Google Pixel Watch

Compared to Apple and Samsung, the Pixel Watch lacks power options beyond the singular Magnetic Charging Cable. That’s now changing, sort of, with Google Store Japan including a semi-official stand accessory with purchases of the Pixel Watch for a limited time.

At the Pixel Watch launch, Google previewed the Metal Links Band and a Metal Mesh Band. The listing for the latter accessory was removed from the Google Store on Monday.

If you pre-ordered a Pixel Watch during the launch event six months ago, odds are that you’re coming up on your free Fitbit Premium trial offered as a purchase bonus. Here’s how to cancel Fitbit Premium if you’re not entirely sure you want to pay for the service.

After a more sizable release last month, the Pixel Watch’s April 2023 update is more incremental in nature with just the latest security patch noted.

Google’s Pixel Watch is one of the best smartwatches you can get for an Android phone, but one thing that can be a little annoying is the band situation. Google’s proprietary connector limits your choices. Several months in, though, what Pixel Watch bands have you been using?

Peloton today announced a new integration with Wear OS that would allow Samsung Galaxy Watch devices to pair with Peloton machines to show your heart rate. But apparently, that integration works on other smartwatches too.

While the Pixel Watch’s March 2023 update became widely available last week, the ability to quickly turn on/off Battery Saver was a separate rollout that’s now finally happening. 

Google’s Pixel Watch has great-looking hardware, but its display is not all that difficult to damage. If you’ve already scratched your Pixel Watch, or want to prevent scratches in the future, this helpful screen protector is an affordable and excellent addition, and doesn’t ruin the look of the watch.

The Pixel Watch finally arrived last year with mixed opinions, but overall it’s been a success. However, the band situation on the Pixel Watch hasn’t really changed a whole lot since launch, at least when it comes to official options, but we have had plenty of time to see how the bands hold up, and figure out where Google needs to expand its catalog for the future.

Google announced the Pixel Watch March 2023 update yesterday, and you can now download and install it using the usual trick.

Google is now rolling out the Pixel Watch’s March 2023 update two weeks after it was originally expected, and it’s a sizable release.

The Google Pixel Watch is, as we said in our review last year, truly a gorgeous piece of hardware. But it’s also a piece of hardware that seems incredibly easy to damage. After a few months of use, have you managed to scratch your Pixel Watch yet?

After years of waiting, Google finally launched the Pixel Watch late last year alongside its latest generation of smartphones, and it appears the smartwatch is a bit of a hit for the company, with hundreds of thousands of units shipped in its first few months.

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Google is rolling out an update to the app responsible for Pixel Watch Faces. So far, there aren’t any major changes, with the count remaining at 19, but the Google Assistant complication does get a color tweak.

Wearables make for great alarms that you’ll instantly feel vibrating on your wrist. Some Pixel Watch owners have noticed that alarms are late to invoke by a few minutes.

Following the Tuesday announcement, Google is rolling out Fall Detection to the Pixel Watch. 

After years of anticipation, Google finally released its first smartwatch last year in the Pixel Watch. But, according to a new analysis, it costs Google nearly half as much to build a Pixel Watch as it charges customers for the product.