Here’s how the new Pixel Watch 3 stacks up against Google’s last-gen model

Now that Google has officially announced the Pixel Watch 3 aft a deluge of leaks and rumors, Android users person adjacent much wearables to take from. Google’s latest smartwatch volition get connected September 10th and commencement astatine $349.99, with the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 hanging astir for $249.99. Sadly, Google has dropped the original model from its lineup, though you tin inactive bargain it connected merchantability from third-party retailers.

With astir identical names and akin domed displays, it tin beryllium confusing to separate which ticker is which — ne'er caput which to buy. Yet, they’re much antithetic than they appear, with each wearable offering much features and capabilities than its predecessor. The caller Pixel Watch 3 offers respective precocious moving features, for instance, on with a 45mm configuration that’s apt the champion enactment for those with larger wrists. Nonetheless, if terms is your main concern, the last-gen exemplary inactive has plentifulness to offer.

To assistance you determine which exemplary is close for you, we’ve compared the forthcoming Pixel Watch 3 with some the archetypal and second-gen models. We’ve adjacent dug into each smartwatch's earthy specs truthful you tin spot however each 3 wearables comparison (at slightest connected paper).

Differences successful size and screen

Size is 1 of the main differentiators betwixt the Pixel Watch 3 and the Pixel Watch 2. Google’s last-gen Pixel Watch 2 is lone disposable successful 1 size, 41mm, portion the Pixel Watch 3 is the archetypal smartwatch from Google to connection a 45mm size, perchance making the caller wearable amended suited for those with larger wrists.

The Pixel Watch 3’s show besides offers much disposable abstraction than its predecessors. With its thinner bezels, the Pixel Watch 3 offers 10 percent much disposable abstraction connected the 41mm ticker and 40 percent much connected the 45mm. That should marque it easier to work messages, cheque metrics, and acceptable successful adjacent much accusation connected the display.

Last but not least, the Pixel Watch 3 is besides doubly arsenic agleam arsenic its predecessor, offering up to 2,000 nits of brightness portion continuing to dim to arsenic debased arsenic 1 nit with a adaptable refresh complaint of 1 to 60Hz. Google says that means you tin intelligibly spot stats connected your show successful acheronian settings arsenic good arsenic agleam daylight, though we’ll person to spot however good that assertion holds existent erstwhile we decently trial the Pixel Watch 3.

Health and fittingness features

During our little clip with the Pixel Watch 3, we were impressed by the sheer fig of features Google managed to acceptable into its latest wearable. Size mightiness beryllium the astir evident differentiator astatine archetypal glance, but it’s what’s wrong that truly distinguishes the astir caller models.

First, Google’s added adjacent much ways to show your wellness with the Pixel Watch 3. Notably, the ticker tin present observe erstwhile you suffer your pulse and link you with exigency services — though, said diagnostic volition beryllium exclusive to Europe astatine launch. Google volition besides present a “Morning Brief” erstwhile you aftermath up, summarizing your sleep, advancement toward your goals, the weather, and different wellness metrics.  

Google’s latest ticker besides lets you instrumentality vantage of different caller fittingness features. The Pixel Watch 3 sports respective caller precocious moving features; the Fitbit app dashboard, for instance, present breaks down adjacent much moving metrics, including stride length. You tin besides programme customized workouts from your telephone and nonstop them to your wearable, portion your Daily Readiness Score present factors successful however hard your bosom is moving portion exercising. A caller AI feature, meanwhile, generates workout suggestions based connected your caller workout history.

Robust Google integration

In summation to caller wellness and fittingness features, the Pixel Watch 3 offers deeper integration with much Google devices and services. It continues to connection entree to the aforesaid Google services arsenic the Watch 2, including Google Wallet and Gmail, but now features offline Google Maps capabilities. It’s besides present imaginable to presumption a Nest Doorbell oregon Nest Cam provender straight connected your smartwatch — a diagnostic that worked good capable erstwhile we tried a little demo of it, letting america person a speech with the idiosyncratic connected the different side. Plus, you tin present power your Google TV and the camera connected your Pixel telephone oregon even record audio.

Battery beingness and power

We were blessed to spot Google fixed the artillery beingness issues that plagued the archetypal Pixel Watch erstwhile it released the Pixel Watch 2. The second-gen ticker offered all-day artillery life, and from the looks of it, the 41mm Pixel Watch 3 volition arsenic well. It offers the aforesaid 306mAh artillery capacity, with Google promising up to 24 hours of artillery beingness with the always-on show turned on.

The caller 45mm Pixel Watch 3, however, is simply a antithetic story. It packs a larger 420mAh battery, which means it could theoretically past longer — but we’ll person to trial it to beryllium sure. Google promises up to 36 hours of artillery beingness successful the caller battery-saver mode for some Pixel Watch 3 models, truthful adjacent the 41mm could perchance outperform its predecessor.

As for the chipset, some the Pixel Watch 2 and 3 usage Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1. However, lone the Pixel Watch 3 sports an ultra wideband chip, which lets you unlock your Pixel telephone and adjacent prime BMW models.

By the numbers

Those are conscionable the main factors that differentiate Google’s latest wearables, but determination are different differences to consider. Google, for example, present sells a matte hazel colorway, though that enactment is lone disposable erstwhile you acquisition the 45mm Pixel Watch 3. You’ll besides person to wage $100 for cellular connectivity connected the Pixel Watch 3, whereas it’ll lone acceptable you backmost $50 to adhd it to the Pixel Watch 2.

If you privation to dive adjacent deeper into their differences, we’ve rounded up the earthy specs successful the illustration below.