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The MacRumors Show: Can Google Finally Beat Apple With Pixel Watch?
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I've learned in life never to buy something solely for price. In this case, the Apple Ecosystem is so refined, it is worth a little more money for the better experience.
Are you really asking that on a site dedicated to unverified Apple rumors, which by their very nature are clickbaity.
As oppose to Apple Fitness+ where you have to subscribe after 3 months?!🤣
If it integrates well with the Pixel Phone, and the other Google services then it's a win for Google fans. I tried the Samsung S20 Note Ultra, and at that time the Samsung S3 watch to see how it compared to Apple. It was just too clunky and wasn't as refined or as easy as it's Apple's counterparts.
a circular watch with a UI made for a rectangular display will always be inherently inferior due to the miss-match of the hardware and software
Except apple doesn't charge for more stats, they charge for workouts ...
But when so many people upgrade their smartwatches every 1-2 years, does that really matter?
Agree.
I think Google quite obviously aren't going for something that's supposed to beat Apple Watch.
It's much more about creating something that is distinctly different from any other smart watch in both aesthetics and features.
A lot of consumers have been begging for a completely circular smart watch ever since the first Apple Watch came out.
And while I don't love every part of the Pixel Watch design, I must say it's the most elegant out of all circular smart watches I've seen to date.
I'm assuming the design and small size doesn't lend itself to a lot of sensors or great specs.
But hey, this is a step in a new direction and I think it could be something really great if they stick to it for a couple of years.
I wish they will do. It could be the biggest kick of motivation for Apple for trying even harder. Competition is healthy.
Definitely.
A smart watch is only as good as it's hardware and software integration.
I'm worried Google thinks the hardware is enough to make Pixel Watch a success. But we'll see.
How can you call anything a “Pixel” when you leave no room for actual pixels? ALL border, no display.
This! Apple has never been as complacent as this year.
It's hard to blame them when the competition is so weak.
But I really hope Google steps up and puts some effort into the Pixel Watch and sticks to improving the hardware with new, annual Watch releases.
Can Google Finally Beat Apple With Pixel Watch?
No. But notice the first reference, "The Pixel Watch features a striking round design.” All some competitor has to have is some design or feature the Apple product doesn’t have and the chase is on. Rectangle vs Round has been the rallying cry since day one as to why the Apple Watch is eventually doomed. You don't even have to listen to this podcast to know that.
Yeah, and when I was a teenager it was the Ford gearhead fanboys trashing Chevy fanboys and Chevy gearhead fanboys trashing Ford. Nothing has changed.
Not sure why round faces get such push back. A lot of people like them, WearOS was designed to accommodate both styles, and if you primarily use your watch with round face optimized apps its really not a big deal.
I wear a 38mm Rolex Oyster Perpetual. It is not "dainty" for my wrist size, it is a classic vintage, timeless size.
Human language and perception favor squares. We see a big rectangle. Writing is designed to be written in lines and square blocks. Unless a screen is so large the edges don't matter, round just doesn't work.
The only reason clocks are round is because of sundials. It makes sense, but as soon as you want to put more than a very small amount of text basically dead center, it's not a good design anymore.
Apple did the right thing by offering a round clock and letting you use the rectangle edges. If you aren't using a round clock, everything else is laid out properly.
Google has been in love with whitespace for like a decade for some reason, so they see nothing wrong with giving you a teeny amount of text and wasting all the other space.
