TechSmartwatchesNew Pixel Watch details leaked and I’m excited for this one reasonIt’s all about where the Pixel Watch is being made…When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSmartwatchesNew Pixel Watch details leaked and I’m excited for this one reasonIt’s all about where the Pixel Watch is being made…When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
It’s all about where the Pixel Watch is being made…
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Google)
(Image credit: Google)
We know theGoogle Pixel Watchis coming and when it was first announced I had my reservations. I said that in order for the Pixel Watch to be a trueApple Watchrival,Google would need to nail the hardware.
The first leaks had us underwhelmed: as wereportedearlier in the month, the Pixel Watch is running a comparatively old processor that isn’t as good as the one in theSamsung Galaxy Watch 4, let alone the expectedSamsung GalaxyWatch 5 later this year. According to reports from 9to5Google, it’s not that simple, the Pixel Watch will also have a co-processor and buckets of RAM. This alleviated some worries.
Now another piece of the puzzle is falling into place… where the Pixel Watch is going to be made.
Compal Electronics is one of the manufacturers of theApple Watchand has been making one of thebest smartwatchessince 2017. You would, therefore, expect it to have plenty of experience with this compact form factor and that should, in theory, mean the Pixel Watch will have similar levels of build quality.
This has certainly eased myinitial worriesabout the Pixel Watch build quality, although I won’t be truly satisfied until I’ve got one on my wrist.
In another FCC listing filed at the same time, we also learned that the Pixel Watch will come with a USB-C charger.
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We expect this will be a fairly straightforward magnetic puck, but with a USB-C cable attached rather than USB-A found on the Fitbit Sense,Versa 3, andSamsung Galaxy Watch 4. This would allow Pixel Watch owners to use their smartphone’s power brick (most of which now feature USB-C) rather than need a separate power supply.
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