Customer Ratings & Reviews

Watch was working very well and was enjoying it. Then one day, the back cover just fell off. Looks like it's a known issue, have been trying to get some resolution for over a year and a half

The Google Pixel Watch is Google’s first leap into smart watches, and many Pixel/Android users have been waiting for years for this watch. I was excited to get it, as upon opening the box, the watch is pretty attractive, being a glossy black AMOLED display, round and dome shaped on the edges, and less “stand-outish” visually than some others out there. It’s available as a Bluetooth only model that connects to your phone wirelessly, or for a little more, a LTE version that works standalone but has an additional monthly charge via your mobile service. In the box, you get of course the watch, a standard and small watch strap, and a proprietary disk-shaped charger that charges the watch on the back via magnetic connection it’s a USB-C connection to a power plug if you have one. The watch itself has a crown you can use to scroll with, and a button used to go to apps you’ve had open, while a longer press on the crown opens Google assistant, where just like with an Android phone, you can make inquiries, commands, text, etc. Overall a similar-to-others layout that works to do what you need it to. One thing though… it’s small. At 41mm in size, it’s small compared to similar smart watches in that unlike others, Google does not offer a larger size – 41mm is it. Not bad on a child, many women, or some smaller men’s wrists, but if you have a large wrist, it does look a bit awkwardly small. A larger bezel around the watch screen also reduces the actual usable size of the screen itself, making it technically smaller than 41mm, and as such, REALLY small. The wrist band doesn’t fit wrists much larger than around 8 or so inches, and larger bands are not yet sold by Google or third party vendors, so there’s going to be a wait for comfort if you have a larger wrist. They are VERY tricky to slide on the watch, so patience is a virtue. It’s like a “slide and lift” action. In terms of the operating system, there’s a ton of workout activities you can keep track of and they look similar to Fitbit devices (Google now owns Fitbit) in the menu. You can pretty much keep track of anything fitness related and they work pretty accurately as far as watches go; of note though, the most advanced tracking options are part of a “Fitbit Premium” service that you get free only for six months with the watch – after that, you have to pay around $10 per month to keep using those (boo). The GPS seems accurate and stayed connected to my Pixel 5a via Bluetooth consistently. The heart rate monitor works well, though it seems to stay on ALL of the time (draining the battery a bit quicker). You can also take an ECG to possibly detect heart fibrillation issues. Sleep tracking is available to monitor your sleep quality, but it’s part of that premium package mentioned earlier. Google services like Assistant, Maps, Pay, Calendar, and Music are of course also in the OS. Scrolling or sliding your finger on the screen takes you through all of the apps, and is pretty standard and easy to do. The companion Pixel Watch phone app also allows you to more easily control the watch’s settings, watch faces, and options as well. A separate Fitbit app helps keep track of the fitness aspects, but unfortunately, you have to download yet another app to get the heart ECG readings. I was able to get and send texts with no issue using the watch, and receive calls though the 5a phone, though the volume wasn’t anything stellar even at max. Still usable, though. Battery life is so-so. If you don’t use the Always on display (AOD), fitness, sleep, or GPS features a lot you can make it through a full day, but when used reasonably heavy, the small watch body’s small battery just gives up and needs to be topped off. The Pixel Watch doesn't fail as a smart watch – what it does, it does pretty well, but to me (opinion), it definitely feels like a first generation device. If you are going to offer only one size, I think it should be around 43mm or so, not as small as this one. A smaller bezel is in order, better battery life, and a selection of larger wristbands out of the gate. Also, having so many separate apps is confusing and convoluted – it would be best if they consolidated all functions of the watch into one, centralized, app. It’s not a “bad” smart watch, and my 3 star rating isn’t meant to be bad. It’s good overall, but there’s enough irritants in this first version to not merit a higher rating (to me). I think Google will learn from this, and future generations will (or should) address these though. Plenty of people will still find use for this, especially if you own a Pixel phone – just be sure you know what you are and are not getting. Still recommended (but with reservations).

The google Pixel watch, for the 2 weeks i used the device, was the closest a wearOS watch has been to being the closest equivalent to the apple watch. As a long-time apple user who has recently switched to android, it was nice to see that google's interpretation of what a true wearOS smartwatch could be was a refreshing take in a sea of very similar watches. The software integration with both the pixel phones, as well as with samsung devices, was great. However, there were noticeable drawbacks that led to my return of the device. 1: The presence of burn-in. After a few days of usage w/ the always-on display enabled, i began to notice significant image retention of the watch face I was using (concentric) when opening the notification pane. This is apparently a widespread issue across many pixel watch users, with google's solution being to not use the always-on display. 2: Lack of essential health features. When I picked up the pixel watch, I was pleased to see on the spec list that not only did it have an HR sensor, but also an ECG array and a SpO2 sensor array. While using the watch, I was able to utilize the HR and ECG functions with no issues, just like I would on my apple watches from years past. The SpO2 sensor, however, was inoperable. After doing further digging, google stated that they are still waiting for it to be clinically validated before they enable the feature, which makes complete sense. However, if you are like me and like to track all the metrics from your workouts, SpO2 included, do not get this watch based on the possibility of a software update enabling the sensors. 3: Battery life. The battery life on this watch is absolutely non-existent. The pixel watch uses an improved version of fitbit's purepulse tech, which collects heart rate data every second, which is great in theory, but for a ultra thin, 41mm watch, it chews through battery life like no other watch I have used. I honestly wished google released a larger face, as the battery inside was way too small to run a 24/7 HR monitor alongside wearOS, which was already notorious for how power hungry it is. TL:DR; The Pixel watch's software integrations with all android distros (NothingOS, OneUI, MaterialYou, etc.) is best-in-class. The execution of the hardware, although refined in appearance, is lacking in battery life, quality display tech, and sufficent health monitoring features. If you're looking for the best wearOS watch out now, the pixel watch is very close to the pinnacle, but I would recommend waiting for a second generation to release before dropping $349/$399 on this product.

I love my google pixel phone and I am insanely bought into the google ecosystem, but this watch is a purchase I 100% regret. The batter life is terrible. I can't even make it an entire day. If you plan on using the cellular service on it, it will for sure be dead when you really need to make that call. I have had to erase and reconnect to my network 5x since purchasing. It will work fine for a couple of weeks connected to the network, then poof network is gone. Using fitbit is much better on any fitbit device you can find. The cheapest fitbit will give you a better experience than this watch. Since you have to charge it every night there is no way to capture sleep activity with fitbit. I love google products but this is just not a good product. I can't belive Google released the product knowing how poor it would perform. Super disappointed. I have been using since 06/2023 and I can't make myself spend the money to purchase something better.

Good watch, though with the curved screen, it looks super tiny. The battery is not always good; it won't even last a day.

Its definitely prettier than an apple watch. I switched to a Pixel 7 from iPhone 12, so i got a pixel watch. It essentially does most of the same stuff, but apple watch mostly does it better. Still getting used to Fitbit being where your health metrics go. Wear OS is a good streamlined experience, but it feels incomplete. I would probably recommend people to stay with their apple watch unless they're willing to wait for google and Fitbit get more feature rich through updates. Also, battery life is not good.

Good functionality hindered by poor battery life, can be a. Little sluggish

This is still early days but there are definitely some knowns to be shared.First the charging cable is ridiculous! There is no easy way to charge this and there is no included adapter. Fitbit what the heck were you thinking?!?! Second, the battery life is terrible. And this thing gets hot when fully charged and just coming off the charger. This should have better battery life. Now to the fit. Not comfortable.the band has an under tuck that makes it for tighter than needed and when you back it out 1 tab it fits way too loosely. The touch sensitivity is poor for phone answering and the speaker is not quite loud enough. But it has a lot of great fitness features and is pretty useful for cardiogram tracking, fitness tracking and features. This should be a lot better and software updates may get it there but for the price this is not where it needs to be

Great smartwatch overall but it's faults made me return it. I had it paired with a pixel 7 pro the pixel buds pro and the pixel watch. While the watch was paid to phone it took control of all media and caused the audio to be out of sync. I could no longer watch YouTube videos or other media.

Beautiful simple os flawed by a sub par battery life. Traded in a watch 5 pro that had literally double the battery.

The watch is beautiful, but huge. I have tiny wrists so it was constantly in the way. However, it flowed effortlessly.

Battery doesn't last long but if they can fix the bugs it would be a good watch.

I love the watch. Everything is great. Battery needs to be charged daily. Almost twice a day

Watch was what was expected. Cellular would not activate. Even brought it to the carrier store and had them try activating it. Watch showed as active on phone plan and rep in store and over the phone said the watch was good on their end but pixel watch continuously prompted to activate a plan despite the sim being an active watch line. Ended up returning because of this. Did notice image retention during the few days i had it as well.

I really wanted to like this. I love the sleek look, responsiveness, and intuitive interface. I was not a fan of how cluttered the Fitbit app was. I really don't like the loss of functionality when not paying for the app. I often forget to plug things in so the 24ish hours of battery time was not ideal. There are very few settings that can increase battery life such as a "watch only" mode. The LTE version eats battery and it was my main reason for getting it. I was not happy with reading googles response about not using features to make the 24-hour uptime. Why on earth would you even have features if your battery can't make it through a whole day using them? The strap kept coming undone even with it snug which is scary to me as my last watch was lost after a broken strap. Im still optimistic about the line but will wait for 2.0

It was good until the back popped off. It was definitely a first line of products and had all the bugs and design issues.

Watch works ok never used an apple watch my biggest problem w it is the sound on calls and spectrum mobile doesn't have a plan

I thought this was going to have all the latest and greatest and all the bells and whistles so when I found out the watch is not compatible with social media platforms, I was disappointed. Also, the battery only lasts just 24 hours...

Needs updates to be a great watch but not a bad start.

As a Pixel phone owner for years, I was really looking forward to pairing it with an actual Pixel watch. When it finally arrived, I couldn’t wait to try it out. The watch is beautiful, the nicest looking smart watch I’ve seen. It comes with two different band sizes, some users with small wrists say they appreciate the smaller band because other similar watches have bands that are too big for them. The watch connected very easily to the Google Pixel Watch App. (You do not connect it to the generic ‘Wear OS’ app like other Android watches.) The Pixel watch app handles everything and soon you are up and running. If you’re familiar with the Android OS watches, you’ll be very comfortable with this Pixel, there won’t be a big learning curve. If you have a Fitbit account, it’ll be especially easy. I didn’t have one, but it was easy to download the app and set it up. It worked flawlessly with the watch. Things I weren’t thrilled with: The watch face is SMALL. Smaller than other smartwatches I’ve tried. To some, this may be a good thing, but to me, since you use the watch to get information as well as well as the time, the font is smaller, and you usually have to start scrolling to see most of the messages. Perhaps in the future, Google could create a Pixel watch and a larger “Pixel Pro” watch to satisfy people like me (I’m a fan of the Pixel Pro phone.) But the biggest problem by far was the horrible battery life compared to many other smartwatches. I did NOT have the “Always On” enabled and yet after 24 hours I’d have less than 15 percent life. This means that you must charge the watch once a day, the same as your phone. A problem with doing this is that unlike my phone which I charge overnight, I’d like to use the Pixel watch to analyze my sleep pattern, which it did quite nicely, so you can’t charge the watch while you sleep. You must pick a time of day to charge the watch and it takes over an hour to get it back to 100 percent. Since this is a common complaint with this watch, I’ll bet the smart people at Google will be able to improve battery life on future Pixel watches, but I’d hate to pay so much for THIS watch and then read about a NEW google watch coming out later with a much-improved battery life. Another watch brand which uses Wear OS gives you well over two days of battery life setting it up the same way I’m using this watch. Bottom line, the new Google Pixel watch is beautiful, looks less like a ‘computer’ than other smartwatches, and I’m sure you’d be proud to show it off, but from a practical standpoint, you might want to wait until the next generation of these watches.