Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle
The US-based Fossil Group is without a doubt the most prolific and ambitious manufacturer of Wear OS-powered smartwatches in the world right now, but sadly for Google, that’s not saying much. The reason why this seemingly remarkable achievement is in fact not that impressive can be traced back to Samsung’s decision to focus entirely on its homebrewed Tizen OS for its Apple Watch alternatives instead of supporting a struggling platform formerly known as Android Wear.
Cool new features, same old battery life
In case you’re worried these add-ons will negatively impact the battery life of your specific Fossil Gen 5 model, you’ll be happy to know the company has thought of that too, enhancing the energy efficiency of this extensive smartwatch collection by better using all of its hardware resources.
Specifically, Fossil is essentially taking some of the pressure off Qualcomm’s not-very-impressive Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor by moving certain tasks onto the shoulders of the QCC1110 co-processor.
Doing what Google won’t do
Fossil’s so-called “smart battery modes” are also getting even smarter by integrating new customization features that will allow users to easily change their settings and further reduce power consumption in a number of predefined scenarios, all for the same final purpose of squeezing at least 24 hours of endurance from a Gen 5 device capable of continuously monitoring your heart rate and sleep quality.
Michael Kors Access Gen 5
