Pixel Watch 3

Bad calorie and step counter. [...] I'm using it since 3rd April and I have November 24 update on the OS. [...]

[...] It needs to be charged daily if you do proper tracking. [...] It's got a good speaker, good microphone, went for a swim in the sea and in resorts in Thailand wearing it and it's been 4 months since then it's still going strong. [...] I've a Pixel 7 and 8a so all other Pixel features like camera and such are also awesome! [...]

I have used pixel watch 3 45mm and used it over 6 months. [...] I do enjoy the basic function that Fitbit app provide with sleep tracking and sports.😊😊 I don't know if anyone has the same wearing issue like me. I would need to remove it several times a day since it feels less comfortable than pixel watch 2. I don't know if it's the curved back in 45 mm let me feel less comfortable.😢😢

On the topic of watch bands, for me, the price is the issue. I've been rocking my PW2 for a year now, and while I did buy five cheap third-party bands to mix up the styling, ultimately, I've ended up just wearing the original active band that came with the watch for the majority of my year of use, which isn't even a colour I like (I opted for a gold pixel watch, but the gray/green band that comes with it is just so... [...] The cheap bands didn't attach properly - some of them would rattle in the quick-release housing whenever the watch vibrated, others would refuse to lock in to the quick-release housing, and they irritated my skin and kept sliding around on my wrist. [...] 🥴 Oh but don't worry, the most expensive option is only £8.71 a month over 24 months with financing? [...]

I'm not sure if my Pixel Watch 3 is much more efficient than your 4 or if by "constant use" you literally mean scrolling through it actively for hours at a time, but I only charge mine maybe twice a week. It's on at all times, connected to my phone via Bluetooth and to my Wi-Fi network when I'm home, and I actively manage any push notifications I get from it, but otherwise it seems to idle fairly efficiently.

[...] I rarely use my pixel watch 3, mainly because of charging. I only have one proprietary charger for the watch and sometime it is on my desk, sometimes near my bed, sometimes somewhere I can't find. I don't need my watch, but I do need my phone, so I charge the phone, and forget that my watch exists for a few months at a time. I think the biggest hurdle for me and watches is daily charging. I will not buy another smartwatch unless the battery is at least a week. Pebble round 2 having two week battery is great!

[...] It feels like everyone else is trying to make a phone replacement. [...] Sure it can do some things without the phone, but it isn't trying to make calls, access mobile data with its own sim, use GPS. [...] My phone comes with me everywhere, so why would I want phone-light on my wrist when my phone in my pocket can do it better? Pebble also gets battery life. Pebble's 2 weeks compared to 1 day on my pixel watch 3. Want to use that cool sleep tracking feature on your smartwatch? [...] Its on the charger.

I just got a Pixel Watch 3 a few weeks ago and have been pretty impressed with the battery life so far. I'm getting 36-48 hours with always on display turned on. The Apple Watch that it replaced barely lasted 12 hours.

The large version of the Pixel Watch 3, with the brushed silver metal links band [1], isn't quite the same aesthetic as the Fossil 6 but is a lot closer to it than the Apple Watch. And it's reasonably good as a smartwatch, is based around the tech Google bought when they acquired Fitbit, and (unlike the Fossil 6) will continue to be supported by software updates. [...] (I am a new, happy owner of the large version of the Pixel Watch 3 with the silver metal band.) The slightly annoying thing about the Pixel Watch though is that you kind of have to decide on the watch band color you want prior to buying the watch, since the watch itself comes in different colors and it looks better when the colors match (i.e. [...]

I bought the 45mm Obsidian watch. [...] I'm cautiously optimistic about this watch only because the Wear OS has a bad reputation for battery life. The last smart watch I owned that I would say was amazing in every way was the Samsung Gear S3, but I'm hoping this Pixel Watch 3 dethrones it in my book.

I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Pro, but I'm still choosing the Pixel Watch 3 over the Samsung one. It's my first smart watch, it was a hell lot cheaper, there shouldn't be huge compatibility based limitation and the design is a hell lot more elegant. [...]

I bought one from a friend at great price. [...] I’m still wearing mine, I’ve had apple, Samsung ,etc, I’m surprised I like it so much, I charge every night no big deal. [...]

[...] I don't think I've seen it much below 65% SOC at the end of any day, and my display is set to always-on with brightness one notch below the top - yes it dims by itself anyway if I'm not looking at it. [...] Got a custom watch face with black background, which helps with battery life, and has 8 complications on-screen. Camera app linked with my P7Pro works very well. [...]

i love my pixel watch but as i have to use a second watch when away for more than a dAY BECAUS ETHE PIXEL WATCH IS NOT ABLE TO WIRELESSLY CHARGE WITH MY SAMSUNG WIRELESSS CHARGEING ITS ABSOLUTLY A NO GO IN FUTURE PIXEL WATCHES. I HATE IT BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, PROPIORTY ANYTHING SUCKS BUT HAVEING TO TAKE YEAR ANOTHER CABL4E IS UNACCEPTABLE IN 2025. in my opinion.

[...] I own the Pixel Watch 1,2 and 3. I have been using the watch 3 45 mm version since the release date. [...] Included sleep tracking. [...]

I like the 4 days of battery life I get with my PW3. [...] Not as smooth as a Galaxy Watch Ultra, but the PW3 is more comfortable to wear.

I like the four days of battery life I get just for using the PW3 as a regular smartwatch. I care less about the health feature so those are disabled as I personally find that a gimmick. Not as smooth as the Galaxy Watch Ultra, but I do find the PW3 fits better.

My PW2 developed a dim screen that I can only see at night and Google refused to repair it as I bought it from "unauthorized dealer" - eBay - so that kinda blows. But the watch still works as a sleep tracker. [...]

Google needs to fix their shitty tech. My Pixel Watch 3 bleeps at me about a text I just replied to, the screen wakeup is laggy as fuck, and I can't go walking with it too far from my phone even though it has its own wireless connection. What a fuckin' crapshoot.

[...] I bought one for me and Mom, both LTE in the USA so we haven't gotten the loss of pulse updates yet. [...] And I bought both of us screen protectors from Amazon. [...] I already shattered one on my watch tripping over the dog bed left in the hallway in pitch black at night and just happened to smack my watch right on the doorknob. I thought my watch was shattered but then figured out it was just the screen protector. [...] And per charging away from home? Did you know that if you take your Pixel Watch 3 charging cord with you, or buy an extra one and plug it into your phone's USB port, per a video I saw on YouTube, you can charge your Watch 3? I guess it's akin to sharing battery wirelessness with someone who has an old iPhone.

Hello and good morning from Germany with my Pixel watch 3 45 mm version on my wrist. [...] I own the first and second gen. [...] A little bit longer battery life would be awesome. [...] Overall a good watch with very accurate heart rate tracking. I love using this watch daily also for sleep tracking. [...]

[...] The software can be unresponsive during a workout which is infuriating, the heart rate tracking is not reliable, and I find the GPS / pace guidance to be iffy (like it sometimes fails to keep up with you). [...] My number one wish is for the PW3 / Fitbit support for external heart rate trackers.

The YTM app is poor. No support for podcasts is confounding. And when I use Spotify instead to listen to offlined episodes while running, playback sometimes stops completely when the lap notification occurs. But AI. Meh. Fix the shortcomings first.

I bought it with great enthusiasm. But the battery life disappointed me. I use it with the always-on screen off and if I workout for an hour or two, my watch battery definitely doesn't last a day... [...]

[...] The battery could be better but typically 2 days fully charged. [...] I just started to keep the charger in the car and plop it down when driving to work.

[...] And the size is far more comfortable in my line of labor which requires the full and repeated motion of my wrists. [...]

I sold my PW 1 because it was way too small, then I got GW 6 Classic and now that I heard Google made finally bigger size PW I got 3 in 45mm version. It's amazing

I have had the Google Pixel Watch 3 45mm since it's release date and I have been loving it. It is definitely an improvement from the Pixel Watch 1 that I upgraded from. With the addition of the larger screen size as well, I have noticed that I am using it more and more everyday.

[...] Received the Pixel Watch 3 45mm version yesterday. [...] I'm impressed how accurate the heart rate tracking is compared with my Peloton heart rate band. When it comes to strrength training, the watch struggles a little bit when it comes to track your heart rate. [...] But needs an update. [...]

I just got a Pixel Watch 3 and find it impossible to understand how they have such an advanced monitoring on so many health aspects, including sleep cycles, but it doesn't support Smart Alarms (aka. [...]

[...] I can tell you the step count on the pixel 3 is off and I have tried everything to correct it with no luck. The shame is it is the best Sleep Tracker watch I have used. [...]

I decided to reward myself for two months without nicotine and sugary drinks. The Pixel watch 3 helped a lot with keeping track of training and sleep but I wasn't happy with the battery life when I used it while hiking and I left my phone at home. This should be much better on the larger model.

I've had a TON of problems with my Pixel Watch 3. Sleep tracking is unreliable, the 'weather' app is broken 70-80% of the time, and it was an absolute nightmare getting this thing paired with my Pixel 9 Pro Fold. [...] Making a phone call from the watch results in the sound getting stuck in my phone, meaning I have to hang up and try calling again. The auto screen brightness is decent, but often the screen's own light will reflect back to the sensor, causing the screen to go max brightness at night. I have to clean the heart rate sensor frequently, or it doesn't read correctly (I do NOT have oily skin). [...] If it wasn't so comfortable, I'd have sold it and gone with something else pretty soon after I got it.

I really love my Pixel Watch 3 (45mm, LTE). It has a great design which wears very comfortably. [...] Unfortunately, batterylife is not very consistent. Sometimes it lasts a whole weekend sometimes only a day while doing the same things with my watch. [...]

The auto walking detection has gotten worse with this iteration which is super annoying to me cause there's too many steps to trigger a walk unless you use the voice assistant. [...] Also the calendar syncing with outlook has been broken for years and they still have yet to fix it with this iteration which makes the "at a glance" widget useless day to day.

I like the watch a lot, but the impossibility to use 2 apps simultaneously is a deal breaker. For example if I use Komoot to follow a hiking trail, Fitbit cannot register and monitor this activity! I do not think that this is so for all wear os watches.

[...] I think the biggest problem with the Pixel Watch 3 is that it's just not that much of a truly discernible upgrade from the Watch 1. Better screen and battery life, sure, but I used it for a week before trying the Watch 1 again and it didn't feel inferior. Especially for the difference in price.

[...] I admit, I don't use most of the features you mention - it is very much fitness oriented, as well as the sleep tracking. I do wish that one day we may get watches that last for a week - like the cheap fitness bands I was wearing before this. [...]

I picked up a pixel watch 3 recently to replace my original pixel watch and it's night and day difference in terms of speed, charging, and overall working better including tracking my sleep. I could almost never get a sleep score on Pixel Watch 1 but have not ever failed to get a sleep score on the pixel watch 3. I will not be buying the pixel watch 4.

[...] I wanted a bigger screen, longer battery life and got it here with this watch. [...] One feature issue I can't find an answer for is, my watch will not connect to wifi at the same time I am Bluetooth to my phone. [...]

I just ordered the Pixel Watch 3 45mm. I've had the original one since it was released and I like it. [...] They only offered $35 for a trade-in which isn't worth it for a watch that cost $400.

I'm fortunate to have tried both Samsung's Watch7 (44mm) and Google's Pixel Watch 3 (45mm). [...] And I think due to this, there is no tempered glass protector out there (except for maybe that one other that's godly expensive? [...]

[...] I was enthusiastic at first when I saw reviews of the great accuracy of fitness data for Pixel watch 3. However, this all faded when I saw the battery life. [...] My 4 years old Amazfit needs charging once every 10 - 14 days with all features turned on. [...]

I'm so glad I got the hardware I wanted to get, my PS5 Pros, my Google TV streamer, my Pixel 9 Pro XL, and my Pixel Watch 3 XL, which I all got last year. I'm honestly going to sit it out on hardware this year unless I really need it because with these tariffs I know prices are about to go crazy.

[...] These things are really expensive and I don't need to upgrade them every couple years. [...]

"had a few months and ONLY accumulated a few scuffs and scrapes". Meanwhile, my omega from 1958 is crystal clear without a single scratch. So done with shitty modern tech its absolute junk.

I opted for the woven band n mine has broken I used fabric gorilla glue to put it back together perfect fix but disappointed it would break so easily after 6 months alone

NFC payments via Google Wallet running on my Pixel Watch 3 connected to a phone running GrapheneOS works just fine. I use this regularly. (It doesn't require Google Wallet to be installed on the phone.) At least one of my cards required Google Play Services to have the location permission when initially adding the card though.

Yeah, I agree. I have a Pixel Watch 3 and generally like the circular form factor. I wish they did more with it at times, but I feel like that's kinda what I'm seeing from the previews in the OP blog post

[...] I've been thinking about upgrading to the pixel watch 3. [...] The only reason I haven't bought one yet though is the price tag. [...]