Last year, Google introduced its first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch, which boasted a round dial and high-end features. Since its release, the tech giant has continuously upgraded the wearable device with updates and improvements. And a latest significant update released recently by the company introduces several new changes to the Pixel Watch’s functionality. Here are the details.

As reported by 9to5Google, Pixel Watch is now receiving the promised March 2023 update, two weeks after it was originally expected. The update comes packed with several new features and improvements and bumps the security patch level to March 5, 2023.

Pixel Watch

The update has build number RWDA.230114.008.R1 with an RWDA.230114.008.J2 variant for units sold in Japan and Taiwan. Compared to the updates from the past three months, this latest release is a substantial one, bringing improvements to Watch Faces, Display, Touch, Alarms, and Settings. According to the support document, the following changes have been introduced:

Watch Faces

  • Digital Clock is now available with button press when the device is powered down. The time will now appear upon crown push, alongside the red low battery indicator.

Display

  • In addition to tap, tilt, button press to wake the watch, you can now rotate the Crown to wake.

Touch

  • Optimizations have been added to improve sensitivity of touch screen behavior.

Settings

  • Battery saver enable/disable single tap support in QSS has been fully enabled in this release.

Alarms

  • In the coming weeks, a fix will be rolled out via PlayStore to update the Clock app that addresses some alarms which have been having a delayed or false start. 
  • Ensure Auto-update apps is selected in Play Store > Settings on your watch and you will get this update once it’s available when your watch is on charger and connected to Wi-Fi.

As highlighted in the March Feature Drop post, these features are now also available with this software update:

Settings

  • Mono-audio which limits the disorientation of split-audio
  • New color-correction and greyscale modes that better optimize the display for a wider range of vision preferences.

 Fall Detection

  • Your Pixel Watch now has fall detection which can detect if you’ve taken a hard fall and connect you to emergency services. Once connected to emergency services, your Pixel Watch will play an automated message to request help to wherever you are.

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