Awesome Tips Pixel Watch 2 Review: Google Gets It Mostly Right This Time
With auto workout detection and stress tracking, the Pixel Watch 2 feels like what the first one should have been.
With auto workout detection and stress tracking, the Pixel Watch 2 feels like what the first one should have been.
00:00 Is the Pixel Watch 2 the upgrade we have been waiting for?
00:22 New exercise features
02:51 Performance
03:20 Battery life
04:39 Final thoughts
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Great review!
If the battery life was such a big issue (it is) then I really think a review should have spent a significant portion on it.
Review is so bad and so American. No fact based or number based tests
That so called Fitbit integration is just forced shopping and exactly what's holding me back from buying a Pixel watch. One has to keep on paying extra in order to decently use a watch one has already paid for.
The massive draw back for me isn't so much battery life as it is battery degradation. If you were to buy a conventional watch you can be assured you have a timepiece that will last a lifetime if you look after it. Just swap out a coin battery every year or two and you're sweet. But if the Pixel Watch (and indeed any smart watch, to be clear) has a battery life that is only decent on the day you buy it, what's it going to be like in three years time? We shouldn't have to keep buying a brand new device just because of battery degradation. For me, user replaceable batteries should be the highest priority. We should be able to get 10 years out of these things. I really don't think this is unreasonable, especially given the price of smart watches.
Stop moving your body to every single word
I think it's worth $299
So I'm not going to talk bad about you. Just answer this. How long does the battery last without always on display?
I thought Xaiomi watch 2 pro is the best android watch
So it's basically a fitness monitor and if you want full advantage of it, it's $10 a month more. I'll guess I'll go with the ear buds on the pixel 8 deal.
I like the design. It's much more comfortable then apple and galaxy watches. I have the original I really liked it. New version looks like it's going to fix what I didn't like before. Battery workout detection etc.
Great review!!
As long as the pixel watch 2 has a more responsive UI than the Sense 2 I'm sold.
Love my first gen pixel watch so I can't wait to get the 2nd!
Google we wan a free watch with pixel 8 pro in australia
I hope you plan on doing a longer-term review on this. Let us know how it works after say 3 months.
Testing the heart rate accuracy while sitting still isn't that helpful
It's a shame they can't measure sugar
This is too much tech. Get a life and live simply.
So they want me to pay $350 for the watch then $120 a yr to use the best features on the watch??
How do you use the heart rate zones feature? That doesn't appear in run settings for me.
I'm sticking with my Fitbit Sense. The battery life is much better.
Does it still have the 80% bezel of the first one?
Would have been pretty cool if you tested the watch for a full day of heavy use (long exercise, etc). Curious how long the battery lasts in those situations.
So you need a subscription to FitBit to basically use the watch?? π
Same design with the same ridiculous bezel, check. Still no repair options, check. Requiring a premium subscription to fitbit to get the best health data while trying to compete with Juggernauts like Apple and Samsung who do not, check. Only one size to alienate an entire demographic, check. It's like they learned NOTHING from the last year.
Battery time still in hours.. in stead of days or weeks. ππ©
What a way to really gloss over battery life giving basically no info…"When I did nothing, it lasted long! When I did things, it drained faster"…duh? How about dive deeper into that, like how good/bad the drain was?
That Fitbit Subscription is a real downer for that otherwise really attractive device!
Very good review!!
That bezel …
Prepare to get it for free since no hardly anyone will buy one π
that battery life is pretty disappointing…. my fitbit versa 2 is 5 years old and only goes down to about 66% after one day.. and charges up to 99% while I do the morning routine..
Google should make a pixel note Ultra 2024..π―π―π―π―π―
Nice!