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(Image credit: Google)
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With less than two weeks to go untilGooglereveals its first own-brand smartwatch, the company has revealed a key feature of the wearable.
We haven’t seen this on a Pixel Watch in any of Google’s previous renders, and while we can’t be certain, it looks like the Assistant icon is a button for instant access to Google’s voice-assistance system.
This is of course a no-brainer for Google. We had fully expected the company to put its own services, like Google Assistant andGoogle Maps, front-and-centre in the Pixel Watch’s user interface.
Google has already said how the Pixel Watch will run software it describes as a “new Wear OS experience” with the smartwatch operating system “reimagined to feel fluid”. But so far we have only seen a very simple watch face with hour, minute and second hands, and a heart rate complication below.
Google’s first own-brand smartwatch, the Pixel Watch is expected to cost between £300 and £400, although a Wi-Fi only version could start from around £220, according toa recent leak, undercutting the newApple Watch Series 8andSamsung Galaxy Watch 5. As well as Google software services, it is expected to include sleep tracking, and deep integration with Google-owned Fitbit for detailed health- and fitness-tracking.
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The video also shows shots of the upcomingPixel 7andPixel 7 Prosmartphones, which will also be fully revealed at Google’s product launch event next week. The presentation kicks off at 10am ET (3pm BST) on 6 October, and is also expected to feature newPixel Budswireless earphones, and smart home devices from Google’s Nest division.
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