![]() ![]() Snapdragon Wear 3100 will gain more advanced fitness features in a sport-focused update coming next year, Qualcomm has said, which means Fossil Sport is future-proofed. MORE: Who Has the Most Accurate Heart Rate Monitor? The Sport calculated a higher max BPM of 185, compared with the Polar's 180 BPM max, so it wasn’t 100 percent accurate, but still fairly close. I wore a Polar H10 chest strap to compare heart rates during a 3-mile run, and Fossil Sport's average heart rate was 1 BPM off from the Polar reading (166 compared with 167 BPM). Fossil Sport: Fitness featuresįor a fitness-focused watch, Fossil Sport should be more sophisticated when it comes to tracking fitness.įossil Sport's GPS and heart-rate measurements were accurate, in my testing. Maybe the comparison isn't entirely fair, but now that we've seen what smartwatches are capable of, Wear OS watches seem basic for what they cost. MORE: The Doctor on Your Wrist: How Smartwatches Are Saving Lives Sure, that watch is expensive (starting at $399 for the smaller version), but even the $199 Apple Watch Series 3 offers advanced health and fitness features, such as high and low heart-rate alerts and a forthcoming notification for abnormal heart rhythms that's been cleared by the FDA. The Apple Watch Series 5 has an electrical heart-rate sensor for on-the-go electrocardiograms you can share with your doctor for diagnosing atrial fibrillation. It's tough to be impressed by an OS that's playing catch-up to the competition. ![]() Stand-alone GPS, an NFC chip, a heart-rate sensor - those are all great features, but ones we (or at least I) have come to expect from a watch that costs more than $250. Its touch-screen smartwatch lineup runs the gamut, from the fashion-forward Kate Spade women's smartwatch to the rugged Diesel smartwatch designed for outdoorsy dudes. Fossil Sport: Interfaceįossil isn't a technology company it's a watchmaker that makes stylish timepieces for all demographics. We were able to get four days of battery life on a charge. The longest-lasting Android smartwatch we've tested is Samsung's Galaxy Watch, which runs on Tizen OS. In 35 minutes, the model I tested charged up from 13 percent to 65 percent. The Sport supports quick-charging with a magnetic charger, which is convenient. There are no built-in sleep-tracking features, so you'll still find yourself charging up nightly. A Battery Saver mode enabled by the 3100 can help you squeeze out a whole week on a charge, though you have to sacrifice smartwatch features to tell time. Fossil Sport: Battery lifeĪnd battery life is much improved with the new processor - the Sport can make it through 24 hours on a charge, up from about 18 hours, including workouts. The always-on time makes Fossil Sport feel like a real watch. Other smartwatches, including the Apple Watch, go dark when not in use. It's not even limited to grayscale - depending on which watch face you choose, colorful elements make their way to the ambient face, so it has more personality when you're not looking at it. The 3100 chip’s co-processor does enable a few cool new features, such as a new Ambient Mode that keeps the time always on the display. I thought the new processor would transform Wear OS watches, but maybe the issues are deeper than chip architecture.
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