It’s hard to justify a Fitbit when the Amazfit GTR 4 looks better, lasts longer, and has way more features than you’d expect.
Google’s new smartwatch has a proprietary strap mount that looks great, but can be a little tricky to navigate when you want to switch out bands. So we thought we’d offer some advice on the easiest way to deal with it.
Early Kickstarter darling and smartwatch pioneer Pebble was purchased by Fitbit which ended support back in 2018. Google recently bought Fitbit, and two days ago it updated the official Pebble App to provide compatibility with the new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The app is no longer hosted on the Play Store but the APK is signed using the official Pebble keys for an easy update. Good on ya Goog.
As with laptops, phones, and other tech, you need to clean your watch throughly so that all traces of your personal info is gone before you give it away, trade it away, or recycle it. It’s not hard — here’s how.
You can pick between the Trail Loop, Alpine Loop, and Ocean Band based on the type of athlete you are, but it’s got to fit your daily life, too
Courtesy of Google’s blog post announcing its new Messages features today, we’ve gotten a look at what a Pixel Watch could be if it didn’t have that giant bezel on it.
Sadly, Google’s since removed the image, but it’s clear that someone there wishes the Pixel Watch had a bigger screen instead of its racetrack bezel.
Not the way that we did during our review, but if you want to see everything that makes the Pixel Watch go, the folks at iFixit can show you. Ultimately, it’s a very first-gen product, inside and out, but has some interesting elements, like a replaceable back cover.
Google’s Pixel Watch has a striking design with a domed glass top. At the same time, it’s a strikingly-fragile design — one of our review units developed a crack along the screen without getting dropped or getting smacked into anything.
Unsurprisingly, there are already cases you can buy to put on the Pixel Watch to attempt to protect it. (There’s also an entire industry of similar Apple Watch cases, which I’ll never understand.) But if you need to put a case on top of your new, sleek smartwatch, perhaps it’s not a great design for a wearable device.
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If you were eyeing the Apple Watch Ultra but didn’t like its matte titanium finish and orange action button, well now you can get one polished to a shine thanks to a jeweler based in Arizona.
That shine will cost you: it’s about $1,500, or nearly twice the cost of a dull Apple Watch Ultra. But you’ll likely be the only one at the company retreat with a shiny Ultra, while all those basic bros have the same matte finish one.
After announcing its first smartwatch running the latest version of Google’s wearable operating system last week, 9to5Google is reporting that the software is now out for Fossil Gen 6 watches with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4100 Plus processor. The update reportedly delivers redesigned Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer apps, among other improvements.
Google’s Pixel Watch uses a proprietary strap mounting system that prevents standard straps from attaching to it. But if you happen to buy one of Google’s $79.99 Crafted Leather Bands, you can wedge a strap pin tool between its lugs and pop the strap off Google’s special mount. Then you can fit whatever 20mm strap you want in its place.
Here’s a brown leather strap that I bought for a Samsung watch a couple years ago fitting just fine. I don’t understand why Google isn’t selling a brown strap for the Pixel Watch, so I took matters into my own hands.
The Pixel Watch has an extremely domed glass surface that’s not supported by any border or framing. It’s begging to be cracked, and despite its Gorilla Glass surface, one of our review units cracked in less than a week. I would not be surprised if this is a common occurrence for Pixel Watch owners once they get into more hands. Check out Victoria Song’s review for more.
This year’s mobile device releases have been clear: friendship ended with phones, smartwatches are new best friend now.
Apple, Google, and Samsung all released some of the most iterative updates to their flagship phones we’ve seen in years, but all three of them have rolled out new, interesting takes on the smartwatch. It’s the first time in over half a decade we’ve seen this much attention showered on the wrist computer and I’m here for it.
