Can the Google Pixel Watch Keep Up With the Apple Watch? - Gizmodo

I wrote earlier that I’m inactive getting to cognize the Pixel Watch aft being stuck connected Samsung watches for truthful long. But I’m concurrently learning the Apple Watch Series 8. I’ve had the Apple Watch for lone a fewer weeks, but it’s already fixed maine an thought of however Google tin amended the Pixel Watch.

The 2 smartwatches are from antithetic ecosystems, but the Pixel Watch is expected to beryllium a carrot on a stick for anyone deciding betwixt Android and iOS. But for each the ways it mightiness reflector the Apple Watch, it’s inactive missing immoderate features. Here’s a look astatine immoderate similarities and differences betwixt Google’s Pixel Watch and Apple Watch Series 8.

When I looked astatine the specification expanse for the Pixel Watch, I noticed it was missing immoderate of the sensors of the Apple Watch. I’m chiefly referring to the assemblage somesthesia sensor, which is caller to the Apple Watch Series 8 to assistance facilitate fertility tracking. And portion determination is an Sp02 humor oxygen show connected the Pixel Watch, it’s presently dormant.

The Pixel Watch has a bezel. I didn’t privation to admit it astatine first, but it’s precise intelligibly there, and it feels a spot much pronounced than the 1 connected the Apple Watch. Despite the Pixel Watch’s chill domed surface effect, I similar that the Apple Watch Series 8 uses the full square.

I didn’t deliberation I’d miss it, but erstwhile I enactment down the Pixel Watch and Apple Watch to instrumentality to my Samsung Galaxy Watch, I realized I missed the integer crown. It helps the interface determination faster erstwhile the bundle allows it and makes it easier to scroll done dense accusation connected the tiny ticker screens.

Unlike the Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch lone comes successful 1 size. It’s a 41mm ticker look oregon thing with Google’s smartwatch. Apple offers 41mm and 45mm sizes for antithetic wrists.

The Pixel Watch and Apple Watch usage a proprietary clasping mechanics for their watchbands. If you’re coming to 1 of these watches from different brand, you mightiness find this annoying, arsenic it means buying a caller acceptable of ticker bands.

Both Google and Apple person paid tiers for fittingness help, costing $10/month. On the Pixel Watch, it’s called Fitbit Premium. It includes features similar a regular readiness score, precocious slumber tracking, and entree to on-demand workout and meditation programs. Weirdly, there’s nary autochthonal casting quality to propulsion the Fitbit video contented connected a bigger screen.

Apple Fitness+ is similar, but it’s much focused connected offering contented than unlocking health-tracking features. Apple Fitness+ offers a catalog of audio and video workouts, positive playlists. It besides works with Apple TV and AirPlay, truthful that you tin enactment retired connected the large surface astatine home.

The Pixel and Apple Watch are chargeable via USB-C-connected magnetic charging docks. You volition not privation to permission the location without them, due to the fact that they are proprietary charging cables, and it’s hard to find an alternate if you request to complaint your watch.

I tried to beryllium a small cheeky to spot if the Pixel Watch and Apple Watch could complaint with each other’s bases. While the Pixel Watch works with the Apple Watch’s charger—with immoderate force, arsenic they person opposing magnets—it won’t instrumentality the different mode around. Bring your charging cable!

I cognize we’ve been dealing with immoderate mendacious positives connected the iPhone 14's car clang detection features, but it’s bully to cognize the Apple Watch Series 8 has each of Apple’s latest exigency features built-in. This includes automatic car clang detection and Emergency SOS. If you outpouring for the Apple Watch Ultra, there’s adjacent outer connectivity. Though if you person an iPhone 14, it has the aforesaid exertion built into it, and you tin usage your Apple Watch to commencement the call.

The Pixel Watch besides has emergency capabilities. You tin acceptable it up to alert trusted contacts successful lawsuit of an mishap oregon if you’re feeling unsafe. Google has besides promised built-in autumn detection, though it’s not disposable until aboriginal this year.