In a USPTO trademark application, the moniker ‘Pixel Watch’ has indeed been trademarked by Google for smartwatches and smartwatch accessories. It gives no more details regarding the product, but the live images have surfaced.
The first glimpse at what appears to be
the Google Pixel Watch comes from an unusual source – An unnamed source claims
to have found a prototype of the device lying around in a restaurant and has
sent images to Android Central. All the way down to the circular watch face and
spinning crown, we’ve seen similar designs in other leaks.
A physical crown rests across two buttons
on the side of the watch, as shown in the photographs. The two buttons might be
used to switch the watch on or off, return to the home screen, or perhaps as a
shortcut to bring up frequently used apps, something like the Samsung Galaxy
Watch 4. A mic or even an altimeter sensor might also be housed in the little
hole near the crown. According to the report, the four pins on the side of the
wrist may be used for demo purposes only, but might not exist on the final device.
The watch’s backside has a black frame in
the center with what appears to be an elliptical health-tracking sensor.
According to Android Central’s source, the bottom of the watch has a smoother
finish and “looks metallic but feels like it’s coated with glass,” similar to
the glass back on the Apple Watch. However, the source was unable to fully boot
up the watch in order to view how the user interface might look. When they
attempted to switch it on, they were met with a white Google logo but nothing else.
The watch didn’t come with a charger, but
it can be charged in its case, just like the Apple Watch and Google’s Fitbit
Versa 3 and Sense smartwatches, as per the report. Although there aren’t any
pictures of the strap actually linked to the watch, it appears to have a
proprietary technique for snapping in the bands, and the straps themselves look
similar to those found on Fitbit’s smartwatch line.
The band appears to be a Google-only
product, comprised of some kind of jelly-like material. This implies you won’t
be able to use any watch band, and you’ll most certainly have to stick with
Google’s approved bands, which it will presumably sell.
