The Pixel Watch will arrive in 2022 according to rumors, which have sketched the portrait of the first smartwatch branded Google
The Google Pixel Watch has been talked about for years on several occasions. The project seems to be stationed in the “yards” of Mountain View for quite some time, but Google has clearly never found the square to realize the idea that has in mind. The debut of the Pixel 6 seems to have reshuffled the cards, and Pixel Watch seems closer and closer to the debut.
Google actually had already come close to the release of its first smartwatch. An indiscretion a while back told us that the web search giant’s smartwatch could have debuted as early as 2017, when the LG Watch Sport and Watch Style ended up on the market instead: an employee who remained anonymous confessed that the two were meant for Google, but hardware chief Rick Osterloh later ruled that they didn’t seem consistent with the Pixel spirit and so nothing came of it. Judging by the coldness with which the two were received by enthusiasts, you could say that Osterloh had the long eye. Now, however, the story is different, and Google Pixel Watch could be close to the debut.
Google Pixel Watch, what it looks like
According to rumors, Pixel Watch is being worked on in Google’s labs under the codename Rohan. The design would not have involved the men of Fitbit, available to Google since the beginning of the year when the company was “absorbed” in Mountain View for over $2 billion.
It is thought that Google Pixel Watch will have at its base the same philosophy of Pixel smartphones, namely to show the level of user experience that is possible to get on the Android platform with the right hardware and software optimization level – and Google is a master in this, also by virtue of the very close relationship with Android for obvious reasons.
In short, it is increasingly evident that Google has decided with conviction to be the Apple of the Android landscape, and in fact even Pixel Watch will have to deal with Apple Watch in the same way as between the Google Pixel 6 and iPhone. The deduction is the result of rumors about the price, according to which Google Pixel Watch will cost more than Fitbit smartwatches to approach the price of Apple Watch.
The Google Pixel Watch will not lack sensors and features ad hoc to track daily activities and sports, so the presence of heart rate monitor, GPS and various accelerometers is not in question. But there should also be full compatibility – there is even talk of integration – between the monitoring app developed and evolved over the years by Fitbit and Wear OS 3, which would thus be among the new features that Google will announce at the same time as Pixel Watch.
Google Pixel Watch, when it arrives
The feeling, therefore, is that Google wants to get serious about the hardware, after years of playing more frequently the role of the appearance than the protagonist. The Pixel 6 has shown the way, with Pixel Watch that could arrive at the right time, that is, at the time when Google has taken note of what “wants to do big”.
According to the same rumors that have provided us with the most updated portrait of Google Pixel Watch, the smartphone of the big G could also arrive during 2022, but the feeling is that we will hear again in the future and maybe come more precise indications on its debut.