Pixel Watch 2 In-Depth Review: 30 Days Later - Actually Accurate?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- After 30 days of usage, here's everything you need to know about the Pixel Watch 2, from new features to how it works without Fitbit Premium, Accuracy, and much more! You can buy the Pixel Watch 2 here (amzn.to/46FFk6h) - and that link helps support the channel, thanks!!!
0:00 Quick Overview
0:40 What's New vs Pixel Watch 1?
5:49 Daily Activity Tracking & Sleep
11:06 Sports & Workout Features
15:46 Heart Rate & GPS Accuracy
19:25 Wrap-up & Final Thoughts
Starting off with what’s new, it may look like a 1st gen Pixel Watch from the outside, largely because…well…it’s almost identical. There’s only a very slight change in the material composition itself, rather than the overall design of the unit. Here’s everything that’s new or different on the Pixel Watch 2 compared to the Pixel Watch 1:
- New 100% recycled aluminum housing
- Increased durability of cover glass
- Now 10% lighter (weight) due to new aluminum housing
- Increased battery life to “full 24 hours” in always-on display mode
- Pixel Watch 2 will now run WearOS 4 (Pixel Watch 1 received this update recently too)
- New 4-core CPU to increase performance
- Faster charge times: 12 hours of usage in 30 minutes of charge time
- Added Google Assistant on-watch ability to now query health/fitness stats
- Added watch backup and restore & phone transfer
- Added real-time safety check feature, alerting emergency contacts if you don’t check-in
- Adding medical ID to watch, allowing first responders to see medical info
- Adding 6 new styles of watch faces
- New heart rate sensor: Switched to new “multipath heart rate module design” with 5 photodiodes & 5 LEDs, plus better spacing/coverage
- New skin temperature sensor (upgrade over previous non-dedicated sensor method)
- New skin dermatological sensor added as well, allowing Fitbit Body response feature
- New on-watch zone pacing and heart rate features
- New automatic workout detection for 7 new workout/sport types
- Added background irregular heart rate notifications
- Changed charger design, to non-wireless
- Three colors offered, pricing is $349 for WiFi models, and $399 for cellular models
- Includes 6 months of Fitbit Premium
- Water 50m resistance stays the same, also compatible with existing watch bands
Instead, as you can see, most of the new changes here that are less visible externally are actually internal sensor changes. In particular, focused on the three new health sensors: new heart rate sensor, new skin temperature sensor, new skin dermatological sensor. The first of those three claims to increase heart rate accuracy significantly, while the other two add those readings/trends into the Fitbit app. Previously they did skin temperature sensing via basically proxy guessing, which wasn’t quite as accurate.
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After forever finally a walk through. Thanks! Pre ordered so still waiting. This helped me get a feel for what im getting into.
Great in-depth review! Thanks for the insights. I've been enjoying mine. Battery life has been ok, not stellar. And I agree that they need to up the ante on sports features. Solid watch overall.
You and Dez are the only watch reviews I actually pay attention to. Workout accuracy is important to me, and it seems like a lot of other reviews never go as deep as you guys. Thanks for the video. I really like my Garmin watch, but I want something that gives me more functionality. I'm on android, and the galaxy is wildly inaccurate to even consider. Hopefully Google comes out with a sports version of the watch. Until then Garmin it is.
I read that you can improve the accuracy of Galaxy watches by replacing the supplied strap with one that holds the watch more securely.
Thanks for the comment. I'm on the same boat, using a W4C from Samsung and seriously considering the migration to PW2 due to the more accurate sensors as well
By the way, who's Dez?
@@paulovlobatoDesFit, just in case you haven't gotten the answer to your question yet.
@@Pennywise1stCousinQuartersmart I haven't. Thanks a lot! I'm on the market for a new smartwatch, looking at his content will help a lot. Thanks again!
I'm loving mine ... more so from a Smartwatch LTE First, and Sports Watch Second ... primarily a cyclist, so Bike Computer does the logging, and it's nice to have the LTE for safety. Also, when I do run or hike, it does a really good job with GPS and HR. I'm wishing that Garmin /Polar/Coros/Amazfit offer an LTE version of their specific sports watches. ie,. like Garmin did with the 945.
I change GW6 to PW2. And I love it ! Finally, a great and accurate smartwatch for Android .... R.I.P Samsung
30 day analysis; this is why we are here, thanks DC ❤.
Loving my watch 2..works great and looks great.
I've been specifically waiting for your review on this to decide what to do with my unopened promo pixel watch 2.
I'm thinking of switching from Garmin 955 to this. Garmin is really good for what I need, including a great battery life. But when I work on my backyard garden, I need to see if someone called me or sent me some message and carrying my cell is a real pain, especially with garden gloves on. I often miss someone who were at the door, despite having Nest door bell. My entire yards receive WiFi so I'm thinking this will work. Sounds like HR will be of higher accuracy, but I will miss long battery life... I do a lot of hiking, table tennis, and gardening, so I'm interested in measuring how these "exercises" impact my health.
Awesome review! Loving my watch 2 i got with my 8 pro.
Just curious though, overall what would you recommended between the watch6/watch 6 classic and the pixel watch 2?
I've had the MK1 from launch and it's been perfectly fine during this time. Past experience with an Apple Watch made me get some screen protection early on, and that's probably aided its longevity. 20min charge at breakfast each day is part of the routine. Would love more Garmin-esque sports features (after all, Google is a data-driven company, right?)
Never thought I would wear this watch instead of my Garmin and Polar during my weekly runs. Enjoying this watch so far. Its small and light + the tracking seems to be good enough for my data. Instead of watching my wrist every five minutes like I do with my other sportwatches. Back at home I sync my data and it even works with Runna. It works very smooth. Got the watch for free with my p8pro. Main reason why I wear it right now.
I would love it if they would broadcast heart rate. I wouldn't replace a head unit with the watch for rides but it would be a killer feature to not need a heart strap.
Here’s to hoping!
FYI: the charging cord is the same as the Sense and Versa line.
I have the LTE version and barely get 24 hours. Suppose to get an update soon that will extend battery life
@Dcrainmaker Any news about HR broadcast and using with a Garmin Edge cycling unit (or similar)?
Awesome review as always! I have noticed that there is only one green HR light on most of the time (probably to save battery). When it senses a workout or maybe it's when the HR is high enough (don't know what the exact logic is) it turns on all 5 green HR lights. The initial 2 minute errors may be a result of it not having shifted to it's more accurate HR mode.
BTW, for me a huge pro is the HR has been way more accurate than the Garmin Venu 2 Plus. But a huge negative is that for some reason there is no cadence measurement when running, why?
They addressed that in the Made By Google Podcast and your hunch is pretty much spot on. One sensor is fine for sleeping and everyday task but with the watch bouncing around in workouts it turns out the multipath HR sensors
Having a Pixel 8 Pro, this watch would make sense. But also having a Garmin Instinct 2 means that every other watch feels inferior :/ Getting deeper into the Google ecosystem is tempting but I would lose much more than what I would gain. I watch the reviews for every smartwatch to keep up to date with the industry but every review just makes me appreciate Instinct 2 even more. I have the Instinct 2 tactical solar, to be more precise.
I wish there was an emphasis on where the data goes. I mean, a lot of people don't care to scroll through graphs on a relatively tiny watch screen as long as it's getting sync'd elsewhere. I just wear the watch, log the activities, and review data on a phone or computer. Why not review the apps a little bit, too? Otherwise, great reviews, of course!
hi hi great video!! any idea if you can sync the google pixel watch 2 to the fitbit app in addition to another fitbit device? I want to have two watches (this and the charge 6) and was wondering if both can be connected/syncing simultaneously.
The first place it NEEDS love is for a larger watch face. I have the free Pixel 2 that came with my Pixel 8 Pro and its still in the box. I am currently wearing my TicWatch Pro 5 and may sell or trade in the Pixel 2 for what I hope is a bigger watch face for the Pixel Watch 3. Time will tell.
right video at the right time 😁😁
Hoping WearOS 5 implements support for hr sensors the same way WatchOS does. Just pair in the bluetooth settings menu, and apps that request hr data get it from the ble device without having to care where the data is coming from.
I would like to let people know my watch scratched very very easily... I don't even know how it got scratched because it happened while on my wrist with long sleeves on... No idea what could have done it but I have 1 long and 2 shorter scratches.. they don't bother me per say but I am very irritated that they are there and happened so easily.
Thanks
Did you get scratch on the screen or on the metallic part of the watch?
So far so good on mine. No scratches. I don't wear it to bed but usually wearing it throughout the day for workouts at the gym, which include basketball and weight training, and walking outside wearing short sleeve and long sleeved shirts.
Are there any screen protectors available?
@@makatronthere are. I put a cheap one from Amazon on it. Not noticeable since I put a thin body case on it, too. It is not the most rugged thing though and makes me appreciate the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro that it replaced from that standpoint.
I love the aesthetic of this watch, I would give it a try but I'm not interested in replacing my Iphone 😥
@DC Rainmaker ....Just picked up a Pixel Watch 2 I own the Epix Pro 2, Instinct 2 etc. First thing I have noticed is HRV ratings on Pixel or 10 points less and I find the Resting heart rate 4-5 beats higher every night. Did you see the same thing also?
Great review as always, one thing not mentioned is mapping. Is it possible with either in built apps or a third party app to create and import a route and then get turn by turn direction?
I can use Google maps on it, gives turn by turn directions and shows the map.
Yes that's ok to a point but I'm thinking more of a route created on mapmyrun or an equivalent
@@phiby123 I think the Ghostracer app allows importing .gpx files.
Komoot works on PW2
I've been having some weird spikes during the walk like the HR would go from 100 to 170 for a few seconds and back down to normal.
Second my HRV value is constantly 25ms whereas with a polar strap h10 and elite HRV app it's 65ms.
Any thought on it's VO2 max estimations ?
Do you or anyone know how to be able to see altitude on the watch? Is there an app? From what I've seen on mine (Pixel watch 2 LTE) there are about 2 compass apps and they are very basic. I know the watch as an altimeter but I am not sure there is a way to check altitude at any given point. I think it is only used to measure differences in elevation when tracking an exercise. Let me know. Great vid!
Missing some critical sports info here. How long will the battery last during a "Long" workout. Like a half marathon or even a full marathon (if thats even possible). Interesting to know is what the numbers will be with 1:GPS only. 2: GPS and using Google maps. (although this ofcourse will drain the battery) 3: GPS and playing music via BT.
Looking at the garmin venu 3, pixel watch 2 and vivoactive 5, but can't make my mind up.
Great review as always!!
I actually sent mine back after a week. I really didnt like the watch.
My main issues where:
- Size of face, I thought I wouldnt mind but I did, it looked a bit silly on my wrist and was hard to really read when I was running
- Fitbit Activities. When I was running I did not really like the fitbit interface, in comparison to my previous experiences with Polar and Garmin.
- Fitbit app - Not great at all. I think anyone who is health and fitness focused here will get a much better experience with Polar or Garmin. Especially in terms of tracking progress
However, with the above in mind I realise this is all personal preference and there were a ton of Pro's of the watch. The battery was not bad at all, the Wear OS was great and the accuracy of the stats was really very very good.
I think most of my issues stem from Fitbit not really being to my liking when compared to Polar Flow or Garmin Connect.
I have since moved to a Polar Vantage V3 which is truly fantastic and perfect for me.
Did you get a sense of how the battery would survive in tracking a long workout? How would it survive a (average paced) marathon or century ride?
Pretty disappointed that this was not discussed since it is a sports channel.
How are the watch 2 straps not compatible with the pw1 there the same clip
I wish Google would bring back the "favorites" apps feature, which pins the apps you want to the top of the app drawer. To this day, Samsung 's Watch UI has the best app drawer. Wish Google took a queue.
We stayed in the holiday Inn express shown at 16:08 About a month ago. I recorded a walk around of the area, just not processed it yet!
Small world :)
Thank you
What were you doing to get 75k steps?
If you want the health/stress tracking and sleep tracking and do all the other funltions to battery safe mode how long would it last.
The sense 2 lasts about 3-4 days but has half the battery capacity. Shouldn't it be possible to have a better battery life with the watch 2 when using the watch 2 more or less like a sense 2?
Does the watch only show you HRV at night or throughout the day?
And can you check it any time you want or does it show only up in a readiness report?
Just at night, but you can look at the charts anytime in the app
Does anybody knows if I can track blood pressure or if there's a way to manually log it somewhere in the Fitbit app?
Should I keep my Charge 5 or switch to my free pixel 2 watch when it arrives?
Would I be able to check my blood pressure?
Does this watch have Ultra wide band?
I like the idea of the pixel watch but it's just too small. Maybe Google will come out with a bigger one in the future
dam just today 13 k
I thought google buying Fitbit was going to boost them closer to Garmin. Sadly, no. Pixel *could* have been a great Garmin competitor. However they are doing what Apple is, which IMO is "fashion watch". Basically no care for battery or anything good and just make it looks classy and clean. *sigh* I mean 24 hour battery? JOKE! $350? I just got a 255 for $250 and it's 100% better, IMO
Now if only the HR accuracy was 100% better too
Any idea on when your hands on review of Polar Vantage V3 is coming?
Next few days.
I purchased a pixel watch just before Christmas. Unfortunately it was full of bugs. After weeks of factory resetting and new problems constantly arising and hardly ever getting 24 hours of battery life with barely any use, I gave up and sent it back for refund. Super frustrating and disappointing.
Anyone else who has one, how have you been getting on with it? The fitbit forums are full of people complaining about similar issues that I had, so my impression is that this watch has been released in an unfinished state with a lot of bugs (and no software fixes on the horizon from google - I asked directly).
Is this true for most people? Or am I and the people in the forums just unlucky to get faulty watches? I ask because if it actually worked, it would be an awesome watch, and I might consider purchasing it again if I were just unlucky. But if my experience is typical, then it is not worth the stress and hassle and certainly not worth the £350 price tag!
Hello. I would like a new watch. I now have a Garmin Forerunner 55, but I would prefer a slightly more advanced watch. I was looking at the Forerunner 965, but I'm not sure if I'll buy it because there are rumors going around that the Forerunner 975 will be released as early as March 2024, but I'm not sure if that's right . Do you think the Forerunner 975 will be much better or will it make no difference compared to the Forerunner 965.
If waiting is ok, then u should wait the 975
@@KnedlikplnejYes, but I also like the Stamina function and the navigation functions.
@@89backboneYes, but it might also take 2 years before it comes out instead of six months. So I think I'll buy it now.
@@twest6857 And? Did you buy it? Whats your opinion about the watch?
@@wdw-yf1sn It's a great watch, but the heart rate monitor sometimes loses track in colder weather, but I also have a thinner wrist so that could have something to do with it too. The sleep tracking could be better, but I have to fix that again so that it will also work properly
Glad I picked up my Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 after watching what's out there for sports watches
I didn't see an option in the activity list for wheelchair users. Lol Wonderful
damnn i cannot devide between Venu3 and this one..
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I love the watch but there's an issue with battery drain with the fitbit app. When you finish an activity it seems to still drain at a pretty high rate unless you restart the watch.
Hmm I haven't done much exercise tracking recently. I had mine majorly drain overnight. Think was 30 or 40%. Woke up to 5%. After I rebooted watch it's been fine. I can make it til end of day with 30-40% charge but that's without workout tracking. I expect gps will run it down alot more. My Fitbit sense got me around 3 days fully charged. I like that this shows you a lot more stats at a glance when doing workout. On the sense you and to swipe continually.
Gave up on Garmin, as my fenix always was off cycling or running for the first 20 mins before it would run correct. Garmin your only paying for the name
is this the LTE version?
It's technically the LTE version, but I didn't activate the LTE side.
Thanks for clarification! Yeah I tried the LTE version (with LTE activated) before I returned it because the GPS accuracy was very off. I would've kept it if the GPS was nearly as accurate as your example.@@Dcrainmaker
I should've tried disabling the LTE before returning it to see if it made a difference. I liked the watch otherwise @@Dcrainmaker
I like my pixel watch..
Put at least a 1.4 inch screen on there and id definitely switch from samsung
At best, I'm getting 16 hours of usage per charge. Good review..
Interesting. LTE or not?
@@Dcrainmakerdo you have the tilt to wake on? Also what is your brightness setting?
@@AT-5000_Autodialer Yup, but in always-on mode, so it's basically gesture-based to AOD. Default backlight setting. No LTE in my case, just base unit.
I opened a ticket with Google and got a new watch. Battery life is much much better.
I got a Pixel Watch 2 as a gift, and one notable change is: THE CHARGING DOCK DOESN'T HAVE PINS!
That means nothing I've seen on Amazon or eBay works with it. It's now 100% wireless. No Pins.
I'd love to have 2 chargers, but don't want to buy the proprietary gadget because it is SO overpriced.
Overall, I really like this watch. One thing I really miss from my G-Watch is that when I put my phone face-down to silence everything, my watch doesn't care, notice, work with it. WHY NOT, GOOGLE!?!? That seems like a very basic thing to do. It's worked on every smart watch I've owned, except the most-est newy-est awesome-est Google watch. WHAAAAT? Really Googley-poo?
There's actually a setting for this under notifications on the app, a lil sneaky setting
Huawei are a far more accurate watch than any Gramin and a better running watch with better HR accuarcy. They are up there with apple
6:45 that is Dutch, how, why?
I live in the Netherlands. :)
@@Dcrainmaker Aha, nou ... welkom! 😁
Battery only last 1 day, bad watch
Disappointing with no multi-band GPS :( Did I understand it correctly that this won't connect to a chest-strap??
Cool videos. I just wished the TH-cam app had a 0.85x speed. The speed to which he speaks spikes my anxiety. 0.75x speed feels almost right to me.
Yeah... Just couldn't handle more than halfway... 20min at this speech rate is too much.
LOL, I listen to everything at 2.0x so he sounded perfectly fast like everything else ;-)
I felt this one was actually pretty slow compared to most of my videos…
There was no picture in the corner of the video showing what it looks like when you're targeting a HR Zone @12:35. You said it, but didn't do it. EDIT: Okay... It kinda came later.
I wouldn't buy one because of the charger
I don’t know why companies rely on these archaic pin mechanisms instead of going inductive. Pins are gonna wear down and deform over time.
There is no way to turn the sound completely off. The alarm and the timer sound are permanently on. In my opinion that makes this watch the worst on the market.
Can anyone let me know if the step count is accurate? I had a Versa 3 that was terrible and duplicated my steps and found it annoying.
Thanks in advance!
I found it to be extremely accurate while walking, even in a steep hill and changed in speed. Having said that, I've heard of people saying it also counts more steps when doing things like taking your shirt off or things like that, which might have an impact at the end of the day.
None of the GPS watches are accurate as solar activity throws them off
Nah.
Thanks for this comprehensive review! Obviously they don't understand what it needs to get into the sports watch market!🙄
Tiny watch and tiny screen
Important note is: if you don't have premium subscription, you won't be able to access at your hear rate data during night. Reason why I did ask for refund.
That's not true. It's shown on the Heart Rate page, where you can see your heart rate throughout the night (showing the entire 24hr graph each night).
Tinnnnny screen
Sound quality sucks
One day battery life. No thanks.
I don't understand how a watch that needs charging daily is useful. I just don't. Minimum has to be 3-4 days
Google is really getting behind.
Bruh 💀where Polar Vantage V3
Coming up next!
@@Dcrainmakerand the Suunto Race 😂
Battery life is utter crap . Why would you buy a watch you need to charge daily, an utter nuisance. Id like the watch , but you need a much longer battery life
Suunto Race 🔋 excellent 👌
i can find 30-45 min in my day to charge the battery, the sensors are very accurate so it's worth that trade off to me
@@njbrx no good if your not at home to charge it. Ridiculous having a connected wearable that doesn't last a day if you use it like it's meant to be used and not just a watch.
I would like to know what your overall settings are brightness, tilt to wake etc. To get 36 hours. Im getting about 23 hours with AOD and tilt to wake. Also my PW2 is not LTE.
It can be great but if it doesn't look good it won't matter, a lost opportunity to modify that simple and awful design , it looks like a 2010 smartwatch