![]() Before Fossil Group launched its fourth gen smartwatches, only the Misfit Vapor featured a heart rate monitor. The buttons above and below the crown are programmable and by that we mean can be used to create quick shortcuts to your most regularly used apps.Īround the back is a big new addition in the shape of the heart rate sensor. The middle one launches you into the app drawer, can be held down to launch Google Assistant and can be twisted to scroll through screens. There are still three physical buttons on the side of the watch. The 22mm straps are interchangeable once again, which you are most certainly going to need to do if you're planning to put some of those new sports tracking features to good use. You still get a gorgeous 1.4-inch, 454 x 454 pixel resolution AMOLED display with no black tyre in sight. The similarities with last year's model don't end there. Priced at, which can go up to depending on how luxurious you want that design to be, the Explorist HR is still one of the more affordable entries into the world of smartwatches. The latter of which was was one of the most requested smartwatch features according to Fossil Group. We're also getting built-in GPS, a waterproof design and a heart rate monitor. So this time we are getting that NFC to enable Google Pay. It's a feature we've been crying out for for some time on Fossil's clan of connected watches.Įssential reading : Best Wear smartwatches to buy It wasn't so much the lack of sporty features like GPS or heart rate, but more the surprising omission of NFC to enable Google Pay contactless payment support. It looked the part, did a great job of embracing its physical features to add more smarts and had a lovely display to show off Google's OS.ĭespite the attractive design (and the price) the Explorist didn't however deliver the full Wear experience. Last year's Explorist was undeniably one of our favourite smartwatches. These proper smartwatches have come a long way from the first gen days of screens with flat tyres and bulky watch cases. The Fossil Q Explorist HR joins the Venture HR in ushering in the next generation of the Fossil Group's smartwatches that run on Google's Wear OS. ![]()
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