OK, somewhat embarrassing update. Turns out the power cord for my Anker 6 port charging block was unplugged, and my Huatch is fine. My wife and I laughed, and I'm still getting the new watch. 
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Which Smartwatch?
- Thread starter darrenmussell1974
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davidmichaels
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I would recommend apple watches if people can afford them. Its really an amazing product.
Wait a minute i am gonna get killed for talking about apple products on android forum
LOL
Wait a minute i am gonna get killed for talking about apple products on android forum
LOL 
I would recommend apple watches if people can afford them. Its really an amazing product.
Wait a minute i am gonna get killed for talking about apple products on android forum
I don't know about killed .... maybe beat up a little.
Seriously, what's so amazingly better than WearOS? On a device that looks like an iPod nano glued to a rubber band ...
QFT...On a device that looks like an iPod nano glued to a rubber band ...
My Huatch finally succumbed to failure to charge due to wear and tear on the Pogo pins.Too bad as it still did all I wanted and more as a smartwatch and even this morning had 30% battery left after 36 hours without a charge.
I wanted to ask the Fossil owners what they thought of the 3rd Gen fossil. I don't need the latest and greatest in hardware. I just want to make sure it doesn't have the flat tire (I know it went away at some point, but just looking for confirmation) and that there isn't some other compelling reason to shell out the additional $100 or so for the Gen 4.
I'll 2nd Luna. My Fossil is far superior to any watch I've had, though battery was better (at the time) on my HW1.
Fwiw, I can not live without Barton top grain leather watch bands, been buying different sizes on watches for past 3 years: https://www.amazon.com/Barton-Quick...23011&psd=1&keywords=barton+top+grain+leather
Yesterday was an adventure setting it up. Mainly it was trying to update ALL THE THINGS simultaneously, was chewing through battery faster than the charger could keep up, getting hot, and trying to continuously apply the latest OTA over an over again and failing because it was already applied once. I was ready to box it up and send it back after the second FDR didn't make it better. But then I set up the Huatch again is its a wear problem, because it was doing the same thing.
I think it is the latest Wear update. Funny it was applied on my Huatch and the Fossil. FDR reverts back to the previous version of Wear.
Nah, it is settled down today.
One problem I can't get solved is notifications. I don't know if it is the new Wear, or a quirk with Fossil. I have Notification Preview set to off. On my Huatch, when I got a notification, I would get the vibrate and a small dot on the 6 oclock area. Swipe up and see whatever it was. On the Fossil it ignores this setting and displays the entire email on the screen when it is received.
I'm guessing this is a Wear problem, but I'm not sure.
I'm guessing this is a Wear problem, but I'm not sure.
Turned mine to never just for heck of it, wearing the Tic Watch today though
Notifications are still popping up on my TicWatch, so looks like a bug.
Did you leave feedback?
I'll report this to Google WearOs Community Manager
It worked as expected until I got the new OTA (well, I haven't tested on my old Huatch, but it used to work as expected).
Happening on my Fossil and TicWatch.
WearOs CM said you should post on forums and she'd review. I told her you'd be a good recruit as well. She said come on over: https://support.google.com/wearos/community
I'll sign up tomorrow. Cooking dinner
No worries mate! (bug has been filed as well)
And today it is acting normal.
I posted over there.
https://support.google.com/wearos/thread/511432?hl=en
https://support.google.com/wearos/thread/511432?hl=en
Word™, replied and escalated.
Back on topic, lol, if/when a Fossil comes out with new CPU I'm all over it.
For me it would need to add crazy battery or some other massive improvements, but my needs are few. Look like a watch first, handle notifications well.
All reports are that if *nothing* else new CPU is focusing on battery life. I'd rather get raw performance, as long as I can last a day. (which my Fossil does)