The Fossil Gen 5 LTE Touchscreen Smartwatch joins the current Gen 5 series. It’s powered by a Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset and has an eSIM, which enables it to make and receive calls and texts. You don’t have to waste data to listen to music as there’s 8GB storage on board, which you can load up with tracks from Spotify.
There are three battery modes – daily
(everything enabled, charge every night), extended (essential functions only,
charge every few days) and time only (just shows the time, lasts over a week).
There’s an option to create a custom mix of these modes to better suit your
usage.
The watch has a 1.3" touchscreen
inside a 45mm case. It supports the usual activity and health tracking
features, plus Google Pay. It also integrates with your smart home and car –
can control the Nest devices at home and even remotely start the engine of
select Toyota cars. Fossil claims that this watch is swim-proof, though we
wouldn't count on that as it's rated to only 3ATM.
The Fossil Gen 5 LTE will be available in
the US this Spring, starting at US$ 350. Note that it will only work on the
Verizon network and only with an Android phone. More details on the official
page. Fossil is planning to launch this watch globally later this year. It is
working to add support for other carriers (and support for iPhone users too),
though it's not clear when that will happen.
