After the Pixel Watch is given a proper unveiling tomorrow by Google and then you run off to try and buy one, you’ll want to figure out which app to use to get setup. Thanks to the Fitbit app getting ahead of itself, it looks like we’ll not only use a dedicated “Google Pixel Watch app,” but you can initiate the setup process using the Fitbit app.
If you open the Fitbit app today and try to add a new device, the Pixel Watch is already listed as an available option. That makes sense, since we know this will be a smartwatch with fairly deep Fitbit integration. It’s just odd that the option for the Pixel Watch showed up this early.
The setup screens don’t tell us a lot, other than the fact that you can “set personal health & fitness goals and get insights with Fitbit,” using a Pixel Watch. The screens then show the Fitbit app, as well as the Pixel Watch keeping track of all of the Fitbit stuff you’d hope a Fitbit device could keep track of.
You may have noticed in the screenshot above that there is a button to “Go to Google Play” to get the Pixel Watch app. It does not yet work. We’ll keep trying it, though.
While I still worry about battery life on the Pixel Watch, being as slim as it is, the device is expected to have a solid health sensor, like you’d find in a Fitbit Charge device. It should track sleep, heart thangs, all of your activities, and more. It could be quite the experience with Fitbit integrated, topping all of the other Android smartwatches. Well, unless you think Samsung Health is good.
1 day to go.
“It’s just odd that the option for the Pixel Watch showed up this early.” ….no, no it isn’t
I will stick with the Charge 5 because the battery lasts 7 days I don’t want to add something else I have to charge all the time.
Also love my charge 5. I’m hopeful there will be some day 1 deal though. The main reason I’m excited for the pixel watch is leaving my phone at home more often. The more I can get away from it the better imo.
Fitbit Premium should be included with Play Pass or Pixel Pass
Surprised no one has designed a smart watch or fitbit battery that recharges from the human body’s electromagnetic field
You’ve been watching too much Fringe
I wonder if the Pixel Watch Fit is still a thing. I am interested to know if there are 2 editions and what the Fit edition would include that the non-fit version doesn’t. Just one more day. Either way though, I am holding out for a discount or price reduction before I buy it. $350+ is steep for a companion device. Been getting by just fine on Fitbit Charge trackers since the Charge 2, plus I still get minimum 4 days of battery life on it before needing to charge. I will admit, if I do end up getting the Pixel Watch, I am seriously going to miss the battery life and the form factor of the Charge. It’s by far the most comfortable watch I have ever worn because I can’t even feel it there.