Google Pixel Watch

The Pixel Watch runs on Google’s Wear OS3, and it is compatible with any Android phone running Android 8.0 or later. While its sleek design matches well with the new Pixel 7 & Pixel 7 pro phones, you don’t need to have a Pixel phone to take advantage of this watch’s capabilities. Only one feature is exclusive to the Pixel phones, which is using the watch as a remote control for the camera.

The Pixel Watch looks familiar. It has a circular face, the same as favored by most non-smart watches. The rounded design makes perfect sense: A clock’s hands move around a circle, after all. The face actually looks more like a traditional watch than Samsung’s round Watch5 and Watch5 Pro, and it stands in contrast to Apple Watch’s rectangular shape.

The bright OLED display looks crisp and sits inside a round casing that’s somehow neat, svelte, and full of personality. It doesn’t have the large, flat screen of some smartwatches. Instead, it has a gentle dome on top and a matching one at the back. The one on the back is there to ensure strong contact between the heart monitor sensor and your skin. The watch looks sleek and attractive, but the rounded shape has one downside: You can’t display as much text as you can on a rectangular display like the Apple Watch, which makes it harder to read notifications.

The Pixel Watch’s heart rate monitor runs constantly in the background, so you can see your heartbeat with a quick glance. This is very cool, and something the Apple Watch can’t match. On Apple’s timepiece, you need to tap the display to see the latest figure. Accuracy seems near-identical across the Apple Watch and Pixel: When the two were sitting side-by-side on my wrist, the readouts were within one beat per minute.

The gesture-based Pixel Watch interface is straightforward, with swipes from the top, bottom, left, and right delivering different results. You can access the apps by pushing in the crown and rotating it to scroll through a list. This is better than on the Apple Watch, where you’re initially faced with a choice of tiny circular app icons to move around or the (much better) list option.

Google Pixel Watch – Specifications 

Launch Date

Announced6, October, 2022Market Availability13, October, 2022

Design

Dimensions Mobile: 41 x 41 x 12.3 mm (1.61× 1.61 x 0.48 inch)

Weight: 36 g (1.27 oz)

SIM: eSIM

Materials: Interface glass (Gorilla Glass 5), Frame of stainless steel

Colors: Black, Silver, Gold

Other features– Water resistance to a depth of 50 meters (IP68)
– ECG certified

DISPLAY

Type: OLEDsize1.2 inch

Screen Resolution:450 x 450 Pixels (~ 320 Pixels per inch)

Screen protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Other features– Always-on display
– 1000 nits (peak)

Performance

CPU Speed: dual core 1.15 GHz Cortex-A53

GPU graphics processor: Mali-T720

Battery

Battery:294 MAh, Li-ion, non-removable

Fast battery charging–

Other battery features– Qi Wireless Charging

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Technology: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth: Yes 5.0, A2DP, LE

GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS

Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate, barometer, compass, SpO2

The Price of a Google Pixel smartwatch in the USA is $279 whereas the expected Google Pixel watch price in Nepal is NPR.50,000 if it ever gets launched in Nepal.