Google Pixel Watch: Information, leaks, specs, and rumors

From the start of Google’s wearable technique, it has at all times relied on different OEMs to hold the {hardware} torch for its software program. Nevertheless, since Put on OS 3 arrived final 12 months, the requires an official Google Pixel Watch have solely grown in quantity.

Sadly, leakers have promised an imminent Pixel Watch arrival since 2016, and we discovered in 2019 that Google had given up on making one as a result of its prototype “did not work that nice,” quashing these rumors. Then, after Google IO 2021 revealed the brand new Put on OS ecosystem, leakers promised the Pixel Watch would arrive alongside the Pixel 6, just for Google to (allegedly) delay it once more.

So with leakers now promising a 2022 Pixel Watch launch, we could also be setting ourselves up for disappointment as soon as once more. However dive into the leaks, and you will find reliable and constant proof {that a} new watch will arrive quickly. This is what we all know to this point in regards to the Pixel Watch.

As of proper now, we do not have something official from Google when it comes to a Pixel Watch being launched this 12 months. However a latest Pixel Watch leak indicated Google might announce it at Google IO 2022 on Might 26 — one 12 months after it first launched Put on OS 3 — alongside the Pixel 6a.

A second leak prompt the watch, codenamed “Rohan,” might arrive in spring 2022, which tracks with Prosser’s leak; allegedly, Google is presently permitting customers outdoors the corporate to check the watch, and its launch is dependent upon how profitable this take a look at run is.

As for the precise Pixel Watch launch date, we might count on it to ship someday in early-to-mid-June, assuming this leak is correct.

Pixel Watch: Value and fashions

In contrast to the Pixel Watch launch date, we’ve not heard any rumors in regards to the Pixel Watch worth. Since that is Google’s first foray into making its personal smartwatch, we will solely speculate at this stage.

Google will need it to be aggressive in opposition to the Galaxy Watch 4 collection and Apple Watch Collection 7, which might imply a worth someplace within the $250 to $400 vary, with Apple’s watches on the upper aspect. It might theoretically go even decrease, however Google already has Fitbit to focus on the $200-and-under crowd. And given Google’s dedication to creating the Pixel model inexpensive, it isn’t prone to pattern any greater.

One factor is evident: we have seen no proof in all these leaks of a number of Pixel Watch fashions. Barring any proof on the contrary, we imagine Google will promote a single, bezelless, compact watch, following Apple’s lead as an alternative of Samsung’s.

Pixel Watch: Design

Whereas we do not count on to see greater than a single mannequin of the Pixel Watch, if leaks are true, we might get a couple of coloration alternative, however solely a single design. Late final 12 months, renders of the Pixel Watch have been leaked to provide us a glimpse of the rumored smartwatch.

As you possibly can see within the pictures, the watch sports activities a really minimalist design, with hardly any bezels to talk of. It additionally seems to be like Google will go together with a single rotating crown on the right-center of the case. As for coloration choices for the watch case, it appears as if there shall be each a black and silver alternative for customers.

Then, final December, leaked Pixel Watch advertising supplies reaffirmed the flat, edge-to-edge design that evokes the 2015 Moto 360.

Supply: 9to5Google

A latest leaked picture exhibits a possible design for the Pixel Watch, with the rotating crown and a hidden button for Google Assistant within the top-right. This implies the watch might have two buttons, or three if a second button seems on the bottom-right.

A extra unlucky rumor is that the Pixel Watch will use proprietary bands that connect on to the watch case. Whereas it seems to be enticing, it will make swapping out watch bands extraordinarily tough. Many of the different prime Android smartwatches offer you extra leeway to alter bands, placing the Pixel Watch at a possible drawback.

Pixel Watch: Specs and software program

We all know that Google will use the brand new Put on OS co-developed by Google and Samsung. However given its hypothetical timing at Google I/O 2022 and leaked renders of the software program, we will count on Google to place its personal Pixel-esque spin on the software program in comparison with how Samsung dealt with it on the Galaxy Watch 4.

An emulated take a look at “inventory” Put on OS 3, seen above, exhibits rounded, pill-shaped menus that look pretty much like the UI on the Galaxy Watch 4. However additional digging unveiled a Materials You-esque design, with various coloration choices and watch faces that change coloration from day to nighttime.

A number of sources have confirmed the Pixel Watch will assist Fitbit integration, with some watch faces displaying well being information and the Fitbit icon. We’re curious to see how the Pixel Watch compares to future Fitbit fashions just like the Fitbit Sense 2, given the corporate has promised to make use of Put on OS on future Fitbit smartwatches.

As for the Pixel Watch specs, 9to5Google discovered code hidden in a Google replace indicating that the Pixel Watch (codename Rohan) will use an Exynos chipset, quite than the Snapdragon mannequin present in most Put on OS 3-eligible watches. That implies Google might copy Samsung and use the 5nm Exynos W920 as an alternative — possible together with the identical 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage — or use the next-generation Exynos chip.

We do not but know the watch’s measurement, weight, battery capability, or another key info. However an aforementioned leak prompt the watch requires every day charging, which is disappointing however anticipated.