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I was really happy with the Fossil hybrid watch that I got for christmas two years ago. The bluetooth worked perfectly which I would never had expected. Whilst

I was really happy with the Fossil hybrid watch that I got for christmas two years ago. The bluetooth worked perfectly which I would never had expected. Whilst the Fossil app is great the actual bluetooth reliability has gone downhill with the latest updates and I'm wondering whether it is related to talent moving to Google.

gniv 7y ago
I'm thinking of getting a hybrid too. If you were to buy today, would you still go for the Fossil?
- JakeTheAndroid 7y ago
  I like my Fossil Q Explorist well enough. I have the Gen 3 which doesn't have the heart rate monitor or GPS, but on the whole it's a good watch. If you want a smart watch that can do all the smart stuff and last a couple days, I'd look elsewhere. Fossil watches don't have the best battery life. The Gen 4 says like 2 days on standby a day with usage. I get about 6-8 hours tops actually using the watch (looking at notifications quickly and swiping them away, looking at the time, changing songs on my phone), and the charge time is like 3 hours. They suggest it can do sleep tracking, but I've never tested it because I need to charge it every night. If you don't mind having a watch that is mostly for doing watch things, and then charging it every night - Fossil is nice. But I would look elsewhere if you want a smart watch for daily use doing "smart" things.
- climb_stealth 7y ago
  I have a Fossil Q Hybrid. I would say buy it, but make sure you can return it after opening the box. Their bluetooth stack seems rock solid. Especially coming from Garmin where intermittent issues were the norm for me. I'm only interested in 4 things: counting steps, getting calendar notifications, getting call notifications and getting text notifications. Steps counting and syncing works without issues, calendar events work without issues. Text and call notifications stopped working for me altogether. Basically, it either works really well or not at all. I'd be willing to invest time into this to get it to work, but their support is not much help. It doesn't go beyond checklist and "have you tried re-pairing and enabling all permissions". It's a shame they sold to Google. They seem to have had some really good talent there and I fear it is going to be wasted at Google.

gniv 7y ago

I'm thinking of getting a hybrid too. If you were to buy today, would you still go for the Fossil?

JakeTheAndroid 7y ago
I like my Fossil Q Explorist well enough. I have the Gen 3 which doesn't have the heart rate monitor or GPS, but on the whole it's a good watch. If you want a smart watch that can do all the smart stuff and last a couple days, I'd look elsewhere. Fossil watches don't have the best battery life. The Gen 4 says like 2 days on standby a day with usage. I get about 6-8 hours tops actually using the watch (looking at notifications quickly and swiping them away, looking at the time, changing songs on my phone), and the charge time is like 3 hours. They suggest it can do sleep tracking, but I've never tested it because I need to charge it every night. If you don't mind having a watch that is mostly for doing watch things, and then charging it every night - Fossil is nice. But I would look elsewhere if you want a smart watch for daily use doing "smart" things.
climb_stealth 7y ago
I have a Fossil Q Hybrid. I would say buy it, but make sure you can return it after opening the box. Their bluetooth stack seems rock solid. Especially coming from Garmin where intermittent issues were the norm for me. I'm only interested in 4 things: counting steps, getting calendar notifications, getting call notifications and getting text notifications. Steps counting and syncing works without issues, calendar events work without issues. Text and call notifications stopped working for me altogether. Basically, it either works really well or not at all. I'd be willing to invest time into this to get it to work, but their support is not much help. It doesn't go beyond checklist and "have you tried re-pairing and enabling all permissions". It's a shame they sold to Google. They seem to have had some really good talent there and I fear it is going to be wasted at Google.