Google Store adds new Pixel Watch 3 accessories: cases, stand, more
Ahead of the Pixel Watch 3 launching next month, the Google Store is adding new third-party accessories.
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Ahead of the Pixel Watch 3 launching next month, the Google Store is adding new third-party accessories.
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In a somewhat unexpected move, Google has stopped selling a lot of color options for the Active Band that’s available for the Pixel Watch series.
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With this year’s hardware devices, Google has an entirely new uniform packaging. In detailing the design, Google gives us a Pixel Watch 3 unboxing today.
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Google’s Pixel Watch series has pretty good hardware, but one issue that’s plagued the series is repairability. That won’t be changing with Pixel Watch 3, unfortunately, as repairs continue to not be an option.
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Yesterday, Google just showed new band colors and 45 mm sizes. However, a new Pixel Watch 3 Performance Loop Band is coming and we now know what it looks like.
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Google’s new Pixel Watch 3 is coming with a nice perk for LTE buyers, with each model getting two years of free LTE data with purchase.
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Besides updating existing apps to show more content on the bigger screen, Google is bringing Recorder to the Pixel Watch 3. Google Home for Wear OS is also picking up some new features, like a Google TV Remote Tile.
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Besides launching the Pixel 9 with Android 14, another impact of Google’s decision to host its annual hardware event about two months early are the staggered ship dates.
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Earlier this year, the first Wear OS devices that touted up to 100 hours of battery launched. This was made possible by the Wear OS hybrid interface built on top of dual-chipsets. Google’s wearables have long used a hybrid architecture and the Pixel Watch 3 uses that for richer experiences and more features, like Loss of Pulse Detection, over battery life.
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As someone with smaller wrists, I’m glad that the Pixel Watch started out at 41 mm. Going into the Pixel Watch 3, I fully expected to be happy with the smaller model’s tiny screen increase due to shrunken bezels, but the 45 mm version is giving me the best kind of doubts.
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Besides being offered in a bigger size, the Google Pixel Watch 3 looks exactly like last year’s wearable, with software and under-the-hood changes being the name of the game in 2024.
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The last remaining Pixel Watch 3 specs that have not yet leaked are now out with confirmation about the processor and RAM.
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The mountain of Pixel leaks continues to grow ahead of Google’s August 13 event, and now we’ve got a new video of the Pixel Watch 3 series that shows off the hardware, features, and confirms that the charger isn’t changing this time around.
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The Pixel Watch 3 series is finally set to introduce a larger size, but that’s going to come at a cost. According to a new leak, the Pixel Watch 3 series will start at the same price, but the bigger model will see a price near $400.
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Google’s Pixel Watch 3 series will once again expand the company’s lineup of straps and bands, and through early leaks we’re getting a first look at the new color options.
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Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch 3 is bringing new features and hardware upgrades, but also new minimum requirements, as you’ll need a slightly newer Android phone to use it.
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Compared to the 41 mm Pixel Watch 2, the 45 mm Pixel Watch 3 is said to have “40% more screen.” The big question is how Wear OS will adapt to the bigger display, and we now have an answer on the watch faces front.
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Earlier this year, new Wear OS 4 devices started claiming up to 100 hours of use due to a new “hybrid interface.” According to a new leak, battery life on the Pixel Watch 3 will remain the same.
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As the leaks continue, we’re today getting new details about Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch 3 including a better look at the display’s thinner bezels, new features for Google apps, and more.
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Fitness is a key focus of Google’s Pixel Watch series, and now a new leak reveals new Fitbit features for Pixel Watch 3, including a heavy focus on running metrics and tracking.
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Ahead of Google’s August 13 launch event, we’ve learned basically everything there is to know about the Pixel 9 series, but the Pixel Watch 3 hasn’t leaked to the same extent. A new report this week, though, claims that Pixel Watch 3 will get a new type of band, and that the 45mm size won’t work with all bands.
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New faces for the Pixel Watch 3 are a given and the first one today shows how Google will be using the extra screen real estate.
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The focus in the lead up to Made by Google 2024 has been on the Pixel 9, but we now have leaked European prices for the Pixel Watch 3.
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After arriving at the FCC with specs like UWB confirmed, more Pixel Watch 3 details have leaked, including the codenames for the 41 mm (selene/helios) and 45 mm (luna/sol) models. (There are two to reflect the Bluetooth/WiFi and LTE variants.)
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