Unlike with Apple Watch, everything comes in a single box, which is preferable and semi-obvious, and the box contains a proprietary USB-C wireless charger (but no charging brick) and a shorter band in addition to the watch itself.ĭisappointingly, the longer of the two bands is too short for my large wrists: I’ve got it on the furthest notch and it’s too tight, so if I keep this, I will need a longer band. The packaging is familiar and generic, with the post-Apple look and feel that everyone uses now. (Fitbit doesn’t support using two devices at once, so I had to replace it with the Pixel Watch.) The device arrived at my front door Thursday afternoon, and so I set about setting it up and, for now at least, replacing the Fitbit Charge 5 I had been retesting as I wind down my time with the Apple Watch.
But for now, I will just say that my early experience with the Pixel Watch has been mostly positive. By comparison, true smartwatches like Apple Watch and Pixel Watch are more sophisticated software platforms where fitness tracking is but one set of features. It’s a high-quality, premium wearable supported by what appears to be a reasonable software platform.īut the Pixel Watch is also a Fitbit, and this is where things get a little more nuanced, especially for someone like me who pretty much just wants a fitness tracker with maybe a few extras. I will wear it side-by-side with my Apple Watch temporarily for a side-by-side comparison and then decide my next steps.Īnd so far so good: I have a vague and perhaps incorrect memory of the initial round of Pixel Watch reviews-remember, it first shipped last October-as being skewed to the negative, but using my Apple Watch experience as an obvious barometer, it’s clear to me that even this 1.0 version of the product is a viable alternative for Pixel fans. Having switched back to my Pixel 7 Pro smartphone, I decided to give Google’s first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch, a chance.
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