence the deduction of 2 stars. I've had other smartwatches that had better options and a good car phone interface, all android styles, so I know this can be better. Update #2: Either a phone or watch update has corrected the car/watch issue. In the car the phone reverts to the car's audio system and goes back to the watch when the car is off. Like it should. Update #3: The heart rate measurement does not work well. A few counts off is expected, but mine regularly 15 counts high or more. Fortunately I do not need to know this info, so it is just an observation. But if you really need a heart rate monitor, this may not do the job for you. I have taken this feature off the dial face.

Great

TLDR: interface of the watch is fantastic. The battery life is dismal. More details: I like the watch face and when you’re setting it up, you are taken through tips on how to navigate it. They were super helpful and clear. I like having the option of an ‘always on display’ so I can see the time wit a quick glance at my wrist. At 1p I started with 100% battery life. By 7p the battery was down to 23%. It drops surprisingly fast. I found a helpful video that goes through a few options to turn off to help the battery life last longer. By turning off the WiFi feature, the NFE (where you can use your watch to pay for things by waving it near a comparable pay station), and turning the brightness down completely, I have been able to get a few more hours out of the battery life. I understand that a completely digital watch face is going to also drain the battery. I guess I was expecting this product to be a bit more competitive with the other larger brands that also have digital watch faces (Apple and Garmin to name two). With the WiFi feature turned off I have noticed this watch loses its Bluetooth connection to my phone frequently while staying within 5 feet (or closer) of my phone 100% of the time. I was also surprised by the lack of workout options for tracking my fitness. This model has two options of inside workout or outside workout. That’s it. The outside workout option is automatically categorizes as running. I went for a walk and discovered that detail after I ended my session. The inside workout option is a general workout or cardio. In the previous generation of this watch, there were ALOT more options than 2 for what workouts to track. Based off of my experience with this watch, I would say this more of a decorative digital watch, it counts your steps, can show your heart rate, tracks sleep pretty well, but it is not a fitness tracker. It looks pretty but it is not a good workout companion. I also found if you do use it to track your workout, you will need to recharge the battery as soon as you’re done if you wanted to wear it for the rest of the day.

The Fossil Gen 6 is a handsome smartwatch with a classic design that seamlessly blends with both casual and formal attire. The stainless steel and silicone build quality is solid, and the touchscreen is responsive and easy to navigate. While the smartwatch offers a range of features, including heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and NFC payments, the battery life could be better. Overall, the Fossil Gen 6 is a decent smartwatch for those who prioritize style and basic smart features. However, if you're looking for a smartwatch with top-notch performance and battery life, you might want to consider other options.

The watch is very stylish and feels like an expensive watch. Great value for the money. The battery only lasts for a day but it charges very quickly.

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De buena calidad

This charge chord works perfectly. I was thinking I had a watch problem and my wife bought the charge chord to try and it solved my problem.

Bonito diseño, creo que podría tener más mascaras pero en general bien, comparado con otro reloj con mismo sistema operativo la batería dura un poco más, entiendo por todo el uso que se le da es obvio que no dure muchos días, para mí cunple muy bien todas las expectativas hasta el momento