Google Pixel Watch

“the most accurate GPS in a watch is the new Pixel Watch from Google, and its accuracy comes from uploading the GPS signal to Google”

“But then you have to charge the watch for awhile before bed, wear it overnight, then charge it again in the morning.”

“The most important thing I bought it for was Health Tracking. Although I still don't understand why it ask me to do tacking sessions when I am simply walking faster.”

“The watch is provisioned like a normal eSIM-equipped phone, since that's what it is.”

“I would have preferred the old one because of battery life.”

“the killer feature is the ability to handle calls/texts without an actual phone”

“the "Google" label means it comes with data collection and privacy invasion baked in at no additional cost”

“So I have to bring a charger when going camping/multi-day hike etc... This is a rather big deal-breaker.”

“Feels so much better than having a phone with me”

“I just charge my watch while I'm in the shower. It's more than enough.”

“my battery life increased by at least double”

“The charge is magnetic, so it's really obvious when it's actually charging.”

“My Pixel Watch 4 lasts me two days (with AOD turned on)”

“If anyone messages me and I need to talk to them before I get home, I call them from my watch.”

“There's also differential GPS and advanced algorithms to create significantly better results.”

“gen 1 sucked at being smart watch and at being a fitness tracker”

“The round just looks better and far fewer people actively use the interface on the watch”

“The 30 hours is when you have all the functionality enabled all the time.”

“This is almost fine until god forbid you forget to charge it.”

“Most of the UI shots look awkward on a round screen with anything not in the very center getting cut off a bunch.”

“The charger on the 4 both sucks and blows. Countless times I've taken it off the charger to find 0%.”

“I was very surprised by work put into making replacing the battery easy on the Pixel Watch 4”

“battery barely lasts a day, if even that. I didn't know this going in. Will never buy another one.”

“having to charge every day seems like a major regression”

“with my Pixel watch, while driving, I can see enough of the message to get an idea if it's important or not”

“Going with the Pixel Watch LTE and then doing same custom app development might make more sense”

“ive been using a pixel watch and element messenger for exactly this for a few months. works great.”

“Apple gets a 3/10 for repairability to Google's 9/10 on their latest Pixel Watch 4.”

“They completely changed their watch design for the Pixel Watch 4 so that it is actually repairable”

“There are some rabbit holes to go down though before it works reliably.”

“With Pixel Watch I can still understand all the little bugs”

“even for a 2-3 line text message I have to scroll to read it because it gets cut out by the roundness”

“I'm personally happy with the 3 days I'm getting out of my Pixel Watch 4”

“Pixel Watch 4 has significantly improved the situation. Now I routinely get at least 3 days out of it”

“I think the Pixel Watch 1, 2 and 3 were a big disappointment in terms of battery life.”

“I understand that it is entirely separate from the phone.”

“NFC payments via Google Wallet running on my Pixel Watch 3 connected to a phone running GrapheneOS works just fine.”

“Last week, they pushed an update that broke all of the features on the watch unless I agreed to allow Google to train their AI on my content.”

“A year of firmware updates later, I am back down to less than 2 days using the same settings.”

“I really like the look of the Pixel watch 4's approach to this”