For those who love the blingy look that Michael Kors offers in some of its designs, the Darci smartwatch will be right up your alley. Around a day’s worth of battery life is what you can expect from an MK smartwatch – as well as all Fossil smartwatches using the same tech. We got used to it, but one thing is clear: this is for those who want the premium look and feel of a designer watch. It was on par with the Apple Watch Series 7 (worn on our other wrist - that's how hardcore we are when testing) in terms of delivering notifications promptly. If you want best-in-class tracking and more battery life, you might have to ditch the bling and look elsewhere.

Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 3100 chipset powers the MKGO Gen 5E, and it runs on Google’s Wear OS operating system, so you’ll need to download Google’s Wear OS app onto your phone. The Michael Kors Access Gen 5E Darci smartwatch has the same internals as Fossil's Gen 5E smartwatch, but in a more fashionable shell and with a few extra Michael Kors-specific features. The Michael Kors Gen 5E Darci smartwatch offers a lovely and solid design - if you're into that style. If you’re looking for a fashion-focused smartwatch that’s genuinely wearable every day and has some solid features built-in, the MKG Gen 5E might work for you. The smartwatch uses connected GPS, which worked well most of the time we used it for outdoor activities.Britta is the Deputy Editor of Pocket-lint and has been a part of the team, covering consumer technology since 2012. Heart rate tracking is good from our experience, and was again on par with the Apple Watch Series 7, though the Darci just isn't a smartwatch that's well matched for workouts.

It could be larger in the space it occupies, offering a more edge-to-edge approach, like the Apple Watch Series 7, but overall it's a lovely screen.

It runs on Google’s Wear OS operating system, which means you’ll need to download Google’s Wear OS app onto your phone to get it up and running – as well as Google Fit for fitness features. hours, then it switched to one of its helpful battery saving modes and became just a regular old dumb watch – so the screen displayed the time and nothing else. The main issue - especially when connected to an iPhone - is that you can't do much with the notifications that come through. There is also no way to reply to messages so the information is delivered but functionality of what you can then do with that is limited. For example, cranking up full-screen brightness, using GPS and taking heart rate readings will significantly drain it.