A prototype Google Pixel Watch was allegedly found by the patron of a restaurant who promptly reported it to an Android blog.
Yes, it sounds implausible. And perhaps a bit too similar to the 2010 episode in which an Apple engineer left a prototype iPhone 4 in a bar. But that’s the story.
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“A Google Pixel Watch was apparently left and found at a restaurant in the U.S., and the images sent by a source to Android Central look like what could be Google’s first smartwatch,” the blog reported. “Android Central has reviewed the images of the watch that could be announced during Google I/O next month. [Or] it’s possible that the watch itself could be released alongside the Pixel 7 [which isn’t expected until later in the year].”
According to the photos, the Pixel Watch will very closely resemble the Apple Watch, with a bulbous body, a crown, and clip-on, swappable bands. The big difference is its shape: where Apple Watch is a rectangle with rounded corners for no good reason, the Pixel Watch is round, like most watches. Whoever left it behind—one purpose or not—forgot to leave the charger.
Google is expected to announce the long-rumored Pixel Watch Google I/IO in May alongside the Pixel 6a.
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<p>Harsh. The <em>Pixel 6</em> line has clearly had some faulty production-batches, as many users say they’ve had no issues at-all. And on older handsets, it’s largely the <em>Android 12</em> update causing issues (as I can confirm first-hand!). <em>Android 11</em> was much-better!</p>
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<p>Within the wider general-public, I do-wonder how-well smart-watches as a category are really doing.</p><p><br></p><p>Many of them cost more than a mid-range <em>Android</em> phone… unless you <em>really</em> want to look at notifications and answer phone-calls without taking your phone out your pocket (though many Bluetooth earbuds allow you to do the latter), do they serve much-other purpose? (I know many use them for their heart and fat-monitoring features, but cheaper smart and non-smart watches exist that will also do the same thing.)</p><p><br></p><p>I dunno — can’t work-out if this is a product-category set to explode in this decade, or whether it’ll just fade-out by the end of it.</p>