Google is using the Pixel Watch companion app to run a simple survey that’s seeing a pretty wide rollout.
The survey, which appears in the main feed, starts by asking “how satisfied are you with your Pixel Watch,” with a scale from very unsatisfied to very satisfied.
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I've actually been pleasantly surprised by the battery life on my WiFi model. Some reviews made it seem like it couldn't even get you through a day without turning everything off but I put it on the charger before bed with 10-20% to spare even with lift to wake and AOD enabled.
The only thing I've disabled is the GA hotword since I mostly use GA by voice at home with smart speakers or away from home with buds. It can even last two days if I disable AOD but I came to the conclusion that charging it nightly vs every other night was a minor difference. Imo it's a pretty darn good first gen to build off of and I look forward to seeing how it improves in future gens.
Edit: Just to put some numbers behind this. I took it off the charger about 7.5 hours ago and it's currently at 77% battery. I've not used it super heavily today beyond checking the time, temp, and notifications but that works out to about 3% drain per hour. Extrapolating my light usage out it should be able to last for 32 hours in total. Definitely will vary a lot with usage but it's more than enough for my usage patterns.
Google then asks what you like and dislike across seven categories:
- Battery life
- Hardware design
- Fitness & health features
- Ease of use
- Software design
- Notifications
- Google Assistant
After a few weeks of usage, battery life should definitely even out with a full day of use more than possible in our experience. Hardware-wise, some definitely want a larger device, while Google has been slow to enable health features (like SpO2) found even on basic Fitbit trackers. Meanwhile, Wear OS 3 is pretty simple from a core navigation standpoint.
In terms of issues, Google lists five:
- Watch running slowly or lagging
- Crashes or glitches
- WiFi/Bluetooth/LTE connection issues
- Fitness or health tracking inaccuracy
- Physical discomfort from wearing
Despite the older processor, Google certainly optimized the UI, with future models set to only benefit from newer chips. The Pixel Watch, after three monthly updates, has been relatively bug-free in our experience, while connectivity issues are relatively rare. The last two bullet points are more subjective with every person being different.
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