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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Stylish, performant, and full of useful features

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  _____ *Pros: -Bright and crispy screen with slim bezels and silky-smooth glass. -Clickity and responsive crown. -Light and comfortable to wear all day. -Excellent battery life on and off the wrist with quick recharging speed. -Wear OS 6.0 is snappy with fast app launch times and smooth animations. -The side button above the crown opens the Recents menu, which is very useful. -The speaker is decently loud and clear. -Tracks health metrics and exercises very well. -5ATM waterproof and IP68 rating. -Supports emergency satellite communication. -Very comfortable wristband. -Robust app store. -Comes with 6 months of Fitbit Premium membership. _____ *Neutral: -No VO2 max data measurement. -No body composition measurement. -Installing the wristband was finicky and frustrating. _____ *Cons: -No charging brick included, just a charging cable. -$9.99/month for workout suggestions and information that the competition makes available for free I’ve been a long-time wearer of smartwatches from the South Korean camp, and I never felt a desire to try a smartwatch from a different brand until I saw the Google Pixel Watch 4. Compared to the latest offering from Samsung, the more stylish and modern look of the Watch 4 caught my attention. Upon seeing, feeling, and wearing the Watch 4 for the first time, I knew I made a good choice. The domed, curved Actua 360 AMOLED display is striking, bright, and very stylish, and I appreciate the slim bezels all around. The watch has a minimalist look but it projects premium vibes. The glass is silky smooth, and it’s highly responsive to my taps and swipes. The crown rotates smoothly and predictably, and it also offers a satisfying clickity feel and sound. The side button located above the crown launches the Recent Apps function, and I found myself using it quite often to quickly jump between apps. Thanks to the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor with a Cortex-M55 co-processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage, the Pixel Watch 4 is snappy and responsive. Apps launch quickly, and the transition animations don’t lag or have annoying janks. When compared to my previous daily driver – the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic – the Pixel Watch 4 is faster turning the screen on and off, have smoother animations, and launch apps and voice-activated functions way faster and with more accuracy, especially when it comes to using the “Hey Google” or Google Gemini voice interactions. The speaker is decently loud, and although it’s not an ideal way of carrying a long conversation due to privacy and volume reasons, it’s good enough for short and quick chats. Fortunately, the watch is also very comfortable to wear all day long. It’s relatively light, and the soft silicone watch band wraps around my wrist without causing wrist strain or pain, even when I’m typing away at work for eight hours long. I initially thought I would hate the silicone band and was planning on ordering a fabric band. To my pleasant surprise, it’s very well-made annd comfortable. I still might get a blue fabric band though just to switch things up once in a while. 😊 My main exercises are resistance training, running, and cycling, and I was quite satisfied with the accuracy of the sensors that tracked my heart rate, pace, calories burned, and form analysis. I also appreciated the more accurate and reliable location tracking made possible by the dual-frequency GPS built into the watch. Compared to the competition, I was disappointed to see that the Pixel Watch 4 was missing two functions I was used to having – VO2 max analysis and body composition measurement. Although I know they aren’t known to be highly accurate in a smartwatch, having those measurements are still useful and nice because it enables one to keep track of historical trends and get a sense of fitness progress and development. Hopefully Google will include those functions in the future. When it comes to the software and ecosystem side of things, Google has done a pretty good job setting them up. Wear OS 6 is snappy and performant, and the app store offers a huge library of useful apps, both free and paid. The default watch faces are fun, stylish, and useful, and the Google Pixel Watch app offers a myriad of options to set up and customize the Watch 4 to your liking via a well-organized and intuitively laid out app design. Besides looking good on the wrist, being fast and responsive, and having a strong ecosystem for apps, the Pixel Watch 4 is fortunately a battery life champ. Even with the Always-On display function activated, the battery got me through two days of usage. The charger recharges the watch very quickly, and its side mount design means you can lay the watch down on its side and be able to easily see the time and other information. The 5ATM waterproof and IP68 dust and water resistance ratings are no longer novelties but it’s always nice to have them than not so no complaints there. All in all, I think the Pixel Watch 4 is a fantastic smartwatch worthy of being strapped onto everyone’s wrists. It’s stylish and premium looking, it’s light and comfortable, the performance and battery life are great, the health fitness sensors and tracking are reliable and accurate, and the app ecosystem is robust and diverse. It’s not THE perfect smartwatch for me yet (due to some missing fitness functions), but the Pixel Watch 4 still has several strong and compelling traits that elevate it to a top-tier level, making it an easy recommendation to friends and family. I give it 4.5 Stars.

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  This review is from Google - Pixel Watch 4 (41mm) - Wi-Fi - Matte Black Case - Obsidian Band - (2025)

  Posted 3 weeks ago by optimummind

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Best SmartWatch for Android Phones

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  Google has really put Samsung and even Apple on notice with its latest Pixel Devices and the new Pixel Watch 4 continues that trend. Ever bit as beautiful and well designed as its Apple counterpart, this watch does everything that one does but with the one big advantage of better AI. The watch is sleek and modern looking. The screen is bright. All the fitness features you want are built in. It has excellent battery life. And it does all this while staying lightweight and comfortable to wear. Having owned an Apple Watch for several years, I wasn't sure I'd like moving from the square screen to a round screen. It felt like that might be giving up some real estate and have a negative impact and reading text or scrolling through apps. It doesn't! In fact, it made me feel like Apple's squareness was just a gimmicky way to be different but not better. The round face on the Pixel 4 works just as well for everything and I dare say looks better than a square one. It definitely has a sleeker and more elegant look to it which I really love. The watch is very light weight and comfortable to wear. I love the way the band attaches and detaches from the watch. It took a minute to figure it out but once I did, I was super impressed by the engineers behind it. It's way better than the Apple Watch - so much easier; and better than any detachable watch band system I've used before. The crown is nice and easy to use whether pushing or twisting. The secondary button works fine, but I wish they had put it on the side of the watch opposite the crown rather than above the crown. It can be a little awkward to push because of the placement - it still works fine though and isn't a bad thing. I just would have preferred it on the left side instead. The screen is amazing - super bright. Easy to read even outside in the sun. It appears almost bezelless. The touch sensitivity is dead on. Even when I was typing on the tiny little keyboard, I had no problem selecting the correct letters. The layout of everything is excellent. Scrolling through apps is great. Getting into settings is easy. Reading notifications on the phone is as good as any watch I've ever used. Everything is super crisp and clear. The fitness features are, as you would suspect, excellent since Google owns FitBit and all the algorithms and functionality of those devices are built into this watch. Recording workouts is easy and works well. The built in gps has done a great job keeping up with my walking miles without the need for my phone to be with me. Tracking your heart rate is great and seems to be dead on accurate. Keeping up with your sleep patterns over time is simple. You can really be as detailed or not as you want to be with your health metrics. This watch does it all so you can dial it in and get super advanced if you want. Or, if you're like me, you can just use it for the simple stuff like keeping up with your steps, recording your walks, and occasionally checking your heart rate. Having Gemini on my watch is my favorite new thing. Gemini is possibly the best AI out there and having access to it right on my wrist is very cool. The speaker on the watch is great so when asking Gemini for information I can read it on the watch or just listen - either way works! And I love the fact that Gemini is also my phone assistant and so I can use it on my watch to not just get answers and information, but also to control things or send a text message. It all works very well together. The perfect pairing is the Pixel Watch with the Pixel 10 Phone - in that case you have a combo that in many ways beats an Apple Watch with an iPhone especially with the much better AI. I love that this watch has some of the latest and most advanced safety features built in. Thankfully, I haven't had to use any of them yet, but it's good to know that has SOS Satellite Communications built in (only available on the "ultra" versions of competitor watches) as well as loss of pulse detection, fall detection, car crash detection, and a smart "safety check" feature that allows you to set a time if you're walking alone that will alert someone if the timer goes off without you letting it know you're okay. Google Wallet on Pixel 4 works exactly as it should for quick and easy payments. Google Maps also works really well even without a phone around. If you're heavy into the Google ecosystem you can also use it with Google TV and Nest devices. The battery is super impressive. I've been charging it once every day and never have had it get close to being out of power. I love the way it charges too. The little "cradle" charger it comes with holds the watch face on it's side so that it's a little "clock" for you when it's not being a watch on your wrist. Little details like that really are the icing on the cake. For many years now I've said if you want the best of the best, you can go Apple or if you prefer Android, you can go Samsung. That's not true anymore. The Pixel 4 watch is as good as it gets - in many ways it's better than an Apple Watch, though if you're stuck in that ecosystem, you don't really have a choice. But if you're an Android fan or if you're just ready to try something different you'll find the Pixel 4 watch is on par with any smart watch out there and better than most. Pair it with the Pixel 10 phone, and you'll have the most premium set of devices you can get with several amazing features you won't find on any other devices.

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  This review is from Google - Pixel Watch 4 (41mm) - Wi-Fi - Matte Black Case - Obsidian Band - (2025)

  Posted 3 weeks ago by holllywoodfrodo

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Legit 30 hours of battery life + constant HR read

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  Best Android watch I’ve experienced! Granted, it’s also the newest but the other two are no slouches either. What makes the Pixel Watch 4 stand out are the plethora of sensors and true all-day battery life. In fact, it’s advertised to go for 30 hours and that’s about exactly what I’m getting. With the display in the “always-on” mode! I can’t even get my other watches to last 15 hours in that mode, so I’m already more than impressed. But to be able to maintain that battery life with a constantly running heart rate sensor and a couple other helpful sensors almost seems magical. It’s not a big watch either. At 41mm it’s the smaller of the two Pixel Watch 4 models and a good fit for a small to medium wrist. I wear medium to large gloves and it’s right at the limit of what I’d consider small without looking out of place. I was a little worried about the screen display being smaller, but everything is remarkably sharp and easy to read. And if you want a better look it’s just a tap away on the touch screen display. Watch controls are by voice, touchscreen, and a little knob on the side that functions as a button and scroll wheel. Thankfully, the watch user interface is snappy, which also makes it a joy to use and explore its other capabilities. If fitness and health tracking is important to you, you’ll love this watch. I didn’t realize it’s essentially a FitBit device as it’s one of the recommended free apps to download and a big part of how it measures and tracks your fitness. From heart rate, sleep patterns, steps, to calories burned, skin temperature, and seemingly even oxygen saturation, this watch has all of the latest fitness tracker options. I also love how it seamlessly integrates with Google Fit and the other devices I have synched to it. Things like my latest scale results automatically get added with the watch data to create a comprehensive picture of my health in the Google Fit and FitBit app. And if you’re shy about tracking some of your data, you can always opt out in the app settings or make an anonymous profile. Thankfully, setting up the watch and Google Watch app was a breeze on my Samsung S25 phone. It can take a while to go through all of the options, but they’re fairly easy to understand and changing/customizing watch faces is simple as well. If anything, the most time consuming part is deciding what options you like, because there’s so many. Some of the notable ones you might not want to skip out on though are the sudden fall and car crash sensors. There’s even a no pulse detection monitor that will call emergency contacts and services if triggered. On top of that, there’s safety features like Emergency Location sharing that you can quickly activate if you’re in a troubling situation. It’s a feature I never really thought about wanting, but I can see it being quite beneficial today. Should you get the Pixel Watch 4? Yes! I’m barely scratching the surface of what this watch can do so far, but I absolutely love it. It’s a good looking watch with a gorgeous display, outstanding battery life, and a whole plethora of useful sensors that I hope become a new standard. And what’s really neat is that supposedly all generations of Pixel Watch wrist bands are compatible as long as the body size is the same. So I should be able to use any generation of 41mm wrist bands for mine, which is pretty neat. And one more big feature is that it’s supposedly the first smartwatch that’s designed to be repairable. So a cracked screen doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road anymore! PROS - Attractive - Sharp and clear screen - Well built - FitBit app compatibility - 30 hours of battery life (even with display always on) - Diversity of sensors - Good vibration and haptic feedback - Knob has excellent tactile feedback - Easy to change and customize watch faces - Easy setup on Samsung S25 Ultra - Wrist bands from all generations seem compatible - Designed to be repairable - Waterproof down to 50meters - Reasonably priced - Quick charging CONS - Can’t find rugged G-Shock style cases as nice as other brands yet - Curved screen means no hard glass screen covers

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  This review is from Google - Pixel Watch 4 (41mm) - Wi-Fi - Matte Black Case - Obsidian Band - (2025)

  Posted 2 weeks ago by BIGASN