Fossil Gen 6

Other Wear OS watches · catalog updated 2026-10-21

Brand: Other Wear OS watches
Kind: Wear OS watch · released 2021-09
Model codes: Fossil Gen 6

Ships with Wear OS 2; install the Wear OS 3 update first (from October 2022; it erases the watch). Snapdragon Wear 4100+. The bottom button can open Quick signal (see capability).

Gestures on the Fossil Gen 6

Press the bottom button once

ReportedInput: Watch button

Requires: Fossil Gen 6 watch on Wear OS 3 (the Gen 6 and Venture Edition need the Wear OS 3 update first)

Set it up

DBP Shield watch app: Button shortcut on
Settings
Advanced features
Customize keys
Bottom button
Quick signal

9to5Google's review of the Gen 6 Wellness Edition on Wear OS 3: the bottom button is customizable to open the app of your choice; the crown opens the app list and the top button shows recent apps. Fossil doesn't publish the menu path: the steps are Google's Wear OS 3 help for watches with more than one button (Wear OS 2 called it Settings › Personalization › Customize hardware buttons), so the names on the watch may differ. Each press opens Quick signal once, so presses are counted one by one. Rehearse with a test signal first.

Sources

Plus what the app offers on every Wear OS watch: Watch (hold to fire). How to set those up

Recommended presets

Bottom button ×3Sends a signal
Three presses of the bottom button within 10 s, each opening Quick signal: works without looking at the watch, and one bumped button doesn't fire.
Watch button ×3, 0.4–3 s apart · whole gesture within 10 s
Bottom button, then hold in the watch appSends a signal
One press of the bottom button, then the 2-second hold in the DBP Shield watch app within 15 s: two different inputs, so neither a bumped button nor a stray touch fires alone.
Watch button ×1 → then within 15 s: Watch (hold to fire) ×1 · whole gesture within 20 s

Gestures are set up in the phone settings as shown, then combined into a trigger recipe in the app, where practice mode shows step by step whether a gesture would trigger.