Fossil Gen 6 Review | Two weeks later... | Best WearOS Smartwatch?

Reviewing the Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch after a fortnight of testing, to see if it's one of the best wearables of 2021 - and a strong rival to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. You can buy the Fossil Gen 6 now in the UK from £279.

This Wear OS smartwatch offers a premium set of specs, similar to the TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra and Amazfit's GTR3 Pro. You have full voice assistant support, a crisp and bright OLED screen, 24/7 fitness tracking and everything else you'd expect.

I enjoyed my time with the Fossil Gen 6, and appreciate the variety of designs and bands you can choose from. Performance is great thanks to Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus chipset, designed for smartwatches. Battery life however is as disappointing as usual for a Wear OS watch, despite decent fast charge support.

That's my thoughts on the Fossil Generation 6 after two weeks. Check out my round-up of the best smartwatches of 2021 for more ideas!

Fossil Gen 6 Watch Review Chapters:
0:00 - Shut up already
0:29 - Design
1:55 - Screen
2:17 - WearOS features
4:01 - Controls
5:06 - Mic & speaker
6:02 - One MIA feature
6:25 - Fitness tracking
7:24 - Battery life
8:39 - Verdict

[chrisshf]

A day of battery life may not be a problem at first. But after about 1, 5 to 2 years of use, the battery will only last a couple of hours. At least, that's my experience with the Fossil Gen 4 and the Moto 360 before that

[denniss.]

One of the best tech channels around, keep it up! Cheers from Germany.

[RobertSerrano]

Correction: You can take music with you on the go without your phone if you download YouTube music.
Can go jogging with just your watch and Bluetooth headset.

[qazwsx]

You sir are a great reviewer. I dont know if youtube gives away awards but if they do you should absolutely get one.
Ive watched several of your reviews and they are simply top notch.
Thanks!

[Odinb]

First smartwatch and first time watching your videos. Thanks for posting.

[Ladco]

Just picked a Fossil Gen 6 up this week on sale. Other than a nightmare trying to get it paired to my phone, so far so good. The pairing issues were all with the Wear OS app hanging on my phone and had nothing to do with the watch. Once I got the app to actually run and search for the phone, everything went seamlessly.

[Musicownz]

Upsetting that Apple, Samsung, and Fossil can't get their battery game up to par.
Ordered the TWP3U today!

[eterneal]

I almost watch every single video of ur reviews...great content..

[angusgibbins]

I love mine. But in the Gen 5 you could double tap the top button to launch Google Pay (freeing up one of the buttons for other apps). Why they took this out is beyond me.

[rdnax]

Fossiles are definitely one of the best designed smartwatches... Unfortunately for 24/7 tracking and an hour exercise per day, battery life is still too short... Tracking of longer activities (like that 10 hours trekking) is also impossible...

[RyukFerry]

i have a fossil gen 4, a good watch but with some (important) disapointments, i don't trust a lot in fossil, but i have to admit it looks nice

[jblackbath]

Im glad you mentioned the battery. I just got this watch as a surprise Christmas present and I gotta say the battery’s pretty disappointing. Personally I give the watch a solid B+, especially when comparing it to the latest Garmin one. Thanks for your reviews keep em up!

[Midnight_Magic_Tarot]

this was the most fascinating vid on english slang I've ever come across. have to replay to hear about the watch now haha

[d-boy]

i always tune in for the "cheers" even if am not interested in the product

[alexwebster]

The King has done it! I’ve been looking forward to this! I’m torn between this and the watch 4. Any advice? I’m a pixel user if that helps.

[MisplacedAmerican]

Any news on Gen 7? I know that the Pixel Watch's grand reveal is next week but... I'm hopeful that the Gen 7 does a better job of competing with the Samsung watch without me needing to commit to the rest of Samsung to receive the full benefits.

[arianamejia]

I'm excited to get this for my father. He loves watches!

[bak-unin]

4:40 both the GW4 & GW4C have 16GB internal memory, not 8. Admittedly, half of that is taken up my the OS and pre-installed apps, but I assume the fossil is similar.

[Pugwash.]

Have they switched to wireless charging yet or still using the metal rings on the back?

[billholt]

I got the Fossil Gen 6 because too many robots in the world have what Apple calls a ‘watch’. I hate the Apple Watch. It is ugly. They ruined the watch industry…. So I got a Fossil because it looks like a watch. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! 😉 😄