r/PixelWatch

Man, the 45mm PW4 LTE in porcelain is sold out everywhere. Amazon, BestBuy, even Google Store and Google FI. Must be the most popular color lol guess I'll be waiting...

I like analog watch faces. What drives me nuts though, is that the hands always block information from complications when they go over them. Are there watch faces out there that don't do that? I have been search for days and keep coming up empty.

What are some good aftermarket bands? The official google ones are very spendy and options on amazon seem all over the place. Do you guys have any good recs?

Google eliminated the Fitbit app and, in doing so, Google appears to have eliminated a feature that some of its users (me, for one) very much wanted: auto-detect and record bike rides. No clue why. No clue if Google just fucked up or, for some reason, decided not to offer this benefit. But I realized it is 100% a software issue, not hardware (obvs) and maybe there was a replacement in the Play Store. There is! Unfortunately, the info on the Play Store is in French (at least when I got the app) but the app is in English when downloaded. Also unfortunate, it is a little unclear at the start what permissions settings you need but you should be able to work that out pretty easily. Ride on!

hii. i have a pixel 8 pro, but my current smartwatch is an old huawei. the pixel watch 4 is currently on sale on the google website, it'll cost me about £380. or on vinted, i can get the pw1/pw2 for much cheaper (£60-£100). is it worth the extra money for the new one? or is the pw not even worth it? i've seen a lot of comments about battery life and such

I sleep with my watch daily, it tracks my sleep properly, but i never get the morning brief when i wake up. There is no app setting on my phone/watch to turn on the morning brief feature. When i set up my Pixel Watch 2, the Fitbit app was already the google health app, so i started with the health app. When i wake up, in the recents menu, there is a "Morning Brief" app last opened, but trying to open it gives a toast with "Failed to open App".

Does anyone have a fix for this behavior?

Pixel Watch 2, Paired with a Pixel 7

Mine usually does but today I went into salt water and when I got back to my hotel, I rinsed it off well and just let it sit for a while. When I put it on I held the crown for two seconds, as instructed, but there were no bubble noises. Was it dry enough to not need to clear water?

So - I have my Pixel Watch 4 set up for Tap to Pay & Transit, but after working initially, since the most recent software update every time I try to tap & pay it doesn't work & requests that I open the Wallet first & then tap again.

It's an utter pain - what gives? Has the latest update broken it? Or could it be that the AOD of my new PER32 Hybrid watch face is causing an issue instead? I have AOD set to kick in after 15 secs, but as soon as I lower my watch to tap & pay the AOD minimal display comes on immediately.

Is anyone else having issues with Express Pay?

Thanks.

I have an 'old' Huawei Watch Fit and I'm thinking of switching to the Pixel Watch 4 LTE. The thing that keeps holding me back is that I like to swim; I'd like to take the watch into the swimming pool and track my performance, but... I keep reading comments from users saying it's unsafe to bring the Pixel Watch into the pool.

Is that just being overly cautious? Would I be better off moving to another watch for tracking my swimming? I really like the idea of sharing my stats with Google Health Connect and Gemini, but that's completely useless to me if I can't actually bring the watch into the pool.

I have a Pixel Watch 3 (45mm non-cellular) and ever since the system update the watch is not able to play music through bluetooth earbuds. It does successfully connect to them, but the player apps don't see that there is bluetooth audio available and just use the speaker of the watch to play audio. I have tried rebooting and re-pairing the buds (which still work fine with my phone or laptop), but it didn't help.

Apps I've tried: Spotify, Fyn player, Youtube music.

Does anyone experience the same issue?

How could I report this bug to Google?

Edit: solved!

This is a long shot, but someone recently posted an image of a watch face that had a white background with three circles for steps, heart rate, and battery. It had an analog clock, not digital. It was for sale for $2.49.

I have looked through sooooo many posts trying to find it again without any luck. I saw it about four days ago, but my feed is set on Top or Hot, so it could have been posted before that.

Does that ring a bell?