The Pixel Watch is Google's definition of what it wants a smartwatch to be. Is that what everyone else wants? I've spent a month with the latest Pixel to find out.
Over time the active band that comes with the Pixel Watch started to irritate my skin and I had to remove the watch at specific points of the day, leading to a point where I just needed a day without wearing the watch to give my skin a chance to breathe.
That would mean you could buy bands anywhere and deprive Google of a valuable line of revenue, but in a choice of open or proprietary, I’d much instead choose open. As it stands, I have to wait for third-party manufacturers to work their way around Google's ways.By going with a circular design, the Pixel Watch does not feel overpowering. It is still a “big watch” that dominates the wrist, but the styling has done its best to make it feel acceptable.
The same action button can be held down to activate Google’s voice assistant. It’s an obvious answer to a cramped user interface, but it struggled with my Scottish brogue, and I had to restore to quite deliberate statements and ensure words were separate. It’s not something that I found reliable enough to use as the main interaction on the watch.
And that existing lifestyle is all about Fitbit . There are already several fitness tracks and watches with the Fitbit brand. You can add the Pixel Watch to that list, as the exercise and activity tracking is built around the Fitbit system; to the point that you will need the Fitbit app on your phone to make the most from the collected data.There is one part of the fitness package that I want to highlight, and it has a bearing on my confidence in the Pixel Watch ecosystem.
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