Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Pixel Watch 2: EVERY. SINGLE. DETAIL!”.
Yes, the original pixel watch is deceptively good, but the Google pixel Watch 2 could be the best wireless watch today and we know all the specs upgrades the new tech so stick around to learn more about Google’s latest wearable. Hey we all more or less agree that the original Google pixel watch was an imperfect Smartwatch but built or provided a decent foundation for Google to build a pawn. That’S by the buy as we’re wondering just what Google can achieve or if they can achieve. True greatness with its next pixel watch 2.. We will only know for sure in a few months, but thanks to a source inside Google, we can actually preview some of the changes and improvements to the pixel Watch 2, the specification sheet and right now it definitely makes for great reading here’s the biggest change that Almost all Android fans will be itching to hear the pixel Watch.
2 is going to replace the pixel watches extremely outdated, exynos 9110 SOC with the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 gen 1.. The new processor comes with improved performance, and all you need to know is that the exynos chip that currently is founding the pixel watch, one had half of the cores running at almost half the speed, adding to that there’s a brand new GPU which should improve performance. That’S the adreno 702 for any of you, Tech nerds out there what’s annoying with the current gen. Is that the pretty poor battery for longevity? Our complaints we hear quite regularly good news now – is that the efficiency should be a core tenor of this new processor, and this is due to improvements in the four nanometer chip manufacturing process versus the 10 nanometer process utilized BD exynos 92110. Basically, this means more transistors. Taking up less space and smaller transistors require less power to run that’s the basic Crux of it.
Smaller in this instance naturally means better. The Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 is built on the same Samsung bonan meter process as most of the 2021 and 2022 smartphone chip, providing that major efficiency improvement over that old chip. That’S just basically what it means, while Qualcomm also reuses a previous chip design and simply ports it to a newer process. Node W5 is a four nanometer Port of the QC m2290 iot chip. It’S still much newer and more power efficient. It also supports brand new low power states such as deep sleep and hibernation, which should further improve the pixel watch 2’s battery life day to day. Interestingly, Google has opted not to to W5 plus chip, which is a slightly more powerful version of the W5, which is of course disappointing to hear that said, the only practical difference between the plus and the non-plus variants of this processor is the presence of qualcomm’s. First party qcc 5100 co-processor Google has just instead decided to use a custom co-processor based on an nxp chip similar to the first generation watch with its own co-processor.
One of the most significant upgrades, though, to the pixel Watch 2, will be the inclusion of an ultra wide band. Our uwb chip and the device has an nxp sr100 tuwb module to enable new applications and usage. Our source couldn’t specifically confirm what software features will come, but we think we can dream a little bit.
The most obvious use case is precise device finding, whether it’s the watch itself or another device you’re looking for or might have misplaced. This would make a lot of sense, especially considering Google is working to approve its bind, my device Network, which will also support uwdb devices such as its first party tracker, which of course is code name grogo and expected to Long late this year. Another function that this could enable is unlocking your car using digital car key functionality.
The tech is already supported by car manufacturers such as BMW and Brands, such as GM Honda, Volkswagen Hyundai, all working on their own implementations of this technology. Having support in your watch would mean that unlocking your car without using your phone or your key, is available because uwb features this optionality without even having your phone nearby uwb support, currently is only available on a handful of Android phones too. Lastly, Google could enable the watch to seamlessly transfer media playback to a docked, pixel tablet or a future uwb enabled Nest. Speaker, Google has already announced the feature, will work with pixel phones but think about it. A smartwatch usually stays on throughout the day, while the phone might be lying ill somewhere else, including the feature on a watch would make transferring the playback much more convenient and, more importantly, almost seamless, not to mention it could enable a feature for users that have phones That don’t support this uwb functionality. As we just noted a little bit ago, the the first generation pixel watch has been fairly widely criticized for its mid to poor battery life.
While this should already be mitigated, thanks to that new and efficient SOC, Google isn’t resting on its Laurels and is going to increase the battery capacity for this next-gen option. The pixel Watch 2 will ship with a battery rated at 306 milliamp hours and that’s the typical capacity. That’S not going to be guaranteed across the board.
The original pixel watch was rated at 294 milliamp hours, so that’s a fairly modest four percent Improvement, but that extra bump could mean precious minutes of wear each and every day. Thanks to that, more efficient processor that is tucked away neatly inside another notable that is hard to argue with is that the original pixel watch has some pretty massive bezels. Yet, sadly, this situation is not going to change this year, at least, but but Google is, is opting for a different panel here.
The basic specs do remain the same. It’S a 1.2 inch round OLED with a resolution of 384 by 384 pixels. The new display is actually going to be sourced from Samsung display instead of pixels Watcher pixel watches Boe panel I was Source, couldn’t confirm any other changes, but it’s possible that this new part comes with other improvements such as improved brightness or new energy saving features too.
But we will have to just wait and see what the screen has in store for us. Samsung may have actually beaten, Google to the punch with the Galaxy watch 6 series, but where os4 based up on Android 13 will come as standard on the pixel Watch 2. As you probably would have expected, giving Google does make the OS, after all, the latest wearable build, includes support for features such as dynamic theming as well, which is found on Pixel phones.
It also has support for seamless updates, which is going to be a first for a smartwatch. So for anyone who doesn’t know devices that use seamless updates can update their OS in the background, while the old version is still currently running. So you get an eighth OTA ping on your phone or your tablet, or whatever happens to be, you can download it do what you need to do and then reboot when you’re ready to install it.
One of the few disadvantages of this method, though, is that storage space occupied by the system components is actually going to be almost doubled. While this process is currently running, which made it slightly infeasible on lower end devices such as watches, it seems that Google has actually. Finally, figured out a way to include it on their upcoming watch as a pixel Watch 2 will fully support feature which will be great for getting your watch updated in a timely manner.
For anyone wondering the pixel Watch 2 will come in two variants that it is being developed under two separate code names. Eos is the LT variant and Aurora, which only supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. This isn’t a new practice for Google.
Last year’s pixel watch use decodename R11. For the cellular enabled model and R11 BT Wi-Fi for the varying only supporting Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so that’s definitely not a shock to anyone out there. The pixel Watch 2, though, will have three separate model: numbers G4, TSL, gc38, G8 and gd2wg. While we don’t have any complete information regarding its availability in specific regions, the regulatory e-labels now include an entry for India’s bis regulatory body, which could mean that Google intends to launch the watch there, which would be big news for Indian pixel fans. Lastly, we have a little bit of information about the software itself. We’Ve been provided with a retail animation for this device shown on demo units of the pixel watch 2.. It doesn’t necessarily reveal any new features or other information other than the watch. It’S supposed to attract customers, it’s even called a tracked Loop in its codename. However, it’s still a pretty animation and in the material style for you to look at.
So if you, some of you out there into it, will also have some watch faces that you can now see on screen which should be available on the pixel watch 2.. We are hoping they will be backwards compatible, but there’s no no on that. Yet, but a lot of these definitely mimic the style and the customizable options that you’ll see on Pixel phones with the Android 14 release and Android 14 beta.
So that concludes our exclusive early. Look at the full specifications of the pixel Watch 2. It appears to be a massive internal update over the original pixel watch, but will it be enough to make this a truly great wearable? That is a tough question to answer, but it could be one of the best wireless watches that you can go out and buy at least on paper.
I want to ask you what you do think. What do you think is the pixel Watch 2 going to be a fly or a flop? Let me know down in the comment section below cheers for watching and I will catch you in the next foreign .