Fossil Gen 6 review: I still don`t want to wear this OS
(Android Central)

The hardware is there, but the software still lags behind. A lot of anticipation has been riding on OEMs ever since we learned that many of 2021`s best Android smartwatches would be getting the Wear OS 3 update. After all, a big overhaul to Google`s wearables platform is something that`s been needed for years now. But the problem wasn`t just software; Wear OS hardware has lagged behind the competition in some very real ways. The Fossil Gen 6 line of smartwatches aims to begin the healing process for Wear OS users, like myself, who have been burned by sub-par products for years. Quite of the bit of the problem lay with Qualcomm, who has consistently created mediocre wearable chipsets that were both underpowered and power-hungry at the same time. Fossil Gen 6 launches with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4100+, a new platform that aims to fix quite a bit of that with the help of a more powerful co-processor. In addition to a better processor, Fossil has packed the gamut of sensors into the ...