Google Pixel Watch Matte Black with Obsidian Active Band
A First Attempt
18/11/2022 16:47
I am one of the people that have been waiting for this watch for years and, I have not been disappointed. Compared to earlier WearOS watches the UX is much more refined and the experience much faster - I don't think I have noticed any real stutters yet. All the advertised features also work well, the most impressive being the real-time heart rate monitoring. Furthermore this is the first smartwatch I have actually liked the design of and felt good wearing, the only other one that came close is the now discontinued moto360.
However, being a first-generation product it does lack some polish. For instance it has a hand washing timer but it does not automatically start and sleep tracking but you have to manually put it into 'sleep mode'. I am hopeful this will be improved upon with software updates - not getting notifications from apps on a work profile has already been fixed. The battery life is perhaps the poorest aspect of the watch, but I just put it on charge when I have a shower every day and this is enough to keep it going most of the time.
The final piece of the puzzle is the Fitbit integration, and as a long-time Google Fit user, I am not sure how I feel about it. Fitbit is definitely a more complete ecosystem than Google Fit and overall I have come to really enjoy it. But, it has no integration with Google Fit, so I have essentially had to give up the last few years of data that Google holds, because my Google device is using a different (but still Google owned) fitness service? This confusion is amplified by the fact that my Google Pixel phone is integrated more with Google Fit. Here I kind of wished that they just picked one or the other, or at least made the two talk to one another.
tropics1999
Hackham , Austrálie
Age: 24
Gender: Female