The Google Pixel Watch is one of the great Arlesians from the Mountain View firm. Years after the publication of the first rumors about it, Google’s first connected watch is finally official! With the Pixel Watch, the manufacturer wants to offer the ultimate “Google” experience on the wrist while offering optimal health monitoring thanks to the expertise of Fibtbit.
This Thursday, October 6, 2022, Google has made an appointment with fans for a new, highly anticipated conference. Indeed, the Mountain View firm has finally lifted the veil on Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, its future high-end smartphones. But the flagships weren’t the only stars of the show, no.
The American manufacturer has finally presented the Pixel Watch, its very first connected watch. If you follow Google news, you might know that the Pixel Watch is one of the brand’s great Arlesians, since rumors about him have been going strong since 2018 at least! In recent weeks, the revelations about her had also multiplied on the web, so much so that she had almost no more secrets for us. Nevertheless, let’s take stock of the product after the official presentation from Google.
Pixel Watch: the whole Google experience on the wrist
The Pixel Watch is therefore presented as the first connected watch from Google powered by WearOS 3.5, the latest version of the OS dedicated to the brand’s smartwatches. With the Pixel Watch, the company wants to offer the ultimate Google experience on the user’s wrist. This is why many of the American giant’s flagship applications are natively installed on the watch, such as Google Wallet (for your payments), Gmail and Calendar or even the Google search engine and Google Maps. YouTube Music Premium is also in the gamewith 3 months of subscription offered to each purchaser of the Pixel Watch.
In addition, the Pixel Watch is logically part of the Google ecosystem. In fact, it is possible to use the Find my Device function, the Google Assistant or the Google Home app to manage your home automation devices from your connected watch for example. It obviously works with the Google Pixel 4, 5 and 6 as well as with the Pixel Buds. It is also compatible with Android 8.0 or newer smartphones.
Fitbit’s expertise in health tracking
Health monitoring also remains one of the main fields of action of the Pixel Watch. To do this, Google can count on the expertise of Fitbit, which has belonged to the firm since November 2019. According to the manufacturer, the Pixel Watch thus embarks “Fitbit’s most accurate heart rate sensor. Thanks to machine learning, the Pixel Watch is constantly improving its calorie expenditure analysisactive minutes, daily fitness score and sleep tracking. Note that the ECG (electrocardiogram) application is also included.
Of course, the Pixel Watch will also accurately track your sports performance. Via Fitbit Premium (6 months subscription offered with the purchase of the watch), users will be able to access more than a thousand training sessions, 40 modes available, training and meal programming, personalized wellness report and a dashboard on their health indicators (resting heart rate, respiratory rate, etc.).
A younger Soc in the Pixel Watch
Now that we have covered the Google Watch Tracking part, let’s dwell on the technical aspect. What are the technical characteristics of the Pixel Watch? The watch, with its diameter of 41 mm and its 36 g on the scale, carries an AMOLED screen displaying 320 ppi and protected by glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5. This tile offers a 1000 nit brightness and offers Always-on-Display functionality.
Under the hood, we find, as the rumors had announced, a Samsung Exynos 9110 processor. This Soc is not very young since it equipped the very first Galaxy Watch! It is supported by a Cortex M33 co-processor, and it will take 32 GB eMMC flash memory and 2 GB of SDRAM.
Next, the Pixel Watch has a 264 mAh Li-ion battery, which according to Google offers 24 hours of autonomy. Via the magnetic USB-C cable provided, it is possible to obtain 50% autonomy in just 30 minutes of charging according to the manufacturer. In addition, it should be noted a water resistance of 5 ATM (5 Bar and 50 meters). Regarding the Connectivity and Audio parts, the Pixel Watch offers:
- 4G LTE and UMTS connection
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz
- NFC
- Built-in speaker
- Built-in microphone
Available from October 6, 2022 from €379
According to Google, the Pixel Watch will be available from October 6, 2022 at partner retailers such as Boulanger, Fnac-Darty, Orange, SFR, Amazon and Cdiscount in five different colours/configurations:
- Matte black stainless steel case, volcanic black sport strap
- Matte black stainless steel case, pebble sport strap
- Polished silver stainless steel case, charcoal sport strap
- Champagne gold stainless steel case, sage green sport band
- Polished silver stainless steel case, sport pebble bracelet
So far, Google has announced the following prices: €379 for the Wi-Fi version and €429 for the 4G LTE version. As mentioned above, six months of Fitbit Premium subscription will be offered to all purchasers during the launch period.