Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle HR first look: wearOS is getting BETTER?!

This is the Fossil Gen 5, or the Carlyle HR to be more specific . The company's new refresh to its smartwatch lineup, which might look a lot like its predecessors but is not. Actually not by a significant margin. I'm Jaime Rivera with Pocketnow and here's our first look.

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In the WearOS space, Fossil is the company I'm most interested in. They serve as an ODM for many other popular fashion brands that run wearOS, they're also the company that's kept the ball rolling with launches on the latest and greatest hardware, and best of all, we know they're now working closely with Google on the next chapter of this smartwartch platform.

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[ESCO]

I watch Jaime's videos ONLY to hear him pronounce his name 😂

[MrSpookdog]

I just got this watch for Christmas. I'm beyond grateful and will wear it proudly

[ewokpillowtalk]

The "less than a day battery life" is really disappointing.

[zaraf]

It is so satisfying when the loading circle matches perfectly with the watch online in the thumbnail

[holycrapimbatman]

I own a fossil gen 4 explorist watch. I really like using it. The only thing I hate is the battery, it didn't even last me a full day untill I turned off the tilt to wake and used the always on display. Now my battery life has drastically increased. Also some people are mentioning to increase the size of battery, I don't think it's a good idea, because if we increase the size of battery, the width and weight of the watch increases and it might not be as comfortable as the current watches. I just hope that wear os improves and gives us better software and battery optimization.

[marvoinfo]

They need to go ahead and put some kind of kinetic charging in these watches. That could help battery drain.

[rpbuck]

I've been wearing mine for a couple of weeks since my Gen 4 died the first time I jumped in a swimming pool.... So far I can easily get through a day on a single charge...I generally charge it up before bedtime. It would be nice if the watch menus were duplicated on the WearOS phone app...much easier to make sense of them that way.

[LosloTypical]

I bought the Gen 4 last Saturday and returned it on Monday for the Gen 5. The battery is great, and the software is amazing. Like Wear OS sucked on the two days I had the Gen 4, but it’s so fast now.

[timstein]

I just purchased this watch this past Sunday, and I have to say for me and my use over the past week I'm really impressed with the battery life. I have been getting almost a whole day on 1 charge. By the time I get home it has barely gotten below 50% life remaining. Of course I turn off all the battery hogging features (i.e. Wi-Fi and NFC), and this really helps. I have really been impressed on the overall look and feel of the watch its self. This is my 3rd Fossil Smart watch, and I was able to trade in my last one for $100 off of this one.

[AsherTech]

I think the watch is cool but I think they should have added a second layer screen for better battery life like ticwatch did and also a bigger battery. 310mah is too small.

[elliex]

How long will the watch last if i use it only as a watch? That is all I do with my smatwatches excet when I am out traiing that I explicitly activate monitoring.

[yohennycastro]

A comparison between this watch and the new galaxy watch active 2 would be awesome!😍

[calli]

I turned off GPS on the watch and the battery improvement is insanely good.

[malemkhombasalam]

I have bought this watch 4 days back. I have lot of problems... Battery last only 2 hours, warm up( heating) problems, sound can't hear when playing music, when talking with other no. sound is waving and sound stop every second, etc. Could you please help me to solve problems

[twincam]

How well does this watch integrate with iPhone? Any issues?

[shahulca]

Which one is better Huawei g2e titanium or fossil gen 5?

[brandonten-fah]

Copped one of these for Amazon Prime Day and I'm looking forward to upgrading from my Samsung Galaxy Watch. Thanks for a great review!

[stetsonclark]

I just bought one but realized it didn't fully support Facebook messenger which I use as my main form of communication. I could only check notifications but still had to use my phone to read and reply to messages. Unless I missed something.

[spacecat]

Any news on the Battery performance, after the software update?

[Macjohn]

I wear my Gen 1 watch on a daily basis and it meets my daily needs. The battery lasts for the full waking day and I just throw it on the cradle charger overnight and it’s fresh for the next day. I also own the Gen 3 version with the Armani style for evenings out. Very stylish and I get the looks and questions where I got it. I’m looking into the Gen 5 in the near future.