Google's Answer to the Apple Watch Leaks in a Closer Look Ahead of Official Reveal

[MacRumors]

New images of Google's upcoming "Pixel Watch" have been leaked online ahead of when the company is expected to provide more information on its first in-house smartwatch during an event on Thursday, October 6.

Google initially offered a preview of the Pixel Watch during its Google I/O conference over the summer. The Pixel Watch is the first smartwatch directly from Google and an answer to the Apple Watch, which has dominated the smartwatch market. The Pixel Watch is powered by Wear OS and, as expected, includes health and fitness functionality and integration with Android devices and even the iPhone.

The Pixel Watch design has already been leaked beyond what Google shared over the summer, but new images leaked on Twitter alleging to be marketing material offer a closer look at the Pixel Watch UI and some of its features. The images reveal that the Pixel Watch will charge similarly to the Apple Watch with a round charger on the back.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577565742203027459

Unlike the Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch offers a circular design and display with a bezel around the edges. An image part of the leak on Twitter reveals just how large the bezels appear, making the actual area of usable display smaller than what it may seem to be. Like the Apple Watch, the images depict the Pixel Watch making phone calls, tracking heart rate and steps, displaying custom watch faces with complications from apps, and more.

The exact pricing of the Pixel Watch remains unknown, but some rumors indicate it may cost $349 for the Wi-Fi-only version and $399 for added cellular functionality. If those prices are accurate, the Pixel Watch would directly compete with the Apple Watch Series 8, which starts at $399.

Article Link: Google's Answer to the Apple Watch Leaks in a Closer Look Ahead of Official Reveal

 

[berrymetal]

Apple Watch? I am confusion

 

[midkay]

Jeez those bezels are THICC

 

[macsplusmacs]

ALL THAT BEZILLLLLLLLL

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

It looks nice but looks too fragile to me. Definitely not a rugged edition.

 

[iJulio]

It's a nice watch for Android users, but I wonder how it will fare sales-wise. Google Pixel products historically don't really sell a lot outside niche fans/users.

 

[gammamonk]

I don't own a smart watch, but I have a Seiko and the entire thing is as thick as that crown. How can this be comfortable.

 

[jclardy]

That is an incredible amount of bezel...can you even fit a 140 character SMS on the screen? I know that UI is likely spaced out like that so that it is touch friendly, but you can literally see just one item at a time...

 

[Pezimak]

A very nice simple design. Looks classy ignoring those bezels.

 

[GuruZac]

Wow, this looks like something that would have been competitive with Series 0/1. Yikes.

 

[chucker23n1]

It looks like Luigi Colani got up from his grave just to do one final bad "design" with more curves than sense.

 

[macsplusmacs]

It's very nice of Google to include some screen with that Bezel.

 

[spiderman0616]

I actually don't mind the design of this, but anyone who invests any time or money into any product from this company other than an Android phone or Google search is a fool. They will have a completely different wearables department 2 years from now with an all new team and OS and this device will no longer be supported.

 

[jclardy]

Also just a design thing - but the hour hand on that default watch face is way to thick. Every 3 hours one of your complications will be unusable for about 45 minutes...

To be fair, Apple has this same issue, but on a smaller scale given AW's smaller hand thickness. But it does make me wonder why we haven't gotten a "sliding" complication face where the complications shift in a circle to avoid being blocked by the hands. It's the main benefit of being a digital watch - the watch face can do literally anything you want it to.

 

[xxray]

It's so round and bezel-y. I think round watches look nicer, but that's a lot of cutoff screen real estate on an already small device.

How come a Moto360 watch from 2014 (8 years ago) looks nicer than this?

 

[co.ag.2005]

It looks nice but looks too fragile to me. Definitely not a rugged edition.

you're in luck! they also sell a stick on bezel bumper!

Here's the Pixel Watch Active band in Coral and a 3rd-party bezel case [Gallery]

The Pixel Watch has thoroughly leaked ahead of Thursday, but here's a look at the Coral Active band, as well as a bezel case...

9to5google.com

 

[macsplusmacs]

How come a Moto360 watch from 2014 (8 years ago) looks nicer than this?

Because google is a whole LOT better at stalking you over the internet and selling you ads, then they are at hardware design.

 

[iJulio]

I actually don't mind the design of this, but anyone who invests any time or money into any product from this company other than an Android phone or Google search is a fool. They will have a completely different wearables department 2 years from now with an all new team and OS and this device will no longer be supported.

This is unfortunately true.

 

[Corsig]

From the leaks I’ve seen the watch faces are really nice. Would be great to have more selections available

 

[macsplusmacs]

Marketing Idea for Google:

The new Google Bezel wearable: now includes SOME screen!

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Makes me really glad the Apple Watch isn’t circular.

 

[MauiPa]

yechhh. ghastly

 

[Princejb134]

if you can't beat them, copy them

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I know some people want a round watch but this shows the problem with that. Look how much less data fits on the screen. Only way to make a circular smartwatch work well, would be to have a giant one.

 

[BornAgainMac]

So much happier with the Ultra.

FYI, if you have a M1 Mac or iOS device and don't know Japanese, you can translate that text by just highlighting it.

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