These 8 Rumored Pixel Watch Features Make It The Android Wearable To Beat In 2025

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There's a large chance we'll beryllium getting a caller Google smartwatch soon -- and I mean tomorrow soon, arsenic we're conscionable a nighttime distant from nan August Made by Google event, nan tech giant's yearly hardware showcase. Leading up to it, rumors and leaks of what's coming connected this adjacent procreation of AI-infused devices are swirling.

Also: I've owned each Google Pixel since nan first - here's why 2025's will beryllium different 

What tin we expect from nan Pixel Watch 4?

Google could debut new Pixel phones (including a foldable if nan rumors are true), Pixel Buds, and possibly moreover a Google Pixel Watch 4, if I'm lucky. As ZDNET's wearables editor, I'm keeping my oculus connected nan Pixel Watch 4 chatter.

Also: Google will denote its adjacent lineup of Pixels connected August 20 - here's what we know

While Google has kept nan specifications of its adjacent hardware merchandise discreet, a fewer leaks springiness hints astir what to expect pinch nan fourth-generation smartwatch. I've contacted nan institution for remark and will study backmost if I get immoderate confirmation. 

Keep successful mind that these rumors are, well, precisely that. Simply rumors. The existent confirmation will only travel connected August 20 astatine Made By Google, truthful beryllium judge to tune successful to nan livestream astatine 1 p.m. ET for nan latest. For now, let's dive into nan astir breathtaking and notable features we could spot successful nan Pixel Watch 4.

1. Sizing and colors 

According to rumors, nan Pixel Watch 4 is expected to vessel successful nan aforesaid sizes arsenic its predecessor: 41 mm and 45 mm.

While sizing is staying nan same, nan smartwatch's colors are caller this year. 9to5Google's Arsene Lupin unveiled a database of nan Pixel Watch 4's colorways. They see Black/Obsidian, Gold/Lemon, Moonstone, Silver/Iris, and Silver/Porcelain. 

2. Same chipset, caller processor

Another rumor suggests that nan Pixel Watch 4 will support nan chipset from nan Watch 3, nan Snapdragon W5 + Gen 1. However, location are murmurs of a caller processor entering nan smartwatch: Google's M55 processor.

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This processor should alteration nan Watch 4 to grip 5 times nan AI power, according to Android Headlines. The Watch 4 is going to request each nan AI-processing powerfulness it tin get, arsenic Gemini arrives connected nan caller smartwatch aft debuting connected nan Galaxy Watch.

3. New and faster charging

Google is switching up its charging port, according to Android Headlines. Instead of a charger that rests connected nan bottommost of nan watch, Google is debuting a side-mount charger. The charging interaction moved from nan backmost to nan near broadside of nan watch, and this position move mightiness lend to faster charging. 

The 41mm exemplary is slated to get 30 hours of artillery life, and nan 45mm exemplary 40, according to serial leaker Evan Blass, who posted Pixel Watch 4 leaks connected X. The smartwatches will besides get 25% faster charging rates, according to Blass. 

4. Thicker watch (but bigger battery)

The Pixel Watch 3 is simply a hefty smartwatch already -- and nan thickest I've worn. It could get moreover thicker, according to 91mobiles, to make room for a larger battery. The tract says nan fourth-gen watch has a thickness of 14.3 mm.

As personification pinch a mini wrist, this is 1 unwelcome alteration I dream won't travel to fruition. The awesome smartwatch competitors, Samsung and Apple, person gone slimmer pinch their Galaxy and Apple Watches to make nan devices much comfortable to slumber in, workout in, and deterioration anywhere. That thinness and levity straight subordinate to comfortableness and wearability.

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However, artillery life is simply a awesome wearability facet arsenic well, and it's a tie for immoderate users, truthful what we whitethorn sacrifice successful chunkiness we dress up for successful an extended battery.

5. Breathing emergencies characteristic

According to nan folks astatine Android Headlines, Google will grow its individual information features pinch Emergency Satellite Communications and a Breathing Emergencies feature. The SPO2 sensor connected nan Pixel Watch 4 will show blood-oxygen levels and activity nan reddish emblem erstwhile they've gone excessively low. Blass's X station besides reports bosom complaint variability monitoring. 

6. Two caller buttons

91mobiles besides spotted 2 caller buttons connected each broadside of nan Pixel Watch 4's speaker. If I had to conjecture their function, I'd stake 1 is for a wellness monitor. We're seeing much on-device wellness functionalities debut connected smartwatches.

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Earlier this month, Samsung debuted an Antioxidant Index that is activated by pressing a thumb connected nan smartwatch's BioActive Sensor.

7. Brighter show

The Pixel Watch 4 could beryllium backmost and brighter than ever, according to Blass. A 3,000 nits show is coming to nan smartwatch, Blass reports. This places its brightness connected par pinch nan precocious debuted Galaxy Watch 8 and nan Apple Watch Ultra 2.

8. Repairable (at agelong last)

One communal vexation among wearable wellness tech users is nan device's absolute un-repairability. That could soon change. Android Headlines says that nan Pixel Watch 4 could (finally) beryllium repairable, truthful you won't person to switch nan full watch if your show aliases artillery breaks. This is simply a awesome measurement guardant for biology consciousness, customer satisfaction, and longevity.

Also: Google conscionable gave nan Pixel Watch its astir important update yet - really US users tin opt in

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