Google Pixel Watch Review: Rebooting the Android Smartwatch

[@dheerajhejamady8912]

You are the only youtuber for whom i don't turn on the live captions, your narration is so well structured and cohesive that it feels like I'm listening to a nature documentary!!!

[@Jack-hy5ju]

once again watching a mr. mobile video whilst having zero intentions to get the reviewed product just because his videos are so damn good. Please never change, by faaar one of the best tech reviewers out there.

[@pktpete]

Very much agree, just the facts and nothing else but some fun experiences or detrimental problems shown in his videos

[@westondaniel]

Agree, nobody comes close.

[@mark_u]

Agreed. Watching this one solely because it's a Mr. Mobile video. Just can't find a use case for a smartwatch now, and maybe ever 😅

[@Zaynatsa]

Likewise

[@Kurogane-san]

Same here

[@GFourGadget]

This is the best Pixel Watch review: covering from the birth of smartwatch, to all the great things about Pixel Watch, tiny details, and what could be improved. Hoping that the Pixel Watch 2 will come with bigger sizes, lesser bezels, and improved software 🤞🏼

[@pcteo7297]

Yeah

[@StarDust_1988]

Also better battery life

[@NEMOsleeps24]

I will definitely be buying a bigger one if it comes out but it stinks that due to the proprietary band connector your old bands will be useless.

[@RoguePlanetStudio]

I am hoping they make a more tic watch version

[@TN_AU]

Same, expect nothing less from Michael, he is a top knotch reviewer. As for this watch, I feel like a broken tape recorder, small bezels and definitely longer battery life. I dont think anything has beaten my original Amazfit Bip which had 30+ day battery life and then upgraded to the Amazfit Bip S. The Bip S battery life wasnt any better or near as good but for me easy 20 days on a single charge.

[@slamandjam2]

It's honestly incredible how nothing has come close design wise to the VERY first android wear watch ever, The Moto 360. Had 0 bezel and looked stunning. That flat tire that was so maligned back then looks minuscule compared to the bezels we're getting today. What happened?

[@Tyler_ThaTruth]

And the Huawei watch, those 2 were the best

[@tams805]

They got 'rid' of the 'flat tyre' by hiding it with a bigger bezel. Samsung are one of the few to have done that well by having the physical rotating bezel hide some of it.

[@_chan.burn.21_]

@@tams805 Except even they have gotten rid of that rotating bezel unfortunately.

[@breastmilkgaming]

@@_chan.burn.21_ absolute clown of a company ong..

[@frederikbobo821]

The LG watch was the first

[@neknim]

First "smartwatch" I had was the Timex Internet Messenger. Please look into that for your 'When Phones Were Fun' series. Not technically a phone, but I think it fits the series vibe. I signed up for yahoo text notifications, and would get sports, weather, and news sent to my watch. Not to mention the fact you could get text messages to the watch. It was a fun piece of tech that was ahead of it's time IMHO.

[@TheMrMobile]

Just googled it and wow, what a cool piece! I'd love to have worn one of these back in the day, had I known about it.

[@amirrezarezaie]

The only unbiased reviewer. Never change. Thank you.

[@jovonleblanc]

I have been pleasantly surprised with the battery life, performance, and utility of the first gen pixel watch. I've always carried two phones so I've been using my Apple watch for last 5 years and usually upgrade every 2 years. This kind of just plugged right in and I really felt at home and I use my pixel a lot more to leave my iPhone at home. Looking forward to that pixel tablet though. Enjoying the pixel ecosystem.

[@jovonleblanc]

I want to emphasize them that it's really an understatement to have assistant on your smart watch instead of Siri, especially if you're invested into the Google home and nest products

[@spencercarruth9706]

You enjoy having a half baked ecosystem that will likely fall apart once Google inevitably moves on and kills the various teams supporting this ecosystem outside of the Pixel? To each their own, but Google has proven to be far more untrustworthy when it comes to long term support of their products outside of Google search, KZbin, G-Suite, and their mobile phone division.

[@tams805]

I mean, if you're coming from an Apple Watch and that had acceptable battery life for you, then yes, this is going to be fine for you.

[@amiahadamiak2894]

I agree with you, the battery life has been fine for me. I have AOD on and go to sleep with 45% battery left.

[@cidsx]

@@spencercarruth9706 Way to rain on someone's parade. You could have made your comment structured to be informative instead of a judgment to their opinion but you just went with the knives out instead

[@abhisarbharti1920]

The last statement : " This is a review and not a commerical" made me so happy that i am with this channel since its origin. thanks Michael.

[@majestikmoose9]

I have been so impressed with the Pixel watch. Coming from a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, I have to say: this is absolutely better. App notifications are more reliable, the watch itself feels more refined and incredibly comfortable. Swapping out the bands feels intuitive. Even the battery life, which I expected to be horrendous, is at least good enough to get me through a full day from sunup to sundown. I wish it was a little bigger... But aside from that, this is a really terrific first-generation product.

[@hobbitpsi]

You're opinion of it is exactly the same as mine. Enjoying this watch so much.

[@byzantine1107]

Same

[@vakama94]

8:14 I had completely forgotten about the Moto 360's screen! I only remembered about the "flat tire" that was controversial. With the exception of that flat tire, that's exactly how Samsung, Google and others should be doing their round screens! I still don't get why people keep defending them. Great review as always.

[@alexandru-robertpeteleu]

Nobody narrates technology like you do. Always a pleasure to hear your "two cents" about anything.

[@collin.a.]

Michael has done it again with the best review I've seen of the Pixel Watch. I hope Google commits to this product line, but I wish I didn't have to. I think this shows real potential with a few iterations.

[@ibraheemmonks8866]

Mr Mobile NEVER misses, been watching your videos for years since like 2016 and I absolutely love every video. Keep killing it Mr Mobile!

[@OneFaintingRobinOld]

Looking at it, I don't think the screen is ACTUALLY off-centre, but where the crown cuts a little into the body it sort of pushes the horizontal diameter a little bit, which definitely makes it LOOK a little off.

[@RirtyDascal]

My goodness... This man's writing skills just keep getting better and better. I'm always so thoroughly impressed by every review no matter the product.

[@Chemy.]

I feel it is necessary because that way Google will know what are the things they need to improve on wear os in order to get a better general experience even for the third party manufacturers. Great video as always Captain

[@e2rqey]

I remember the first "smartwatch" I ever had was the Fossil Wristnet Watch. It connected to MSN to get news, weather and other info like that. It also had no data plan, you just got all the service stuff for free. It was pre-smartphones by a significant period of time.

[@autobahn4610]

Michael you made a simple trip to the Google Store sound like sweet poetry! Those are the little things I really enjoy about your content bro!😎

[@hobbitpsi]

Love how he mentions he took a nice trip to the google store, but forgot to mention that for his watch band he spent about 60 bucks on the watch band cause that's how much the pixel watch bands cost lol.

[@RobWatkins]

Thank you for your, as usual, spot on review of the Pixel Watch. Of all the reviews I've watched on the Pixel Watch, yours is the only one that mentioned the lefty versatility (that's me) and I'm reorienting it as soon as I'm finished writing this. I think Google will incorporate fixes through software updates as it goes along. I noticed that the puck charger included will sit up reliably on it's side but there's no night clock to go along with it. I hope they enable more universal wireless charging so if you have a wireless mat you can utilize it. Thanks again Michael!

[@hobbitpsi]

I just got mine a few days ago. Bought it off a guy who bought it and used it for only a couple days before getting the new samsung watch 5 pro. it was pristine condition and looked brand new, guess he was the kind of guy who actually cares for his products like I do, but he sold it to me for $280 which was great. The only reason I got it is because my Galaxy watch 4 classic sucks when connected to my pixel 7. But all in all I love the pixel watch. I had an apple watch before and the pixel watch reminds me a lot of the apple watch in both design (minus the fact pixel is circle and apple is square) and the user experience, except the pixel watch has better watch face options as all android watches do. Also as far as battery usage, I use AOD cause well, AOD doesn't drain that much battery as people think, and I have it connected with LTE and I get an entire day with the watch on. I know most people want it to last over night too, but I'm not the kind of person that likes to sleep with any jewelry or accessories on my body so it's fine for me to just place it on the charger at night. The ONLY problem I have with the pixel watch is AOD doesn't work that well with 3rd party watch faces. After a few minutes the screen turns off defeating the point of having AOD on, but the stock watch faces stay on all the time so there's that. Sound quality... I like it. Only time I'll use the watch to take phones calls is if I'm driving and don't wanna pull out my phone and I think the sound is good for it's size, not the best, but it's good. Honestly though I hope the pixel watch 2 has a bigger design so we'll get more battery life, and while I do like how the watch looks, I hope they reduce the bezel and bring the metal part of the watch higher, because if you get one you'll want to get some sort of case to protect it because once that metal ends and the black part begind which is 50% of the watch...it's all glass. I got the spigen case for mine.

[@Mike.Tech.]

I wanted to get one at launch but the reviews and price did put me off abit. I finally got one brand new from ebay for £176 which is a good price. It doesn't feel as small as people say. It reminds me of the first galaxy active. I have a case and screen protector on the way as I do with my Galaxy watches.

[@elliot_to]

Man, always love your reviews. As a longtime Nexus and now Pixel fan, it’s disappointing to see a smartwatch this underbaked. The design is absolutely gorgeous, but the price and flaws make it quite hard to buy or recommend.

[@MaribuStork]

The American Psycho quote in here is one of the best surprises I've ever had on KZbin. Thank you. My favorite movie.

[@TheMrMobile]

I was 100% convinced no one would pick up on it, lol

[@0l3k27]

haha, I was just going to shout this out myself, loved that quote by Bateman and loved it here!

[@MidwayMaiTais]

I've been totally pleased with buying pre-owned previous gen Wear OS watches. I've got a few different Skagen Falsters, and a few Fossils. Same for my wife.

[@chri82s]

8:14 Hallelujah someone makes the same comparison that popped into my mind when seeing those unacceptably thick bezels. My good old Moto360 (1st gen) was a beauty. Shame Google didn't hold up it's end of the deal back then.

[@Paulie8K]

This looks like a step in the right direction. My smart watch journey was Pebble, to Samsung Gear S3 to Garmin Fenix 5X (still have all 3). After being on Garmin for the last 3 years as a runner and exercise junkie, I don't think I can go back to watches that have to be charged every 24 hrs. Hopefully we can get smartwatches from Google, Samsung etc that actually last 3-4 days on a charge. I will be in the market to upgrade next year this time.

[@hobbitpsi]

Honestly I'd say the best way for them to go that long is to tap Mobvoi and copy the design of the Ticwatch pro 3 ultra. Cause if that was the only smart watch I ever owned running wearOS that lasted me 3-4 days and it's all thanks to the dual screen setup it uses. If only that watch didn't lag a lot of times, it would still be number 1 on my top list and I'd still be using it daily.

[@screwthishi5thing]

my $15 casio: 7 years battery life wake me up when wearables aren't a chore

[@chrispez_lo]

Great video as always! Can't wait for the mix fold 2 review 🤩

[@sexyscientist]

+

[@RubyRoks]

I love that you can switch this to right wrist mode. I'm right handed, but always preferred wearing watches on my dominant hand

[@sexyscientist]

That's rare.

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

Just got Samsung watch 4 classic 46mm for 180usd, with basically the same hardware with watch 5 imo it's a deal.

[@jfyne03]

Especially since it still houses the turning bezels that the successor (non-pro) obviously lacks

[@NeonVisual]

@@jfyne03 Lack of the rotating bezel has left Galaxy watch users with no upgrade path.

[@jfyne03]

@@NeonVisual Presumably, the watch 5 pro isn't even well-received with its touch bezels, as opposed the watch 4 classic and watch 3. I'm currently on the watch 3 and looking to upgrade but to the watch 4 classic. I'm heavily considering the 4 classic since it still houses a turning bezels and includes another 3 years of updates

[@unknown3158]

@@jfyne03 The Pro lacks it as well.

[@jfyne03]

@@unknown3158 Might as well say that.

[@thomascarpenter1347]

Caught the American Psycho reference! Great review as always 😄

[@azkikrx1]

Still rocking my TicWatch 3 Pro Ultra GPS a year on, and still loving the performance and battery life. Also, no bezel issues here. Its pretty rugged too with no dings or scratches either.

[@hobbitpsi]

I would rock mine, but I started noticing it lagging a lot which started getting on my nerves. Tried resetting the watch and it fixed the issue for a day or so, but then it started lagging again.

[@ZachOwens]

I'm confused. I'm still rocking a Fossil Gen 5 and Google Assistant is working just fine on it (I think it was there out of the box if I remember correctly). So I'm not sure why Mr. Mobile made it sound like Google Assistant being on the Pixel Watch was something new or special or a first for an android wear watch. Maybe I'm missing something?

[@TheMrMobile]

Sorry - I could have been more clear in the narration. I was referring to other Wear OS 3.x devices. Up till this point, Samsung has been the only manufacturer to offer Assistant on Wear OS 3.x watches. That will change in the coming months, but for now it's just Google and Samsung. (Wear OS 2.x have of course always had Assistant, but it's much slower and less consistent than on Pixel Watch.)

[@ZachOwens]

@@TheMrMobile gotcha, thanks for the clarification!

[@richardnoble3989]

of all the reviews this is the one I've been waiting for! I got the bluetooth version and despite it's little foibles and small size I find that I absolutely love the watch and have about 25-35% on the battery left after 24 hours (on the lower side if I track some exercise during the day), so I have got used to popping it the charger during my shower/breakfast etc. Going back to my Galaxy Watch 4 classic or Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra I find myself conflicted by enjoyong the extra screen space and the software experience on the Galaxy but now feeling that the watches are uncomfortable, especially the Watch 4 Classic where the stiffness of the band makes it stand out from my wrist and look vastly oversized. So all in all the Pixel is a very comfortable, great looking watch with good features, a few misses and an unfortunately hefty price tag!

[@hobbitpsi]

Dude I know exactly what you mean. for the Galaxy watch 4 classic I went through so many bands before I found one that was comfortable and for the Ticwatch 3 pro ultra, I don't know what it was but the bottom of the watch when against my wrist, made my skin itch and flare up. I don't know what kind of plastic they used on the bottom of the watch, but it irritated my skin something fierce, which sucked because when it came to battery life the Ticwatch was second to none lasting me 3-4 days.

[@cnkilts]

Pebble Time, TicWatch E, Apple Watch 3, and now the Galaxy Watch 3. All were decent but my Pebble Time was probably my favorite piece of tech ever. Glad Google is now on board.

[@Quiet_9]

Great review as always Mr Fisher! Agree with most of your complaints, it is too expensive and has some compromises. I was able to get more accurate calories after a reboot and disabling some of the automatic exercise detections in the Fitbit app, and my battery life (AOD on, Tilt2Wake off) has been solidly more than 24 hours even with a 1hr workout (but I don't have the LTE model).

[@CaptApollo101]

whats the watch at 0:57?

[@BeHiNdUaus]

I'd also like to know if you find out😀 LG watch w7?

[@twopercentgaming4630]

Until they rip my Pebble Time Steel from my hands I'll continue to enjoy an "always on display" on a watch that maintains close to week long battery life. Rebble even somehow managed to get Google to update the Pebble app to continue working with newer Android phones! What a community!

[@Davidesrajohn]

I wouldn't have bought a Pixel watch at full price, but since I got one for free with my phone, I've been enjoying wearing it. The battery life is atrocious compared to a regular Fitbit though. Still: The pebble design and beautiful watch faces make me stick around.

[@NitinGopinathan]

Same. I would never buy this at full price and would think twice about getting it even at 100 bucks off. But since I got it with the Pixel 7 pro, I'm really enjoying it.

[@ajwasthere]

Try Always on Display on and raise to wake off and see if that helps. This has helped on all of my android wear watches in the past as raise to wake has used more battery than the AoD previously. I have no idea about the Pixel watch though.

[@femolysticfemo]

Nice review Mr. Fisher

[@Chediak-Higashi]

Absolutely loved your review. Could you please review the Huawei watch GT3 Pro Titanium? I still remember when you used to work for Pocket now back then, then switched to your own successful KZbin channel. More power to you ♥️

[@ckmb3238]

I think he reviewed the Huawei watch 3 last year, if I recall it correctly, but he hasn't reviewed the newer Huawei watch GT 3 pro, although it's been 4 months since the launch of Huawei watch GT 3 pro. It surely is an underrated watch.

[@izzieb]

I'm a bit confused with you saying the Pixel Watch has Google Assistant and will be bringing it to other devices later - I've had it on my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic for quite some time and it works extremely well.

[@TheMrMobile]

Sorry - I could have been more clear in the narration. I was referring to other Wear OS 3.x devices. Up till this point, Samsung has been the only manufacturer to offer Assistant on Wear OS 3.x watches. That will change in the coming months, but for now it's just Google and Samsung. (Wear OS 2.x have of course always had Assistant, but it's much slower and less consistent than on Pixel Watch.)

[@LumberjackfromYEG]

One thing that annoys me is how third parties don't get Google Assistant yet, and with my Gen 6, I'm stuck with the sluggish Amazon Alexa that takes forever to start up

[@jacobthemagicalpanda]

Great video. That screen is not centered at all. I would not be able to own it because of that. How was that overlooked.

[@blaster915]

Proper shout-out to Pebble, they really got the ball rolling!!

[@Nikhil.Bhatia]

A not-so-hot take: Google actually is aware of the issues such as speaker, bezels and battery; and is instead waiting to improve them in future iterations, just so that they have something to advertise and market.

[@eezeepee]

It's more of a circular Fitbit with Wear OS than a circular Apple Watch. If you put it side by side with a Sense, it's very noticeable. Thanks for not complaining about the recent apps button or taking off and on the bands which are both so exaggerated by those that have. The battery life is fine, with the right settings. If you have AOD off, turn twist-to-wake on. If you have AOD on, turn twist-to-wake off. The good thing is twist-to-wake still works with incoming new notifications. With either settings, the battery life is still very similar. With AOD on, it's an extra loss of only around 0.4%/hour for me, so 4.8% over 12 hours. Lastly, turning off "Hey, Google" helps a lot as well. These are my average battery numbers during my first 15 days: Hours off the charger - 22.36 (and that's with sleep tracking and a 1 hour workout) Battery remain before charging - 22.13% Total hourly drain - 3.45%/hour Screen always-on ON drain - 4.45%/hour Screen always-on OFF drain - 3.96%/hour Sleeping tracking - 2.10%/hour drain. Estimated of total time off the charger - 29.08 hours

[@Games-tx1zc]

Still generally unimpressed with the big smart watch offerings. I rocked a Moto 360 3rd Gen for about a year and a half and I could never make it last long enough to really use it frequently, or get all the features it offered. Nice watch, but the battery remained a huge problem. I recently bought an Amazfit T-Rex 2 and, while it isn't as smoothly integrated as Wear OS offerings, it does everything I want it to and lasts for a literal week or more with no charging. For the life of me I can't figure out why the mainstream watch models can't squeeze more battery life out of more efficient and advanced chips. Smart watches are so so cool. But they just aren't there yet.

[@peterjackson6228]

Couldn’t agree more! I opted for the Galaxy Watch 5. While it’s way smaller than I expected, it works really really well.

[@denodan]

But fitness accuracy is crap. As a fitness watch the best out there for Android is the new huawei 3 series. Seems Apple are still the only snartwatch watch to have everything. Accurate fitness and apps. With android, it's either amazing tracking like the huawei 3 series or not so accurate for fitness, like samsung, ticwatch, pixel, etc, but good for apps, but still not a patch on apple. The thing that stops me buying other android snart phones are poor battery life and less accurate gps and tracking. With android alternatives seems no choice, either go for apps or go for accuracy, but dont have both. Have had the galaxy 5, and got rid of it, as I wanted best tracking accuracy and after reading reviews on the huawei 3, ended up with the gt3 pro, and it certianly has the best fitness tracking accuracy, and almost up there with apple

[@seantaylor861]

Yeah, my take was that it's basically a gen 1 Apple watch. That would be fine if we were in 2015... or even 2018. There are just too many alternatives at this point. I am using the Galaxy watch 5 Pro and loving it.

[@kona328WH]

I'm impressed with my Pixel watch. I did get it half price though so it's a keeper.

[@1mlb704]

Being a competitive runner, I'm a Garmin guy. The GPS is excellent, I charge it once a week (even with 40+ miles of running), the heart rate monitor is good, and I can wear it in the water. It's perfect for endurance athletes, most of my fellow runners have Garmins. Smartwatches? To me they're a bit of a novelty - something for people with extra money to spend on stuff that might impress someone else for all of 10 seconds. I think they're kind of pointless, particularly when you have your phone in your pocket most of the time anyway.

[@GadgetyMV]

10:11 MIchael Fisher, I'm as sapphire-centric as anyone, but unless I'm mistaken it may be that Gorilla glass is a better alternative when the glass is exposed like this. While Gorilla glass is less scratch resistant it'll be less prone to cracking than sapphire.

[@dewhashish]

I went with the fossil 6 with wearOS 3. It's been great to use after how buggy the 5 was on wearOS 2

[@alejandroalemanhernandez4071]

3:19 Nice American Psycho Reference

[@darkspectre1]

Thank you Mr. Mobile, as you are the industry standard of Tech Reviewers. So following you and taking in consideration your opinions is of great benefit to all of us. That being said, I'm so glad I waited for this review before pulling the trigger, as I had been waiting for this glorious watch to come out for years. It looks fantastic, and as you pointed out it seems to at least work well for what it's supposed to do; promising to say the least. However, as you ALSO pointed out some of the idiosyncrasies of it, they are game changers (such as the bezel, battery life and missing (for now) features). I'm going to do as you suggest and wait for the "sequel" 😉 So thank you as always for your fantastic to-the-point and very relevant review, and I look forward to many more (as I'm a gadget fanatic). Well done!

[@DonStoddard5]

What is that watch at 1:02? I'm a sucker for a smartwatch with physical hands

[@frederikbobo821]

I love mine but there are still wearos problems like the crown sometimes not working at all or and not working in some apps. Also the hardware isn't great. My crown is getting loose already. I really like the bright aod though. Also the performance is way better then the Galax watch 5. Yes I have both The watch 5 especially freaks out completely when it's using lte. It's laggy AF

[@TheMrMobile]

The crown inconsistency is so strange. I expected it in third-party titles, but didn't expect it in the Phone app - and the thing is, sometimes it *works* in the Phone and sometimes it doesn't! Wonder what the issue is.

[@frederikbobo821]

@@TheMrMobile i also miss some Fitbit feature like those motivational notifications like on apple watches "close your rings" stuff. But I also actually really like the small size

[@TheFinalHazard242]

What is that face at 2:07

[@FoxxFire]

All things great to utterly brilliant storyteller, Mr. Mobile. With that said, I would be hesitant to say that outside of Android, Google cares about anything mobile. Yeah it'll throw its money at it, sure, but look at all the wildly inconsistent offerings it has provided in the smartphone space, particularly with the Pixel. Yeah that seems to have changed a bit over the past two years, but no company throws more crap at the wall than, and no crap sticks less than thrown by, Google. I hope that changes. I REALLY hope that changes. But I have no reason to believe that consistency, which is so important in the mobile hardware, in addition to software, space is something that Google cares about.

[@OviWanKeno9i]

I've been waiting for this review. I have not found another watch to replace my original Huawei Watch. It's just so high end, nice, sapphire OLED, and practically No Bezel... Why can't they reproduce this, just make it larger diameter and upgrade internals. It would be so so awesome!!! It was CAD $900, but worth it.. it's now 9 years old or so and still great to use every day, and still over 1 day battery life.

[@charliesmash]

Or you can stop being a caveman and just buy an apple watch

[@chuckrichardson83]

Question... is the pixel watch planning on doing something with its bands? Is there some kind of a band that they will be releasing that has Tech in it? I find it odd that there's those four little circular magnetic looking connectors where the wristbands connect even though it has a mechanism that holds them in place...seems odd....

[@TheRickyH]

Gollly these reviews are amazing. So polished and clean. And your scripts and voice are great. Nice job

[@glostergloster6945]

I went hybrid with the Garmin Vivomove Luxe. Dont regret it for a second, gives you all the smart features, fitness tracking, always on display (it has real hands), and a 4 day battery life.

[@reza310]

Honestly the battery has been disappointing! Considering it doesn’t last a whole day now i can’t immagine how can i use it after few month when the battery wears out a little

[@shortrednangry]

Hey Mr Mobile, what keyboard is that? I'm a fan of keyboards with typewriter keys and I'm trying to find a good one.

[@vince8433]

I love how you put your videos together. They're always clean and professional.

[@chrisbarnard3946]

I never understood why people complain about the bezel, the galaxy watch had bezels about the same size and the battery life is very similar to apple watches from a year or so ago.

[@SkylineSonata]

Re: battery life. I wish more companies did what Mobvoi do with their TicWatch line, the separate LCD screen on top of the main display that works as a normal LCD watch that operates on very low power. Was the main reason I got the Pro 3, I can have the watch work as just a normal watch for most of the day, letting the battery last me close to a week at times. Seems like such a simple concept I'm surprised its not more common. With how I've gotten used to the battery life on that watch with it's kind of cheating but not really "always on display", I wouldn't be able to accept the poor battery on this kind of a device.

[@-aexc-]

that's honestly the perfect solution, while expensive it should be possible on premium watches too

[@tyryanart]

Haven't see this before, really so clever! While I'm still more an epaper fan, that everything gets the long battery life, at very least you want your watch to tell time for a while. 13 hours on the pixel... Woof.

[@jhericurls]

Google with all the money and resource, spend how many years and this is the best they can do? Google is decent with software but when it comes to hardware they're lacking.

[@dacook1987]

Question for you. How are you getting those beautiful delicious close shots of using the watch? Action camera or a large format camera?

[@user-xy2sj4so2s]

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[@leoleotheiii]

Im confused, other then some reliability fixes and sensor tech, how is this different (or better) from other wearOS watches out right now?

[@7techno77]

I returned mine. Definitely was snappy but battery life was too bad. If I didn't use it for sleep tracking it may have been ok. Gonna stick with my Fitbit sense 1st gen. 3-4 day battery life with Google assistant. Though definitely very basic. Sacrifices are worth it for tracking features and battery life. No more charging anxiety either when 25% lasts me a day.

[@jcpenny135]

What's the watch at the 1:00 mark?

[@lorenzothehandaforlifeplan435]

I love how you do reviews. Just keep doing what you're doing.

[@blaquenoise]

What face is that at 11:30?

[@btfrenchy]

Still rocking my pebble time steel!! Shout out to Rebble for keeping a great device alive!

[@Cha0sRider]

What wireless charger was that with the RGB?

[@gmg90]

Wait, the screen of your Pixel Watch does look off-center! I guess that one slipped through QC...

[@Ex14]

Thanks for the review! Just realised though that you didn’t do a galaxy watch 5/pro review :( any chance of it even tho it’s old now?

[@MVK_GS]

As always, Mr Mobile does not disappoint. Fantastic and informative (and fair) review. Google now has a good foundation to iterate to some phenomenal watches in the future.

[@imarchit]

Hope Gen 2 is great as Pixel 7 is.

[@MVK_GS]

@@imarchit Agree. I also hope for improved battery life (may mean a larger watch, which I'm OK with but maybe not all).

[@ArctikAKRU]

I just bought an open box Galaxy Watch 4 on eBay for $90, for the most part it seems like it does all the same stuff for what I need. I find it hard to justify spending so much on a smartwatch somehow!

[@Arutemysu]

The battery life of many newer smartwatches are the biggest reason I still rock my Galaxy Watch Classic. I only use it for notifications, music control and the time, and even then the battery lasts 6 days to a whopping 8 days for me. And not to mention the rotating ring around the display, after trying too many newer smart watches, nothing can replace my Galaxy Watch Classic.

[@ckmb3238]

Huawei watch GT 3 pro gives you 14 days of battery life, 7 days with heavy usage. I think it's still the battery champ.

[@Arutemysu]

@@ckmb3238 but it doesn't have the sexy rotating bezel from the Galaxy Watch.

[@PaulPhillipsUK]

How long does Google actually need to get its watch hardware right, they've had years to get this right?

[@otumar]

7:53 love this watch face and a big fan of Mondaine watches

[@zdanee]

I use a Galaxy Active 2, still going strong, but my Pebble Time Steel is still in the inner pouch of my backpack, ready and configured. I think to this day as far as notifications go Pebble had nailed it perfectly in the Time series and nobody even comes close. I would consider a Pixel watch if it came with standard 20 or 22mm bands, so I can use my own I've been using for over a decade, if it lasted about 3-4 days like my GWA2 (the Pebble still does 8-9 days easily), if it had a better protected front glass (my Active 2 is also chipped on one side, but it's barely visible, and the Pebble needs a good glass polishing, it's covered in scratches at the moment, but as it's not touch sensitive, you can just polish down the glass). I'm also hesitant about Wear OS, I've been burned before with Fossil.

[@Nyubug]

So you need to buy the google leather band to attach third party watch bands via a 20mm spring bar.. I want to attach my Spidel so this seems like it could work..

[@hojomoone]

Thanks for this ReWatch of your review Michael - strikes me perhaps this could be made into a CommBadge at sometime in the future, where it's size could work in it's favor, even if it would need a different speaker set up - any takers? And just to prove some of us listen: I'm just coming to the end of my first 27month deal with SurfShark, courtesy of a link from MrMobile himself, and have renewed to 2025! Hope you get some commy off repeats? 😉

[@sanlot17ken]

Great review! My only issue with mine is when you rotate your watch to check time/notifications. Don't always come on. I even touch the face to turn it on and it never did come on. I had to slowly rotate back and forth to get it to come on. Don't know why??

[@DannerBanks]

What's with the bands? Why didn't they choose to use standard sized bands?

[@abuashsamah4843]

I have a Galaxy Watch 4 and it's serving me very well and thus I have zero intention to get the Pixel watch but the production quality of the video, that's why I'm here

[@mred5625]

This might sound like a stupid question but the LTE version - the eSIM, isn't that just a version of the SIM on your phone? Like if you get a call or text on your mobile then it will show on the watch even if your mobile is at home. Or, going by what it sounds like MrMobile says, you need to pay for the eSIM in addition to your mobile SIM?

[@TheMrMobile]

You pay for the eSIM but it's much less than a full line on your account ($5-$10 per month, depending on how much data you select). The watch has its own phone number but the carrier does some magic virtual-number management to make it ring when people dial your own number.

[@bowtoy]

Requires a separate line of service/phone number on Verizon, I can call the watch from my phone. and as I said in the main comments you can spin charge the pixel Watch, kzbin.infoGqEASB-06h4 right on the back of your phone, it actually works...

[@mred5625]

@@TheMrMobile thank you

[@WinterSoldier0315]

Off topic Michael, but did you go through a travel agent for Iceland? Did you do a package type trip? I'm researching potentially going to Iceland in 2023.

[@t-money10]

I was waiting for this review to make up my mind on this watch. The only tech reviewer I watch...

[@chuckrichardson83]

The reason why you're watch face may look like it's off-centered is because of the fact that when your watch goes into always on display mode it actually shifts the pixels in any direction to prevent screen burn in so it will look a little off-centered until you bring your watch back to active mode and you will see it flip back to the center of it's screen

[@TheMrMobile]

That's what I thought at first but take a look at the video; it's off-center while active. Like, in a big way.

[@chuckrichardson83]

@MrMobile [Michael Fisher] I will double check the video as I do know that Google's wear is still the only operating system that shifts your pixels in always on display which I haven't seen since the old Motorola 360 days in fact my fossil Gen 6 does this and it's always on display.... but yeah I'll definitely go back and watch this I watched it while you were doing it live so I didn't bother to rewind it because I enjoy listening to your reviews

[@chuckrichardson83]

@MrMobile [Michael Fisher] wow you know what you're right it definitely looks like it's a little bit too far over to the right I screenshotted and zoomed in and it definitely looks like you've got a larger bezel on the left side than you do the right side and yes it isn't in it's always on display... wow Google. Perhaps they should have worn their Google Glasses while they were making their Google watch 🤣 I hope that was just on your pre-production model because how do you make a mistake like that?

[@IbraheemALBalushi]

What was the battery life with LTE and no phone connected?

[@isiboy]

Still going strong as YTs beat tech reviewer. Will wait at least one gen before getting a Pixel watch but your reviews are always a joy. Stay mobile, Mr Mobile.

[@josiahstearns9615]

I very much agree with you about the built-in speaker on the watch. I was taking a phone call on my pixel watch because I couldn't get to my Pixel 7 Pro in time. And, sure it was tinny... which I just kind of put up with - but then as the call continued, my co worker suddenly started sounding like the Imperial Probe from the beginning of Star Wars V - to which I just gave up and switched to a conference call in my PC. And battery life was definitely noticeable. I can get about a day or so out of my Series 7. Not even close with the Pixel Watch. Luckily I’m testing it for my Podcast channel, so I have no plans on keeping it. Would, equally, agree that waiting for the next Gen Pixel Watch is the better choice. It shouldn’t be a surprise, though. 1st gen anything’s are never really the safest bet. Whether that’s mobile tech or even something a bigger scale like cars…. As they often have issues with the engine, transmission… etc. The Pixel Watch has a lot of potential as you stated, and it’s still awaited to be seen as we look on to future generations of this wearable.

[@DavidGreen_au]

It does surprise me, why many of these watch makers shy away from TFT displays. It may be that the colours on display aren't as vivid, but still, a TFT display can manage "always on" with ease due to its low power consumption. And like you, I can't stand having a watch that has no display. I've never experienced 100% reliability on the "activate on wrist lift" that is supposed to circumvent this display issue. And TFT displays don't have to fight against bright sunny days, they relish them. The brighter the day, the brighter the display. The TFT display on the Pebble was one of the reasons I liked the watch so much. It is a shame that the manufacturing standard was so low. I had 1 basic Pebble, and 2 Pebble Steels die due to screen failures. I now wear a Gamin, which hosts a TFT display. If a picked a boring enough looking display, and didn't use many of the tracking functions, it would most likely last a week on a single charge, but I just plug it in for a charge for a about 15 minutes whilst showering etc. and its back to ¾ charge ready for sleep tracking and the next day's activity tracking. And all because of an efficient display. I wouldn't even look at a Pixel watch, at least not while it has that battery draining AMOLED (?) display. And as for paying a subscription for activity tracking. Bah! That's what the App on the phone is supposed to process and store. What a rip off!

[@konradkowalewski1362]

Great review! I noticed Fossil Wellness Edition in the B-roll shots ⌚ Are you gonna cover it in a future video?

[@ThisMarv]

Coming from a Pebble, my only Smartwatch option was Garmin. I don't wanna charge this thing for at least a week and like buttons. I still miss the "shake to dismiss" from my Pebble though..