After making its own Pixel-branded smartphones for years, Google is now finally gearing up to launch its own smartwatch in the market, dubbed Pixel Watch. Ahead of the launch, many details about the upcoming device have surfaced online.

Now, it appears that more details about the Pixel Watch have been revealed, including the watchfaces through the Android Studio emulator image that Google published earlier this year for Wear OS 3.0.

Currently, the emulator in Android Studio is the only way to experience what the stock version of Wear OS 3 will be like on future watches. The 9to5Google team found a video within the emulator that shows a variety of watch faces that will be available on an upcoming Wear OS device.

About 10 different watchfaces have been revealed, including one that shows Fitbit logo. Two of these watchfaces were also seen on the renders of the Pixel Watch. This further indicates that the leaked watchfaces will make their way to the actual smartwatch and are not just for demo purposes.

Based on the previous leaks, the upcoming Pixel Watch will have a minimal bezel and a slight curve and feature a physical button. It is expected to come powered by a custom-made SoC that will be manufactured by Samsung using the 5nm process.

It will be running the latest Wear OS 3.0 as the operating system which is a merged version of the Wear OS based on Android and Samsung’s Tizen OS. The South Korean giant’s Galaxy Watch4 and Watch4 Classic were the first devices to run this new version of the wearable operating system.

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Are you a proud owner of the Xiaomi Mi Band 4? Then, you should look at this transparent looking custom watchface for the Mi Band 4. It is developed by a Reddit user named ranashok. He has inserted a picture of the skin as a background on the watchface to give a transparent impression while wearing it in on the wrist.

It is somewhat different from the already present massive bundle of watchfaces available at the Amazfit store. Along with the background, the developer added time, step counter and battery status helping users to keep a tap on the important metrics. Are you looking to try this cleverly designed watchface? Then follow the steps below carefully:

Pre-Requisites:

• MiFit App
• File Manager – Most of the devices always have some default file manager.
• Download the new Transparent custom Watchface.

Steps to Install the WatchFace on Mi band 4:

1. Download the custom watchface from the link above.
2. Install the Mi Fit application on your phone.
3. Follow this guide to install the Watchface on Mi Band 4.

The ability to install custom watch faces on Mi band 4 has opened ways for customization on smart fitness bands. Many advanced users have appreciated the move to install custom watchface.

Up Next: Best watchfaces that you should try on Xiaomi Mi Band 4

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No. 1 is a company that is known for producing really affordable products. I just came across the G6 smartwatch, which offers a lot of value for the price of just $28. Learn more in our review.

Thanks to Gearbest for sending the NO.1 G6 smartwatch for a review.

VIDEO REVIEW

UNBOXING

The watch ships with the USB cable, an extra strap and some paperwork.

DESIGN AND DISPLAY

When it comes to the design, the watch is surprisingly well-made considering its low price. However, we have mainly plastic used in the construction.

As far as comfort, the watch is pretty comfortable to wear on the daily basis, which does not happen with all cheap watches.

The watch can work independently or connected to your phone via the Bluetooth.

As for the display, it is not the sharpest out there but it is readable both indoors and outdoors.

You can select from a few watch faces or you can download a few more using the app. However, the watch has only 32MB of internal memory, so you can really download much stuff.

FEATURES, USER INTERFACE

You can navigate through the menus using the touchscreen or the side buttons.

The watch runs on the custom-made UI, which has quite a few features and settings to play with. Just to name a few, you can use the watch as a dialer or read SMS messages, control your phone’s camera, receive notifications from Facebook, Whatsapp etc. Both pedometer and heart rate monitor sensors are pretty accurate as I compared the results with the Xiaomi Mi Band 2.

The watch has all other standard features as a sedentary reminder, alarm clock etc.

One of the cool features that work great is the lift to wake. It is really convenient in practice.

THE APP

You can also sync your fitness data with the FundoWear app, which is also used for other cheap China smartwatches.

Within the app, you can check your steps counter, sleep and heart rate patterns, adjust a few settings and so on.

BATTERY LIFE

As for battery life, I could get just 2 days out of this watch, which is just an average result.

CONCLUSIONS

The No.1 G6 is a really capable cheap smartwatch as it has been working fine so far. It costs just $28 but you are getting quite a lot of features that are packed in a nicely-designed body. It’s definitely not the best smartwatch in general, but it is definitely one of the best in this price range.

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