After a long wait, a Google-made watch is finally here. It’s called the Pixel Watch. The wearable runs on Wear OS 3.5 and brings the best of both Google and Fitbit. The smartwatch will go on sale next week, but ahead of that, the device’s official app is now available for download on Google Play.

Google Smartwatch’s Wear OS does not support the new user interface of the Pixel Watch, so it has its own app for setup and settings configuration. Currently, the application is only available on Google Play. It cannot be paired with iPhones because the watch requires an Android 8.0 or newer phone and a Google Account.

With the Pixel Watch app, users will be able to customize the watch face and configure phone notifications. Furthermore, it supports Google Maps for better navigation. The exercise and daily heart rate will be linked with the Fitbit app. The app isn’t of much use unless you have a Pixel Watch, which you, of course, don’t have at this moment.

As mentioned, Google launched its first-ever smartwatch yesterday alongside the Pixel 7 series. The smartwatch comes with a domed, circular glass display and is comparatively smaller than most premium smartwatches launched this fall. The watch’s case measures 41mm and is 12.3mm thin.

The watch is powered by Samsung’s older Exynos 9110 chip, which is also found under the hood of the Galaxy Watch 3. However, the Pixel Watch also features an additional Cortex M33 co-processor to optimize battery life. It packs 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

The Pixel Watch has a 294mAh battery and is claimed to last for 24 hours of usage. It is also water resistant to up to 5 ATMs and supports Bluetooth 5.0, LTE, Wi-Fi, and NFC for contactless payments.

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The hype around the unreleased Google Pixel Watch does not show any signs of waning. The headline smart wearable has been on the front burner for several days with a raft of details being released. Yet another component of the Pixel Watch jigsaw says the smartwatch will have a 300mAh battery. The Pixel Watch will also offer cellular connectivity, as the internal makeup of the device is gradually being unraveled.

This week has seen the first hands-on pictures of the Pixel Watch and the hint that it will only be available in select markets. The price range of the Pixel Watch has also been speculated to range between $300 and $400. Three different variants of the smart wearable have also been spotted. Although the expected battery life of the Pixel Watch is yet to be specified, we could expect between 24 hours and 40 hours of power for the device. Some close models in terms of battery capacity include the Galaxy Watch 4, the Fossil Gen 6, and the Skagen Falster Gen 6.

The new WearOS of the Pixel Watch could provide greater optimizations than earlier OS models. This could mean better battery performance. The charging potential of the Pixel Watch is still unknown at this time, which is also an important metric. There are a few other details about the Pixel Watch that are still prominent in the rumor mills. The tempo of leaks around the Pixel Watch could indicate an imminent launch, but the specifics are still lacking.

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