FTW7027
Nice looking watch, average…
20/06/2021 12:31
I was looking forward to trying a hybrid watch as having used many different smart wearables and never thinking any seemed as good looking as a classic analogue watch. I was hoping to have found the answer to my prayers.
Unforarnly this was not the case, but to start with, the watch itself looks great, the build quality and style you would expect from Fossil. The positive Fossil experience starts from the packaging to the high-quality materials used for the strap and casing. The FTW7027 itself looks and feels far more expensive than the price tag and works great for most styles and occasion, be it work, play and formal settings. I do like the FTW7027 and wish I could love the look of this watch, but here is the letdown, this beauty doesn't have the smarts.
Unfortunately, the smarts and software are all half baked, and the watch itself works best when the pairing is not working, which is not the point of such a wearable that's whole existences is to be an extension of your smartphone.
The pairing process to start with was a hit and miss on my Android 11 smartphone; straight out of the bat had the feeling the companion app was possible not fully compatible with the latest edition of Android. However, after a couple of goes, the two pair and the watch updated to the newest firmware. Again, I hoped it would improve compatibly, but unfortunately, this was not the case, but let's continue.
The App continued to cause us no end of issues sending random blank notifications to the watch all the time, showing as syncing on the phone, but step counts and activity would only refresh when I opened the App. All these niggles drive me back to my Apple watch on my work phone or a regular analogue plus a fully featured fitness band. This combo of style and functionally is what I was hoping this hybrid would provide ☹.
Fossil needs to invest in the software and App for this product if they want this product to be successful. At this time, the product is massively hindered and close to unusable as a wearable.
Again want to same excellent hardware, just missing the software and smarts to match the looks.
NathanL
Welwyn Garden City , Spojené království
Age: 41
Gender: Female