Living With Google’s Pixel Watch for 3 Months Told Me Everything

Doing updates at months 1 and a pair of with out leaping again in with one other at month 3 doesn’t make sense in my mind, so hey, we’re again to briefly speak about life with a Pixel Watch after 1 / 4 of a yr. Yeah, I’ve had Google’s first smartwatch on the wrist for a lot of the previous 3 months should you can imagine it.

For individuals who missed it, taking a look at my review, 1 month check-in, and 2 month check-in could be price it earlier than transferring on on this publish as a result of this actually will likely be transient. I don’t have a lot so as to add after 3 months, since nothing has actually modified. I do have a few notes to make, although.

Loads of the identical

After a full 3 months of life with the Google Pixel Watch, I can’t precisely say that I anticipated main adjustments to return to it or for the expertise to alter a lot from that first few weeks, and effectively, that’s the place we’re. The Pixel Watch at present is just like the Pixel Watch from month 1 and that’s OK.

Which means the design continues to be fantastic, efficiency is superb, battery life is a full day+ (with AOD off), and I’m totally invested within the Fitbit integration. It additionally means I’ve the identical gripes about software program adjustments I’d prefer to see, that the band state of affairs isn’t nice except you purchase these cheap adapters, and that I’d love to have the ability to go away the always-on show on every day with out fear.

General, I nonetheless very very similar to the Pixel Watch, even when I can clearly admit that it isn’t excellent. It’s at the moment my most popular smartwatch and possibly will likely be for some time since there may be nothing on the horizon that I see changing it. Samsung watches simply aren’t for me.

A few updates

If there may be one space that has shocked me some, it’s in updates. Google pushed out updates to the Pixel Watch out of the box and in both December and January to handle numerous bugs. Whereas I wouldn’t essentially name both of them a significant replace, they had been updates!

I feel my shock there comes from the shortage of updates from most Android smartwatch makers. Samsung is fairly good at updating their watches, however the remainder of the trade is horrible at it. My mind has clearly been poisoned by historical past and I most likely ought to have anticipated Google to be higher. I’m glad to see that they’ve been.

I sit up for usually scheduled updates and hopefully that results in Characteristic Drop goodies.

I purchased this goofy new case-band and sort of prefer it

The parents at Caseology made a Pixel Watch case/band known as the Nano Pop that prices $29.99 (buy it here). It’s a silicon case that wraps across the Pixel Watch after which doubles because the band that wraps your wrist. It utterly adjustments the general vibe of the Pixel Watch, turning it into extra of a sport watch (like a Garmin or Polar) than the traditional styling I like a lot out of the field.

That mentioned, I completely purchased it. Sure, I’m conscious of how goofy it’s and that it hides the Pixel Watch’s fantastic design, however I like attempting new issues. I additionally spend lots of time within the health club and have banged the Pixel Watch sufficient that I’m anxious it gained’t be lengthy earlier than I severely scratch its domed glass or crack it. So I’m giving this a spin! I’ll let you understand how it goes.

Went on a visit, left the Pixel Watch behind

If there may be one piece of stories that I completely need to share concerning the previous month with the Pixel Watch, it’s within the determination I made earlier than leaving on a visit I took a few week in the past. When assessing the entire crap I’d need to deliver with me on a 4-night tour, I checked out my Pixel Watch after which talked softly to it earlier than taking it off and leaving it on my workplace desk. I as an alternative swapped it for an Apple Watch Extremely.

Why? Battery life and charging. As straightforward as it’s to take the Pixel Watch off every morning and slap it on a charger whereas at residence, I used to be anxious that discovering the time to let that occur when on a visit wouldn’t be really easy. Once we journey, we attempt to do stuff your complete time, so which means out and in of a rental, into the woods or a brewery or on a child journey and again once more.

I knew the Apple Watch Extremely would final 2-3 days on a single cost and wouldn’t be one thing I’d fear about. It additionally costs fairly quick and I understood that it will take a single cost in the course of the journey quite than 4 of them on the Pixel Watch.

So actually what it boiled right down to was that it was one other factor I didn’t wish to fear about. I’m now again on the Pixel Watch with this goofy case, however thought I’d let you understand about that call if for some motive you had been questioning about an upcoming journey of yours. That’s the selection I made. I’ll make a unique one subsequent time.

Different Pixel Watch house owners, ideas after 3 months?