Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Smartwatch: A Smarter Watch

Fossil added a friendly little voice assistant named Alexa, you might have heard of her, and this infinitely increases this watch’s capabilities. From setting timers, to asking about the weather, or even asking who the tenth president was. This watch can now become a truly smart watch

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Hey, I’m Mike and this is the Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid smartwatch. As I said, this watch has well, I’ll just call her Alex for this video, but it has Alex on it and so now we can actually get incredible functionality out of a hybrid smartwatch!!

PHYSICAL DESIGN

INTERFACE TOUR
VERY customizable watch faces

FEATURES
Step tracking
HR tracking
Notifications
time/date
Alexa
Workout tracking
Alarm/Timer/Stopwatch
Music control
Find phone
Weather
Blood oxygen
Sleep tracking
DND

ACCURACY TEST

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[alrez]

I wish more companies would make hybrid watches.

[bbeckers]

I have a previous version fossil hybrid and absolutely love it. It does everything I would want a smart watch to do, lasts much longer, and is easier to read, and is way better priced.

[ThomasLePew]

What I like about this kind of smartwatches is the discretion you get with it. Had three display smartwatches (a Galaxy watch, an LG watch and a third one I can't remember right now) and never liked the toyish look of it. I mean you could choose whatever watchface you wanted, it always looked cheap. And I don't need it being able to answer texts or emails from my wrist. I want to be notified when a text or mail come in on my phone discretely, via vibration, no blinky-blinky, no sound.
Then it's nice to have a timer/stopwatch in it, maybe some health sensors and a workout tracking from time to time, that's it. Don't need more. And I want that to look as close as possible to a traditional watch.

[jebaker]

I own a previous Fossil hybrid as a secondary watch. It’s very nice but I have trouble reading the e-ink in many lighting situations. Adding Alexa was a stroke of genius by Fossil!

[moreliquorinmycoffee]

Was walking in the mall and saw this at the fossil store. And I knew it was the answer to both aesthetic and functional needs

[tomeisenmenger]

I have a Skagen Jorn HR Hybrid, essentially the same watch as the previous Fossil Hybrid HR. Complaints about the glass fogging in humid environments (North Carolina) and the e-ink display fading over time are spot on. Hopefully, they have fixed these issues. If not, my next watch will be a Withings or I'll go full smartwatch.

[germie]

Thanks Mike seems like it's one of the best proper hybrids on the market at the moment. Agree, the inclusion of Alexa was a great idea and helps iPhone users get around the lack of Siri support- but with a great battery.

[jacobpaint]

I hope they keep improving these E-ink hybrids as they’re not quite there yet but they have the promise of giving great battery life while just focusing on the most important features. If it could offer Google assist and Siri then even better… plus the mix of mechanical mixed with digital navigation looks like a pleasing interface.

[dragonknight]

Congrats on gettin' hitched! Great watch, first one I actually would consider from Fossil. Looks great!

[D-eVo]

Design is cool, Alexa fine, battery fine, the rest.... no comment. I own this one (silver version) - just to say. I would say it is less flexible than the good old Pebble watch (owned). No apps as example, limited customisation, the app on Android is looking more like an advertisement app - functionality minimal. No payment system, sensors extremely inaccurate (pulse is fine somehow... but oxygen - I should be zombie according to numbers). I bought this one thinking to partially replace my TicWatch Pro 3 - I like the design of Fossil. But... no.... The workout tracking can synchronise only with Google Fit, no Strava, no other app. No GPS of course. No swimming... no smart. It is just showing you notifications and if phone is close to you - there is Alexa build in... That's it. At 200+Euro there should be something smarter inside.... Jut to add - removing notifications is not removing those from phone... sometimes it could be plus... but it should be optional. And it has mic - but no speaker - so again - no way to talk when driving... or on bike. Why there is no good hybrid watch on market? Fossil was quite close to create something amazing - but I think we would have to wait longer for something handier. Fossil Gen 7????

[itstobystic]

Mike knows how to do reviews. Awesome job man

[MrMarty]

The watch gets even better if you downgrade the app to V4.7. It gains a lot of functionality this way, more apps, more intuitive navigation and more customisational options. The music app also becomes a lot more functional. Only the main menu becomes a tad less pretty.

[boringfacts]

Wish the central knob was rotating. This would make the option selector much easier and smoother

[samuel_cr]

Congrats on your marriage!
Great video too!

[blaster]

Surprised how folks forget Pebble popularised smart watches before Apple came along

[JRPW]

This watch is very impressive. Garmin's are nice too but this offers much more functions and much nicer display. Im interest if they will added gps next time

[SimoneDePascalis]

Honestly I wish more brands took this direction because I love the philosophy but the execution pissed me off more than once and I wish I wasn't stuck with this only model. I've had two Hybrid HR samples so far, the first one had one of the buttons randomly popping off the casing and the one I have right now just lost a spring from the back and now I can't charge the battery anymore (I could say its days are literally counted), plus condensation and again the same button as the first I owned gets stuck when clicked. I guess I could give this 6gen a try, for it's been necessarily re-engineered as a different product, but I guess I can't get the guarantees I need by reading and watching feature reviews

[GreySectoid]

Now if they made this in under 40mm case I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[Jezee]

Another great video on smartwatches! I love your comparison vids and the fitness band one you just posted is really good. Keep up the awesome work and congrats on the marriage I assume that was recently 👍🏻🥳

[sweis]

This is a beautiful watch! Makes me wanna trade in my galaxy watch