What you have to know
- Fossil has begun rolling out a brand new replace to its Gen 6 smartwatches.
- Whereas not Put on OS 4, the brand new Put on OS 3.5 replace brings small UI adjustments and a brand new Bedtime mode.
- The replace additionally comes brings the watches as much as the August 1 safety patch stage.
Whereas smartwatches from Google and Samsung are already having fun with the Put on OS 4 replace, different smartwatches are nonetheless caught on Put on OS 3.x. That features Fossil smartwatches, which at the moment are receiving a brand new replace to Put on OS 3.5.
Each my Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Version and Skagen Falster Gen 6 have already obtained the replace, each with construct quantity RFHC.231016.001 and system UI model 1.2.0. At first look, there’s not a lot distinction visually, and for probably the most half, there are not too many useful adjustments.
I did discover Bedtime mode with a moon icon within the Fast Settings menu that I have never seen earlier than. With this mode enabled, it turns off sure options like tilt-to-wake, more likely to maintain the watch show from turning on when you sleep. It should solely enable notifications from alarms, precedence contacts, and repeat callers.
This Bedtime mode choice now additionally reveals up within the Do Not Disturb menu, which has been reworked with a “Customise” button. There are additionally different adjustments, and the replace ought to embrace efficiency enhancements and higher battery life (per Devices and Wearables), though it does not seem to be Fossil has supplied a changelog.
This follows the 5.1 replace that arrived for the Fossil Smartwatches app, which gave the companion app some revamped UI parts.
There have been some studies that the replace was failing to put in on units, with Fossil responding on Reddit that it was engaged on a repair. It appears that evidently issues are higher now, as my smartwatches had been in a position to set up them with no drawback.
Sadly, it nonetheless leaves Fossil smartwatch homeowners questioning if or when the Put on OS 4 replace will arrive for his or her units. For now, the one solution to get it’s to personal a Pixel Watch 2 (and its predecessor), or Galaxy Watch 6 (and it is predecessors).