I Think I’m Done with the Pixel Watch 

The google fit / Fitbit/ Health stuff is exactly what google faced with Hangouts, chat, duo, meet, etc. When you try to maintain multiple "similar" apps in the same ecosystem, people will just get confused or frustrated and choose to use something else. Google either needs to figure this out, or they're going to end up ruining the perception of Fitbit in the flailing.

I have to be honest, the review on main channel is not doing justice to the audience. It's more like a first impression video. There are lots issues not mentioned in the review and this video, and it wasn't even compared to its competiton, which is crucial for a portion of viewers that watch the review video before making purchase.

That "1st gen" thing is making me crazy. They had years to develop it, they sat around and saw what everyone else was doing, and they own Fitbit. It's good but it just should be better.

It is SO SO expensive for what it is though. After 6 months, you start to pay for the Fitbit subscription. For people who keeps it around for 3 or 4 years, it is $650-$700, or $770 or $820 depending on if you get the LTE. It can be even more expensive than the Apple Watch ultra for something that is inferior to even the regular Apple Watch.

I had the same experience at first with the terrible battery life. After messing around with it for a while I discovered that it was constantly trying to update all the apps. I had to update them all one by one. After everything was updated the battery seems to last a lot longer. I went from charging it twice a day to just once. I'll throw it on the charger for like an hour before I go to bed and it lasts pretty much all day.

I don't think I really heard MKB say why he's "done" with it. Did I miss something? Sounded more like just more first-impression reviews. That said, here's hoping an update will allow for settings to improve battery life. Frankly, I want the smart features more than the Fitbit features. If I want to know my heart rate, I'll ask for it. As simple as it was, I really miss my Pebble Time Steel in a lot of ways.

I think I'll go all in on Google's ecosystem if the Pixel 8 and Watch 2 are good Google has utterly impressed me on the software side, hardware is the only place I feel they're lacking

They should just release a software update that allows the heart rate to not track every second. Maybe something like every 30 seconds that would significantly increase the battery life. Or just only have it scanning that frequently when you're physically on a workout, but the rest of the time it's not as frequent.

I quite frankly disagree. I work as a PE Teacher so lots of physical active stuff going on. Yesterday I charged it before bed to a 100%, tracked my sleep, wore it all day while working and right now after 20 hours I still have 42% And that includes reading notifications and manage my music over the PW

samsung has the feature of continuous heart rate monitor in galaxy watch 4/5 but they don't market it as much as pixel did

@mkbhd I love your videos and have been watching them for a long time, but this one was actually trash. I've been using this watch for the last 5 days and it's really great. Auto pause and Fitbit Premium are valid issues, but otherwise you are nitpicking. I'm easily getting 24 hours of battery life with normal use, which is comparable to series 8. For any non-Samsung Android user, this is the best option out there. Period.

Buying Fitbit premium just to access and see some extra stats and metrics collected by the watch? I was done the moment I got to know about that. If you have iOS, get Apple Watch. If Android, get Galaxy Watch 4/5 or Fossil etc. This is just like a BETA version available for you to purchase Lol

Personally, I love this watch! It's super nice on my wrist compared to my apple watch or Samsung watch. Luckily for me, by 4pm my battery is at 74 percent 😃 My day starts at 5AM. But, yeah, it does check the heart rate extremely often. Also, I REALLY love the talk to text feature- it always gets my messages correct (which is not something I can say for my apple or Samsung). Luckily, my watch connected to my Pixel 7 Pro quickly and easily 🤷

Dang I must be the only one obsessed with my watch🙃

I'll preface by saying I do like my pixel watch, however I haven't had a smart watch since my Michael kors smartwatch like 5 years ago. THAT SAID, battery is a big issue, giant pain in the butt. Also, I got it via preorder on the 13th and it was super annoying to a) get the update to even download or install and b) once I did get it to go through I did have to factory reset the watch for connectivity. 😒 Also, I already have a scratch on the glass. I work an office job and I'm largely sedentary other than the gym/ walks/ everyday movements so it's unfathomable that I already have somehow scratched this thing. Also you suggested that they missed the boat big time by not getting rid of Google fit and rebranding Fitbit to Google Fitbit, I love that idea. The paywall is so unfortunate as well. Lastly, why on earth does the Fitbit app more more like a Google application than the pixel watch app on my pixel 6?! On the other side of the coin, I have a 5.5" wrist circumference and the size is gorgeous on my dainty wrist. Also, I personally love how the bands connect for that seamless look and personally don't mind having to buy watchbands. It's a gorgeous piece of hardware.

I'm charging about once every 2 days. That's with 'always on display' off and a couple other power saving options. Zero connectivity issues. My biggest complaint is that I cannot power share with my Pixel phone using Qi

2:25 Wait. Marques - I thought you're a high class sports person and I kind of expected a resting heart rate of about 40-ish. Uhm.. 60 though? 🧐 Is the measurement maybe a little faulty on the watch?

I've had my pixel watch for 4 days. It connected without any issue to my Samsung 20 note ultra. Have to charge it twice a day if you are sleep tracking and keeping always on display on. It does charge quickly.

I like 36 hours of battery life because I use my watch for many years so in 2028 before I upgrade my Apple Watch Ultra 2 (Series 1?) if I'm still getting a full day of battery life then that is huge for me. My Apple Watch Series 0 was dying early all the time by the time I got my Series 4. My Series 4 is still barely making it through a day most of the time unless I have a really long workout or multiple workouts. When I upgrade to the Ultra 2 (Series 1?) next year from my Series 4, I'm sure the battery life of that thing will last me for a long time. Maybe even beyond 2028. And I love that. I don't want to be buying an Apple Watch every other year. And I know with Apple they will support the hardware for a long time with software updates.

On my Pixel 6 Pro it was seamless. I took it out of the box and it just turned on and my phone saw that I had one and installed everything. Cellular features at this size is insane; it gives me assistant from the wrist to deal with all my home automation crap. Coming from a Garmin, I'm happy af. I usually do 1st and 3rd gen stuff... 1st gen is fun, plus it helps product dev. 2nd gen is iterative refinement that usually doesn't help much, 3rd gen (for google anyway) is usually a little cheaper and heavily refined by deleting features that didn't work well in 1st and 3rd, plus all the software and power saving is dialed in. Like, the 6 pro is interesting and tweaky... but the 3a was perfect daily driver. Then you can hack the 1st gen with custom roms for weirder uses, and fi lets you keep the sim active just for data. It's comfy now, things aren't priced too unreasonably.

I'm highly skeptical that the heart rate monitor is the issue for the battery life, simply because that is a Fitbit feature, and Fitbits don't have this battery life problem. The newest Fitbit models, that have the same sensors + more sensors, have 6 or more days of battery life (I can get more than 5 days with always on display on + all sensors on at all times on my Fitbit Sense 2). It's not the heart rate monitor that kills the battery, it's the smart features, it has always been the smart features. That's the reason why most fitness trackers have decent battery while most smart watches don't. The battery life is a Google issue, not a Fitbit issue.

4:20 - on galaxy watch, make a watch backup, factory reset, restore backup. Takes 5 minutes and the watch will be exactly how it was before. Also you only need to do this if you change phones or purposely remove/unpair the watch from your phone, on your phone. Forcing you to reset the watch everytime you completely unpair it or are trying to connect to a new phone, its a security feature. If it didnt do that, if it got stolen people would just connect it to their phones, not have to delete anything and have access to all your sensitive health and GPS history data. 4:45 - About the notifications, unless you are talking about the Pixel Watch here, the Galaxy Watch can do all that you are saying, and they don't come all on by default, just some important apps come on by default (like health, SMS, calls etc), and theres a toggle to switch all off or on

My pixel watch experience has been great just like my pixel 6a experience has been great. pixel watch connected to the phone On the first try I never get disconnecting problems I just had problems updating I had to update as soon as I connected my pixel watch it said I needed a update and I had to restart it a couple times for it to finally update.

Garmin Venu 2 ladies and gentleman. I get 7-10 days battery life easy and Garmin ecosystem is great for health tracking.

Poor Andrew.. he always looks so uncomfortable when David talks.. unfortunately David's takes and opinions are far more interesting. Andrew looks so jealous.

This is the most attractive-looking smartwatch that I've seen so far. As for the size, I think they picked a medium size that would work for most women and men, and I appreciate that. Many smartwatches are so large (e.g. Apple Watch Ultra) and don't work as well for women.

I think a pixel watch A series would be good. Like the Apple watch SE.

If they'll do similar optimizations as Samsung did with GW4. It can be pretty nice watch. I mean the battery on GW4 was terrible at the beginning and now it's literally 1,5 day watch with AoD and sleeptracking in use.

Tried it for myself. I wasn't impressed. Rocking the Galaxy Watch5 44mm BT and loving it. Better battery and bigger watch face. Once I install the Google stuff I like including Gboard, Assistant, and wallet - it's an overall better experience in my opinion.

My Garmin Instinct watch polls heart rate 24/7 and it lasts 2-3 weeks on a charge... Also provides phone notifications.

Just got mine yesterday. Used it today for the first time. Only lost 30% battery from 6:30 AM-4 PM. I love it.

I got the ringke attachment and a cheap screen protector from Amazon and its been perfect

You would think Google could have learned with their partners on previous android watches.

I think I'm done with with MKBHD

I love the Pixel watch so far. Zero complaints. Comparing it to my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, the fit is better, the look is better, the notifications are better... Even the part that's supposed to suck, the battery life, is better on the Pixel watch. I swear I am not making this up. It's a really, really good first-gen product.

Also the battery don't have to go too low that the battery will degrade faster. Battery going below 20% and above 80% have more charge cycles than in between either of those.

The disconnect issue mentioned by him is an ANDROID issue. Happens with me too. About once every week. What i do is just restart my phone and it's fixed

10:47 I was waiting for someone to mention Health Sync. I've got a Garmin watch and a Samsung phone. I like to keep the Garmin stuff stored in Samsung Health because I've been planning to move to a Galaxy Watch soon. It works nice, syncs every morning (or any time I open the app). I would recommend trying the 7 (or 14) day trial, then spending the $3.99 for the full version.

It's an android issue. Happens more often than I like with my fossil gen 6

I noticed on my Pixel watch if you turn off tilt to wake at night then it saves you a ton of battery life Right now is 4:35 p.m. I still have 50% from yesterday

I just bought a Pixel Watch. I can't state enough that so far I'm really happy with it. It's an amazing smartwatch for the money. The design and features are amazing!! Battery life lasts one day easily. To be honest, I put it on Battery Saver mode similar to my pixel phone besides turning off Adaptive Brightness. I am fine with turning those off. I have noticed that Marques always nitpicks on little and irrelevant things when it comes to Pixel products. So I take his reviews with a grain of salt. His reviews are biased towards Apple, which has had major shortcomings over many of its products.

1:58 it can check your heart rate every second because there is an ASIC for that. Apple uses more software than hardware to check the heart rate and this incur in more watts spent, I suppose

It annoys me to no end that they're ignoring Google Fit

When it comes to watches, I can't accept having to charge them regularly. This is where I love my Seiko watch with a solar panel built in. I've had it for 8 years and still going without worrying about batteries

I'm loving my watch and have no issues. I don't need Fitbit subscription and I'm happy with the basic fitness. I'm using the Ringke metal ring to protect the edge, so no issues with cracking the edge. Battery life isn't as bad as everyone complains about. Software updates most likely will fix most problems.

As a normal person who uses this normally, I have no issues with this watch. And I have the LTE version. So how's about just not expecting everything to be 210% perfect? Or maybe not running 20 things at once on it? Cuz my battery lasts a good 2-3 days, one charge. And again. LTE version.

Thanks for covering this product, I've been considering getting one as earlier this year I'd gotten the Pixel 6. I may wait for updates to the software or the next iteration now. Unsure. We will see what the future holds, I hope!

Seems like a pixel thing I have never had this on my Galaxy watcch 4 and s22 Ultra

I use it since 3 days and for me it does everything I want pretty fine, EXCEPT there seems to be problems with the synchronization between the watch and the Fitbit app. But that will be fixed by updates I think. Other than that, the watch seems fine to me. I get a day of battery life just like with the apple watch so that's no concern for me

Switched to Garmin a while back. Having some random issues with my s21 ultra. I'm just annoyed by bugginess of Android. Think it's time to switch to iOS. Sigh* My last iOS device was iphone 6.

Would like to see more comparisons and opinions compared to he galaxy watch not the apple watch lol. People getting the pixel watch aren't getting an apple watch as a second purchase option

I'm a long time WearOS user and I just don't understand the idea behind fitness watches. Who wants to wear a full on watch while they're exercising, it just seems like a recipe for problems. I desperately wish someone would create a standard watch that has a transparent screen on top for displaying notifications. Wouldn't even have to be a touchscreen, I'd be happy to do the little bit of navigation necessary via hard-buttons. Throw in NFC for payments, maybe a microphone if there is space, and you've got my ideal smart watch. No GPS, no LTE, no biometrics, just a normal wrist watch that I can use to read notifications, approve 2FA, and pay via NFC. As a bonus, I could actually read the time when my battery is low because a standard watch barely uses any power!

Several of these issues (connectivity, overpulling heart rate, battery life) have also been present in the Fitbit Ionic and Versa series. Fitbit's brand name is much stronger than its recent offerings generally, and if Google wants to be successful I imagine some reorganization of Fitbit's hardware team is required.

MKBHD has sold his soul to Apple. Very biased reviews. He is going on and on about HR being measured every sec. If Apple would have done the same then he would have been like OMG... Now I can get continuous HR! I say this as I recall how he roasted pixel 3 for it's notch and now he loves dynamic island in iPhone....

The connectivity issues sound exactly like the issues I had with the Pixel Buds when they first dropped. It was so infuriating that I returned them. Sad to hear Google still can't get it right when it comes to hardware.

One thing no one really comments on pertaining to the cost is the fact that the Pixel Watch body is stainless steel. If you order an Apple Watch Series 8, the cheapest stainless version is $700. This isn't to excuse battery issues or anything else, but body material is a consideration in my mind. In that regard, the pricing looks a bit different. Again, this is just considering the body material. Would it be significantly cheaper if it were aluminum? I have no idea - I just know that an aluminum Apple Watch is substantially cheaper than the stainless version.

I love that some watches give you a live heart rate. My Garmin shows a graph for the last 4 hours with the live heart rate

People using fitbit are not confused by Google Fit, so why would anyone rocking an a Wear OS watch be confused? MKBHD is tripping, Pixel watch is perfect for those that want all the deep Google integration and the Fitbit stuff. Fitbit is its own thing with millions of users, Google has to keep it a separate service. Google fit is free half baked and just exists for the sake of it, best most Android users dont even know about it, the rest saw it once and never opened the app again. Tech Community lives on another planet

I have a speculation that poor battery life is due to poor app management. I discovered that you cannot disable phone notification right now, and some of the setting options are still unfinished. This is something I like/hate about Pixel product line in general. Often times, especially with their later iterations, have minimal issue during the launch, then it have some insane amount of bug/error after few month, then they resolve it gradually. I like the size because my daily driver before pixel watch was Garmin Fenix 6x.

if i get the Google Watch WiFi and Bluetooth and download my Spotify playlist prior to leaving my phone at home, Could i still listen to music? Does anyone recommend the LTE rather than the WiFi watch, thoughts?

on my fossil gen 6 which finally got wear os 3, in the wellness app there's an option to disable continuous heart rate monitoring and it made a huge difference in battery life, ending the day with 30% more in most cases with it off vs on. i actually had better battery life on wear os 2 but 3 looks so much nicer and feels a lot more fluid

This guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about at first, then you realize he has no clue about about fitness tracking. For highest accuracy (especially HRV), any serious fitness tracker has to measure your heart rate constantly and continuously, and very precisely at that, in order to calculate one's HRV statistics.

I imagine the heart rate tracking is a Fitbit thing, not a Google thing. My Fitbit Versa 3 (and previously Versa 2) also does the constant heart rate tracking, and they still get several days of battery life. That is disappointing.

Funny how everyone hates Exynos chips but seem to love Tensor chips, which are based on Exynos and also made by Samsung, and are slower and less efficient than Exynos (based on old Exynos designs). Kinda sus, seems like the brand is more important than actual performance for some people

Mine connected perfectly and stayed connect till this day. Lucky to say I'm one of the people who have 0 problems with the watch, i also prefeer the allways on display off and use use the "wiggle to wake" feature. I track sleeping and use pretty much every feature it has to offer. The fast charge time is the only thing that kinda counteracts the low battery life. I charge it every day after waking up when i get ready, and it lasts me trough the day and night until the next day with sometimes 20% left to spare. The fitbit stuff is kinda rough, I'll agree, i knew it came with Fitbit but I'm also a bit on the fence if I'm gonna stay subscribed to Fitbit after the 6 months,maybe if they give you a discount for it because I feel 10dollars a month is a bit pricy after you already paid almost 400bucks for a watch, 120 dollars a year just for some premium features that shouldn't be that expensive is just too much for me. The watch and the watch faces are gorgeous, aside of battery and the wierd Fitbit integration, this watch is almost perfect

I have the P6 and am interested in this watch, the Wi-Fi version of course. Truly, I do want to experience the watch but am watching reviews. Honestly, I think I'll give it a go.

Google Fit/Fitbit situation with the whole Google ecosystem is the one last thing that turned me away from Pixels and Google in general. I just can’t trust that my data in one of their apps is still going to be there in 5 years or, as with Fit, even in a year. They just killed or abandoned maintenance of too many apps

They probably can't combine fitbit and google stuff so easily b/c of health data. They might have to put users through a new NUX / consent flow to get them to agree to share health data with Google, which might freak people out more than simply rolling out fitbit as a watch on the pixel watch with no additional work. There is also probably data storage requirements for health data that the rest of the google services might not be able to support? I bet they merge it, but it will take time.

Galaxy watch 5, especially the pro, is much better. Samsung health is also one app. Basically Samsung has done everything you wish Google will do

Do you think the new W5+ chipset will finally fix WearOS watches?

I don't understand some of these complaints. Maybe the watches vary wildly? I charge mine at night while I shower. I put it back on and track my sleep, go through my day, and workout. I end the day between 30-45% battery left with all that. The Fitbit app DOES auto track exercise. It catches every walk I do with my dog and just automatically adds it to my fitness tracking. Also I had connectivity issues at first but I force updated all the apps and now there are zero problems with that. I think the watch has issues with updating.

I was really looking forward to the Pixel Watch, but it didn't release in Norway. Looking at this I'm kinda glad it didn't, but I really hope there will be a gen. 2 with more built-in features (rather than borrowing from Fitbit Premium), as well as fixing the battery. Question though, when can we realistically expect a gen. 2? I'm new to smart watches, and was mainly looking forward to this because of the integration with other Pixel/Google Home devices.

I love my amazfit gtr3 for $130.00.

Seems like Marques is in a Spiderverse 😂

why are so many people complaining about the apple watch charging slowly? my series 7 honestly charges in like 1hour and 15 min from 0-100

This is why Apple continues to win in their ecosystem. I still feel like Google is only in its infancy of trying to get their software, and hardware down so they are releasing incomplete products for a high price. I've been a loyal Android user for 10 years, but I feel like now Apple is the way to go to get a phone or watch that just works.

7:20 this is just lazy . Just stop it yourself. It would be a good feature but. If you are at the gym and rest for a few minutes and it stops my workout that would be annoying. Because then I have to start a new session. Best case scenario you set the rest period allowed before it stops the work out and maybe vibrate and put up a option that says you are stationary stop work out now ? Yes or no .

I do not have battery issues, turn off always display and I use bedtime mode. Also, reading heart rate has a benefit to track ur wellness all around. Apple does it for like 30 min or so, anything can happen in 30 min ;)

I've had my Pixel Watch for a while. And have had a good experience. It's been great for paying using Google Pay, checking notifications, and making calls/replying back quickly.

Glad to hear you mention the fact that the android wear OS watches randomly disconnect and you need to factory reset the watch and setup again - it's an issue I've been having and I wasn't sure if it was just my watch but it sounds more like a platform issue

I've never had a smart watch before. I love Pixel phones. I got a watch for like $180 through a Verizon deal. I like it. Annoyed by Fitbit notifications, but I'm sure I can disable them. Turn your always-on screen off and you won't have battery life issues. I'm getting over 24 hours.

coming from an apple watch and I must say I really like the Pixel watch, I am having no issues with the battery it does what I need and I like the simplicity of the device.

I was expecting something nicer looking than that. You would think Google has enough money to hire a designer firm, with better taste in design results than this.

No swim tracking.... 😭 I was holding out for this watch for my swim tracking and triathlon training. So much sigh.

My battery life has been phenomenal, I did a personal no charge test and got 32 hours lol and that's just using the watch as how I use all my other smart watches. AOD off TTW on. Normally though I put the watch on the charger while I'm in the shower at nights / mornings

I turn off tilt to wake and always on, prefer that anyway, and it helped battery. Make sure LTE is on auto.

I love Marques, but he barely gives smart watches that aren't the Apple Watch a shot. Pretty sure the only non Apple watches he's ever reviewed are the Moto 360, the OnePlus Watch and now the Pixel Watch. But there are tons of good watches out there from Samsung, Fitbit or Garmin that your audience would probably love to hear your take on. I have the Pixel Watch now and I love it so far. The battery will be an adjustment, but I love everything else about it, so I can put up with charging it a little more frequently.

The more frequent the reading of the heartbeat, the more faithful the tracking in sports.

Honestly my experience has been more on the positive side. I only charge it once a day with sleep tracking and exercises. AoD on, Tilt to Wake off, LTE version (but still connected to phone). I love the watch, no complaints here. I actually use health sync to sync Fitbit to Google fit.

can't expect anymore unbiased reviews from these folks. These are personal preference dialogues.

i knew the first gen was going to be experimental. the battery drainage is the biggest problem for me. Also a smartwatch doesn't need to be a phone on your wrist. GOogle needs to realise what they want to emphasize, and optimize for what their users need the most, not for what they 'think' they might want.

This guy buys a smart watch and doesn’t sleep track 😅 just get a normal watch and your battery will last for years.

Google should release an update to control the heart beat scans. To be able to turn it completely off or at different intervals would surely solve the battery issues.

The Fitbit stuff really turns me off from this watch. I'd much rather use Google fit.

After the Apple Watch Ultra I cannot go back to a smaller watch ever again. This thing is amazing.

I got my watch on thursday and didn't have any connectivity issues with the phone (pixel 7).

It's a major flop. My Samsung gear S3 is better and it's older. Someone should be fired. 😂

Sold mine as soon as I got it, IMO first iterations always have issues & the bezel is way to small for me, will stick with my Venu for the time being as it ticks all the boxes for me at a fraction of the price

That final battery hot take was pretty poor and i agree with Marques its the piece of mind that if my average day turns into heavy day i have the piece of mind knowing i can get more than a full day out of my watch.

I think people are being too hard on this watch. It's fine.