what's up guys Chigz here from Chigz Tech Reviews, today I got my hands on the
latest Fossil Gen 5 Smart Watch now this is a brand new Google wear OS Smart Watch
packed with some pretty decent specs along with NFC AMOLED display and lots
more so first of all inside the box you will find a user manual a magnetic USB
charging cable and last but certainly not least the SmartWatch itself so
design wise it's a good looking watch it looks and feels very well designed you
have a 44 millimeter case made completely from steel alloy and finished
in black now the build quality is pretty good now on the front we have a 1.3 inch
I'm gonna display with Gorilla Glass protection and the watch is in fact
powered by the Snapdragon a 3100 along with of one gig of ram and 8 gigs of
internal storage now usually most other Google wear OS
watches ship with around 512 gigs of RAM and this has to be the first Google wear
OS that I've seen which ships with one gig of ram and the result is very clear
as you can see there is no lag whatsoever meaning this is currently the
fastest Google where our SmartWatch we've ever seen so far on this channel
furthermore you have Bluetooth version 4.2 GPS Wi-Fi and this is running of
course the latest version of Google where OS now battery life promises 36
hours from a single charge furthermore you do have a 380 M of water resistance
now the watch dimensions it's 44 millimeters in diameter and 12
millimeters in thickness and weighs only 63 point 3 grams now the straps are made
from silicon finished in black and the watch does feel very comfortable on the
wrists it's rather on the slim and light side and I have to say I do like it
quite a bit furthermore the straps are removable and
you can replace it quite easily with your own 22 millimeter band now to give
you an idea of the size of this watch I will bring in the samsung galaxy
so this is at their fair side-by-side you can straightaway see that the Galaxy
watch is kind of much bigger and bulkier in size now to be exact it's 46
millimeters in diameter with a 1.3 inch screen and it's 13 millimeters in
thickness and weighs 63 grams whereas the fossil is 44 millimeters in diameter
with a 1.3 inch screen so same screen sizes and 12 millimeter in thickness and
weighs sixty three point three grams similar size to the Galaxy watch you've
got the same screen size you got more bulk and thickness to the Galaxy watch
and overall the fossil does give a more compact experience now on the side of
the watch we have three buttons and the first button will allow you to create
custom categories the middle button will actually take you to your system apps
and the last button will take you directly to your workouts so you can
select and start any workout you like from here and on the other side you do
have a single loudspeaker which means you will be able to take your phone
calls on this on the girl now at the bottom of the watch we have an optical
heart rate sensor and you're charging pins and I'll quickly show you the
charger working so here is the charger place it on top and plug this into any
USB source and you'll be charged up in no time
this supports fast charging so you can get from 0 to 100 in around 70 to 80
minutes max and then that will give you up to 36 hours of battery life depending
on your usage so here is your default watch face it is the Google wear OS
watch face and when the watch face times out you will see and always on display
now the always-on display means that you can see the time whether the screen is
on off it is quite useful but it does consume a little bit more battery now
you can turn this feature off if you wish to do so from settings now that's
the default watch face if you'd like to change keep the center press for two
seconds and then you'll be presented with some other watch faces that you can
immediately change to and if you click on see more watch faces you will then
have a rather large collection of different watch faces that
you can immediately change to so one of the plus points of the fossil watch is
you have a huge range of watch faces built-in but you also have the Google
Play Store and you were to download even more watch faces so the collection is
very large now something I forgot to mention is the
middle button is also a scroll and it allows you to scroll your content very
nice and smoothly and again a very nice touch good feature and now I will give
you a few examples of the selection of watch faces available on this watch here
we go
now let's go through some of the watch features if we swipe down from the top
you've got your quick toggles with settings battery information your google
pay and aeroplane mode so if we swipe to the right you've got your Google
homepage and you'll be able to do your regular Google assistant stuff so what
is the weather like tomorrow in London
okay so that's your Google assistant now if
we swipe up you've got all your notifications emails and text messages
if I open up one of my emails you can actually reply directly on the watch now
if we swipe to the left you've got your step counter if we swipe again you've
got the local weather if we keep going you've got your events your heart rate
sensor and then heart points so let's go back now if we click the middle button
you've got all your apps will quickly go through them together
you've got the Google Play Store settings agenda alarm cardiogram
contacts Find My Phone Google fit fit breathe fit workout a
fossil Google pay media controls Nike run Club you've got phone so you can
make phone calls via Bluetooth and take them directly on the watch you got you
the Play Store reminders settings Spotify stopwatch timer torch google
translate and weather so the first thing I want to do is check out the Play Store
I'll show you what to expect this is not going to be the full version of the
Google Play Store this is going to be the Google wear OS version so if we just
go to recommended apps give you a few recommendations on popular apps that you
can download so you can see messenger Spotify we've already got installed and
you can see over here what is available telegram calculator
compass offline maps zombies run I guess as a game and the list goes on so there
are lots of apps that you can download and I really do like that handy scroll
bar so this is a full-featured Android SmartWatch running Google where
OS gives you lots of different features and options great fitness tracking
capabilities you do have NFC so you can set up your Google pay and make mobile
payments directly from the watch you have phone capabilities and you can make
phone calls directly from the SmartWatch say here are my contacts I can just
click on anyone and start dialing the number straightaway directly from my
watch so it seems like Bluetooth phone calls are not working on my watch
instead I am getting this loud static noise I have updated the firmware and I
have restarted the watch a few times and the result is exactly the same I'm just
getting a static noise instead of hearing my phone call so maybe a
firmware update will resolve this maybe my watch is faulty I have contacted
fossil and hopefully they will get back to me on this meanwhile if you own a
fossil Gen 5 and do let me know if you're getting the same static issue so
I've got two watches on my wrist the fossil and the Galaxy watch and we are
going to test out the screen on hand-raising capabilities for both
watches at the same time and see how they perform so here we go
so Galaxy watch and then straight after a split second after a Fossil watch
let's do it again so you can see they're very very close the Galaxy watches the
fastest I've ever seen but I have to say I am quite impressed with the fossil is
not bad at all where do it once more here we go very responsive so the Galaxy
watch is still the king of screen on hand-raised but I have to say the fossil
watch is not bad at all so good job Russell so once we have per 40s on our
wrist and a quick heart rate test at the same time
and we're gonna see what results we get and here are the results for the heart
rate test 124 beats per minute on both watches so not a healthy heart rate by
any means but I'd like you to know that I'm not feeling well at the moment and I
am getting quite high fevers so my heart rate is rather on the higher side but on
the plus point you've got an accurate heart rate sensor in the new fossil
watch so there you have it guys that was the new fossil Gen 5 SmartWatch so here
are my thoughts on this device this SmartWatch is beautifully designed with
a gorgeous AMOLED display it's very compact and slim and extremely
comfortable on the wrist this is the fastest Google wear OS watch I have ever
experienced and it also appears to be the most compact Google wear OS watch so
many things fossile have got right on this watch such as accurate heart rate
and GPS sensor 3 ATM water resistance NFC payments fast screen on hand raise
lots of watch faces removable straps super performance with an always-on
screen option now Bluetooth calls are also supported but unfortunately my
watch has an issue where every time I've tried to make a phone call I get static
noise now I'm thinking it could be an issue with just my watch and I have
contacted fossile to see what they can do and I will update you guys on that
situation as it gets resolved furthermore the loudspeaker quality is
not great and it does distort quite a bit so when you're listening to music or
just talking to the Google assistant the poor speaker quality is definitely a
letdown finally let's talk about battery life I had the always-on screen off and
the watch stayed connected to my smart phone via bluetooth throughout which is
required if you want your notifications etc so I could achieve only 20 hours of
battery life screen brightness was also on medium so nowhere near that 36 hour
mark yes there are plenty of battery saving options but on normal mode you
can achieve barely 20 hours so this means you will need to charge your watch
everyday and this is quite an issue for me as I am used to the Sam
galaxy watch lasting me a full two to three days
now even the tick watch pro will give you nearly two days of battery life so
that brings us to my top performing SmartWatch chart of 2019 showing you all
the latest smartwatches and seeing how they compare with each other and as you
can see the new fossil Gen 5 has taken position four on this chart with a
rating of eight point nine out of ten now if bluetooth calls were working fine
then this watch would have ranked position three on this chart just above
the tick watch Pro yes the phosphagen 5 is in fact faster in performance than
the tick box Pro and it is much lighter and slimmer in design so bottom line
with a few minor niggles to my watch I can still say that the fossil Gen 5 is
the best Google wear OS SmartWatch you can currently buy now I believe the
issues with the battery and the Bluetooth cords might be resolved with a
firmware update and if this does happen you have yourself a no-brainer and I
will keep you guys updated on the situation of my watch and with that
being said I will leave the links in the description so you guys can check this
product out meanwhile thank you so much for watching and I hope you all have a
brilliant day see you in the next one guys