My watch worked perfectly until the last update. Now, when I receive a notification and twist my wrist to see it, the notification appears for about a second and then disappears. When I swipe up to see the notification, I only see old notifications that I already cleared. So then I have to swipe down and back up to see any new notifications. I also can't seem to click on a text anymore; I can only see the preview. It's very frustrating.
Reviews for Google Pixel Watch
← Back to Google Pixel WatchIt would not connect (Pixel 2 watch Pixel 8 phone). Removing the Fitbit app and all cache and memory fixed this. Once paired with the watch, there was no icon for the app. It didn't show in Settings-Apps-See all apps. The only way to access the app using Google Play. I don't recall exactly how I was able to delete the app, but I think there was an option on the watch. Once deleted and reinstalled, the icon was on the phone. That's the reason for the 1 star.
I like to see where I am at on everything from steps calories, zone minutes. I can also get my text messages or phone calls all on my watch. I don't use the watch for phone calls since even a quick call drains the battery on the watch quickly. I already have to charge the watch battery twice a day. My only complaint is the watch's battery life.
Absolutely useless for pixel watch 2 and pixel 8 pro. I contacted support after having the watch for less than a day and solved nothing. The syncing for notifications and everything else mostly doesn't work at all. I only get text message notifications sometimes. That's literally as good as it gets. The app will show that other notifications apparently came from phone apps, but it doesn't actually send or sync them to the watch. This is such a worthless mess. I wish I hadn't bought this watch.
1.5 star removed the battery life is so limited and the thing sucking it up (heart rate tracker) can't be turned off. This especially stinks for me bc I don't care about heart rate. Half star removed because the sleep monitor has not been accurate (logging deep sleep when I'm tossing and turning looking at the time) and you can't customize more from the app. It's not so intuitive on the watch to me. Other than that I love it!
The text on the face is too tiny to read. I had to do a hard reset once because the screen was black and non-responsive. Does not measure blood pressure or glucose levels. But I now miss fewer calls and text messages. And Fitbit is free and that helps me understand my actual sleep, so I get enough. This Watch app keeps losing connection to my watch, though Fitbit seems to continue working on the watch and reporting data through the phone's SIM card.
coming from a Samsung watch 7, the pixel is a slight step backwards I feel. display, speed, options for settings and sounds as ringers or options while exercising. the watch app feels rushed and half baked. I'd expect more from the people who actually develop wear os (which is on the watch 7). but the watch was free with my pixel phone so I'm using it. maybe they'll fix some of the problems in the next pixel watch.
It worked fine until today. Now the app is constantly sending notifications that the app stopped working. Whenever I try to open the app it automatically closes so I cannot do anything with it. I emailed the support email address listed above to get an auto-reply saying that they no longer monitor that email. Interesting.... May be they should remove that email above?? The app is beyond useless at this point. I'd give zero stars if I could.
it's exactly what you'd expect from Fitbit worthless. I've had this thing for over a year and it's constant glitches, constant problems, recording, sleep data, heart rate, or any of the other metrics other than steps. steps seems to always work. everything else is a shot in the dark. might work today. might not work today. possibly will work tomorrow
Just updated last night and now will not log any steps. It's 8am, I usually have over 1,000 at this point and I have 160. I have been moving around as much as normal getting kids ready for school. The watch hasn't tracked ANYTHING the steps it's counting are from my phone (which I don't carry around all day). UGGGGHHHH why do you keep ruining this device!! Every update makes it worse! I'm about to switch to apple 😤
Setup takes an incredibly long time just to fail. Several problems cannot be resolved without performing a factory reset on the Pixel Watch and forcing you through the incredibly long setup process again (which is more likely than not to fail again). Edit: Fortunately, Google came back and told me to try the thing I've already tried 8 times. Incredible.
It's just "meh". A lot less functionality than I'd expect at the price, the battery dies quickly when used as anything other than just a watch, the band leads to a rash if I leave it on all day, even if I keep it dry, and a lot of apps require you to "open on phone" to view fully. Wouldn't buy it again.
People can't hear me well sometimes, or it gets staticky at times. Also, it gets really hot when you use it for exercise. It felt so hot once, it felt like it was burning me and told me to needed to be turned off to cool down. I was on the treadmill. Overall, I am liking it, but I was expecting it to be similar to a really cheap phone or at minimum the same as my fitbit. It's just slightly less than. I have the Google Pixel 2.
I have had my Pixel Watch for over a year. Suddenly, it has stopped tracking health stats. Specifically 12/21/23 was the last day of detail on Fitbit dashboard, It shows me some stats on the watch itself like heart rate and exercise stats. The time and type of exercise is syncing but not the energy or heart rate stats. Sleep also stopped tracking on that day. 12/29- Found a post about updating watch. That fixed my health, and broke other things. Unclear which company owns each part of device :)
It is functional but perhaps it could do more. Maybe this is not related to to the watch app itself. But I use Google fit, Fitbit app and Nike Run Club app. I alternate their use to see different reports. My thing is it would be for all of these app be able to talk amongst themselves to share fitness reports. For an example, fit and fit Fitbit report to each other nicely. But NRC can only report fit and fit bit but those apps won't report to NRC. Other than that it's all good.
Lacking. Yes, very quick and easy to use and very user friendly, but... PLEASE add more battery saving options. Like the ability to turn off the constant running sensors and have an option to check manually. Also, it would be great to see what apps are draining what percentage of battery like on my pixel phone. Or make it easier to close apps not in use etc. I know that all users agree the Achilles heel in the pixel watch is battery life, and a lot can be done to help via software updates.
the screen is really small and I am farsighted, so it is hard to see anything smaller than the time. I wish they had more watch faces and options so that it would be more useful during workouts. Another thing I would prefer is the watch be larger, in general. I think it could be more fashionable. Final issue is the lack of apps that are on Fitbit that are not on pixel.
Pixel Watch 2 kept randomly rebooting. It took a while to troubleshoot, did the factory reset, and even got a replacement. But it kept happening when I was in the middle of recording a run, so it wouldn't save my info. Unfortunately, by the time I asked for a refund, they said I was outside the refund window. Now I'm stuck with a watch I can't use to track my runs. It also restarted at night, so sleep tracking was also bad. Would not recommend. The support staff was not really helpful either.
restarts occasionally sometimes not for weeks, but sometimes several times a day. Stuck in a boot loop a couple of times in the last 2 weeks. So at sometimes inopportune moments it's a totally useless object on my wrist. Sleep tracking doesn't work if you get up in the middle of the night to get something to drink. Otherwise it's great.
The workout watch face changed to a list making it useless when having a vigorous workout and quickly looking down at the watch to see the field you are interested in. It use to have the fields in each corner, which made it easy to find what you want. Now it's in a list, it's just a bunch of useless numbers unless you stop your workout to read the fine print.