Google Pixel Watch 4 series

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[Exclusive] Google Pixel Watch 4 design revealed via renders, 360-degree video​

Highlights

• The Pixel Watch 4 will be thicker than the Watch 3, possibly due to a bigger battery.
• The upcoming smartwatch might also feature slightly smaller bezels.
• The Google Pixel Watch 4 could come with wireless charging support.

Google’s next smartwatch, the Pixel Watch 4, is expected to launch later this year alongside the Pixel 10 series. The upcoming smartwatch will succeed last year’s Pixel Watch 3 (review), and is expected to offer a few upgrades under the hood. There’s still months to for the Pixel Watch 4 launch but we at 91mobiles bring you your very first look at the smartwatch’s design courtesy of Steve Hemmerstoffer aka OnLeaks. What you see below are high-quality 5K renders and a 360-degree video giving us a good look at the Pixel Watch 4’s design.

Google Pixel Watch 4 design details​

• According to the renders, the Pixel Watch 4 maintains the circular design looking quite like the predecessor model, the Pixel Watch 3.
• The screen bezels appear to be slightly slimmer, and the back design looks similar to the first Pixel Watch.

• The Pixel Watch 4 also seems to be missing the four pins at the back, which could suggest that it might support wireless charging, according to OnLeaks. The Pixel Watch 3 charges through a USB Type-C port.
• The Pixel Watch 4 also comes with two buttons added on both sides of the speaker. The functionality of these buttons aren’t clear yet.
• The upcoming Pixel Watch is also said to be thicker at 14.3mm. In comparison, the Pixel Watch 3 measures 12.3mm in thickness. The added thickness could be to house a bigger battery, but we’re not sure yet.
• It’s expected to launch in two sizes, possibly 41mm and 45mm, like the Pixel Watch 3.

Overall, the Pixel Watch 4 still looks quite like the Pixel Watch 3 albeit few design changes that we can expect. This model is in Black but we expect Google to launch the Pixel Watch 4 in more colourways. To recall, the Pixel Watch 3 comes in matte black aluminium, silver aluminium, champagne gold aluminium, and polished silver aluminium cases with Obsidian, Porcelain, Hazel, and Rose Quartz band options.

There isn’t much known about the Pixel Watch 4 in terms of specifications but it’s expected to feature a new chipset. The current model is powered by the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1. There have been rumours of a possible in-house Tensor chip for Pixel Watches but it might take some time for that. We should start learning soon what to expect from the Pixel Watch 4.

 

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Compared to the Pixel 10 series, the Pixel Watch 4 has yet to extensively leak this cycle. That’s now changing with details about Pixel Watch 4 colors across cases and bands.

Based on renders in April, the case design is mostly unchanged. The lack of charging pins on the underside suggest the return of wireless charging. Meanwhile, there are two mysterious cutouts to the left and right of the speaker.

According to @MysteryLupin, the Wi-Fi and LTE — 5G is not ready for wearables yet — Pixel Watch 4 will also be available in 41mm and 45mm sizes. Like last year, there will be four case colors:

Case color	Band color
Black	Obsidian (black)
Gold	Lemon (yellow)
Silver	Iris (purple)
Silver	Porcelain (beige)
Moonstone	Moonstone (gray)

Moonstone should be gray, with an identical band color. Last year, the Matte Hazel (very dark green) aluminum case was only available with the larger size, which lacked Champagne Gold. There will presumably be a similar division this generation.

Speaking of Pixel Watch 4 bands, Google looks to be doing a full color refresh for 2025:

• 2-Tone Leather Band: Jade
• Active Band: Iris, Lemongrass, Moonstone
• Active Sport Band: Indigo, Lemongrass, Moonstone, Peony
• Crafted Leather Band: Moonstone
• Gradient Stretch Bands: Lemongrass/Frost, Moonstone, Obsidian/Hazel, Peony/Iris
• Metal Mesh Band: Matte Black, Polished Silver
• Performance Loop Band: Moonstone
• Woven Band: Indigo

These look to just be the existing bands with new color options. The biggest change looks to be a multi-color style for the Stretch Band.

 

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TL;DR

• Google’s next-generation Pixel Watch models could get a modest battery capacity increase.
• The 41mm Pixel Watch 4 may arrive with a 327mAh battery, and the 45mm Watch 3 getting a 459mAh component.
• Compared to Watch 3 models, that would represent a capacity increase of 7% and 9%, respectively.

What do you expect from a new generation of wearables? Samsung just introduced its Galaxy Watch 8 series, and the company’s move to embrace that squircle design across the entire lineup has proven controversial, to say the least. It remains to be seen how that impacts adoption, and we’ll be curious to see if somewhat more conservative smartwatch upgrades end up being more successful. That’s definitely a label we could apply to past Google Pixel Watch iterations, and now it’s looking like the Pixel Watch 4 could bring us more of the same.

We hadn’t heard a lot in specific about Google’s plans for its next wearables over the past several months, but recently have been able to start putting together some expectations for the Pixel Watch 4 thanks to information from a Google source.

With the Pixel Watch 4, we’re not expecting Google to make major changes to the wearable, sticking with the same Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SoC that powered the Watch 2 and Watch 3. And while we’re looking forward to the same 41mm and 45mm size options as last year, we’ve heard that Google might just manage to squeeze in some ever-so-slightly larger batteries.

Last time around, Google gave its 41mm Pixel Watch 3 a 307mAh battery, while the 45mm Watch 3 got a 420mAh component.

With the Pixel Watch 4 series, we’re expecting to see those cells grow, but just how much impact that might make on battery life is still unclear. Specifically, we’re looking for a 327mAh battery in the 41mm Watch 4, and a 459mAh battery in the 45mm model. Those represent capacity increases of 7% and 9%, respectively. We should also see faster charging speeds, but don’t yet have any numbers on what kind of improvements we might have there.

A sub-10-percent boost, especially when we’re not combining that with an upgrade to a new, more power efficient SoC, might feel a little underwhelming; we get that. But we also have to keep in mind that outside the introduction of the 45mm model, the Pixel Watch 3 didn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, either, and we’ve been pretty happy with what Google managed to accomplish there. So while we’re probably not getting going to be getting too excited about what to expect from Pixel Watch 4 battery endurance, you can at least call us cautiously optimistic.

 

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TL;DR

• Google’s next-gen Pixel Watch 4 is keeping the same Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip that’s been used since the Pixel Watch 2.
• Both 41mm and 45mm models should receive slightly larger batteries.

As we approach Google’s 2025 Pixel event, we already know almost everything about its next generation of phones, but the same can’t be said about the upcoming Pixel Watch 4. Other than some renders and a color options leak, there’s been nothing concrete said about the new smartwatches. We heard some info about a custom SoC coming to the 2026 model, but we still had no idea about the one coming in about a month.

That is, until now. Thanks to a source inside Google, Android Authority has learned some previously unknown information about the specs of the upcoming Pixel Watch 4, and it’s bad news if you were hoping for a performance boost.

Unsurprisingly, Google appears to be preparing two sizes of the Pixel Watch 4, just like for the current-gen model. The bigger of the two (the 45mm model) is codenamed “kenari” (or FK23), and the smaller (41mm) model is “meridian” (FME23). Both of these codenames are names of planets in Star Wars, for those of you wondering (which is quite a big departure from deity names Google used for its previous watches). Both of the watches come in LTE and Wi-Fi only variants, as usual.

But the most important thing we’ve learned is that Google is keeping the same Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 platform for the third year in a row, dating back to the Pixel Watch 2. As much as that sounds like a disappointment, it’s probably the best play right now.

The Pixel Watch 4 isn't expected to get an SoC upgrade, but that's probably the best play right now.​

While Qualcomm is working on its next-gen “sw6100” wear platform with some really welcome upgrades, it’s not quite ready just yet. The only other option would be going with an Exynos chip, but that solution has its problems.

First, Google might be switching to its own wearable chip next year, which might make putting all the work to switch back to Exynos simply not worth it. Additionally, it’s unclear whether the Exynos W series chips are available to companies other than Samsung, as nobody else has made a device using one since Google’s first-gen Pixel Watch.

While this could be seen as somewhat of a letdown, the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 really isn’t a bad platform. It’s pretty quick, provides about as good of a battery life baseline as is achievable in Wear OS smartwatches right now without some display trickery like the OnePlus Watch series, and Google has already figured out how to utilize it well.

Pixel Watch	41 mm model 294 mAh	45 mm model N/A
Pixel Watch 2	41 mm model 306 mAh (+4%)	45 mm model N/A
Pixel Watch 3	41 mm model 307 mAh (+0%)	45 mm model 420 mAh
Pixel Watch 4	41 mm model 327 mAh (+7%)	45 mm model 459 mAh (+9%)

One way Google is gearing up to improve the next-gen watches, however, is by adding larger batteries. The 41mm model is getting bumped to 327mAh from 307mAh (~7% improvement), while the larger 45mm model goes from 420mAh to 459mAh (~9% bump). Charging speeds are also set to be faster, but we don’t have any concrete figures there just yet. I’ve compiled a table of the battery sizes over generations in the table above.

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Even though the Pixel Watch 4 doesn’t appear to deliver any fundamental specification changes, I wouldn’t write it off just yet. The previous generation, Pixel Watch 3, also had the same SoC as the year before, and we named it the best smartwatch for Android and scored it very highly in our testing.

There’s a good chance Google will deliver again with the fourth generation, even if the upgrades feel a little more incremental. The Pixel Watch 4 is likely to launch next month, together with the Pixel 10 series.

 

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The Google Pixel Watch 4 is set to get a brighter display, larger battery, new co-processor, but the same old Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 powering the smartwatch.

The Google Pixel Watch 4 is slated to be released on August 20 and start shipping around August 28, along with the Google Pixel 10 series. And this year, it’s getting a pretty decent update, even though the specs might not tell the whole story in that regard.

As already reported, the Pixel Watch 4 will be sticking with the same chipset – Qualcomm SW5100, aka the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1. This is the same processor that we had on the previous two Pixel Watch models. But both sizes are getting a pretty nice boost in terms of battery life.
One of the bigger upgrades this year is going to be the display. The Actua Display is getting another brightness boost to 3,000nits. That puts it on par with Apple’s Watch Ultra, and now Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 8.

Google Pixel Watch 4 (41mm) Specs​

Display	Up to 3,000nits peak brightness, 320 ppi AMOLED LTPO, 1-60Hz
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1
Co-Processor	New M55 co-processor
Storage and RAM	32GB eMMC flash, 2GB SDRAM
Battery	325mAh
Software	Google Wear OS 6

Both watches get a new co-processor, which Google is calling the M55. It’s going to be able to handle 5x the AI workload at a fraction of the power. This is pretty important with Gemini coming to the Pixel Watch 4 (after launching on the Galaxy Watch 8).

Additionally, the larger batteries are also raising the estimated battery life on the Pixel Watch 4. Up to 30 hours with always-on display turned on, or 48 hours in battery saver mode for the 41mm model. The 45mm model jumps up to 40 hours with always-on display turned on and 72 hours in battery saver mode.

Another tidbit here is that Google is finally allowing side-charging for the Pixel Watch. So you can use it in a dock and have it charge on its side like a bedside clock overnight. Somewhat surprising that this functionality wasn’t already available.

Google Pixel Watch 4 (45mm) Specs​

Display	Up to 3,000nits peak brightness, 320 ppi AMOLED LTPO, 1-60Hz
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1
Co-Processor	New M55 co-processor
Storage and RAM	32GB eMMC flash, 2GB SDRAM
Battery	455mAh
Software	Google Wear OS 6

Both models do get a whole slew of sensors, including:

• Compass
• Red and infrared sensors for SpO2 monitoring
• Multipurpose electrical sensors compatible with the ECG app
• Multi-path optical heart rate sensor
• Altimeter
• Gyroscope
• 3-axis accelerometer
• Ambient light sensor
• Barometer
• Magnatometer
• Ultrawideband

As mentioned, the Pixel Watch 4 will be announced at a Made by Google event on August 20. Pre-orders are expected to launch that same day and start shipping around August 28. Making the Google Pixel Watch 4 release date August 28.

 

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While the Google Pixel Watch 4 does look very similar to its predecessor, it does bring along quite a few new features.

Google is also expanding its Personal Safety features on the Pixel Watch 4. While the Pixel Watch already had Emergency SOS, Crash Detection, and Fall Detection, Google is now adding Emergency Satellite Communications and Breathing Emergencies.

When it comes to breathing emergencies, the Pixel Watch 4 will alert you when your oxygen levels are detected as low. This is thanks to the continuous SpO2 sensing on the Pixel Watch 4. This comes after Google added the Loss of Pulse feature last year, using the heart rate sensor.

Google Pixel Watch 4 debuts on August 20​

Google has now confirmed that the Google Pixel Watch 4 will debut on August 20, having just started to send out invites to their August 20th Made by Google Event yesterday. It’s set to debut alongside the Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold and likely the Pixel Buds 2a as well.

The Pixel Watch 4 is looking to be a pretty small update, but in actuality, it’s got quite a few upgrades. Not only is it improving the personal safety features, but it is also making it repairable. That’s actually a pretty big deal for the Pixel Watch, as every other Pixel Watch was not repairable at all. Battery needs to be replaced? Gotta replace the whole watch. Did you shatter the screen? Replace the whole watch. That’s a whole lot of e-waste, and it’s great that Google has finally heard us in that regard.

So far, we don’t expect to see a price increase for the Pixel Watch 4; the previous model started at $349, so if it stays at that price point, it would be pretty competitive with the Galaxy Watch 8 and OnePlus Watch 3 series.

 

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With the previous three generations of the Pixel Watch, Google made an interesting decision. Which was to make it unrepairable. Shatter the display? Well, you can’t have the display replaced; you need to have the entire watch replaced. Which is not very environmentally friendly. But, Google is changing that with Google Pixel Watch 4.

The new Pixel Watch 4 can actually be taken apart and serviced when needed. That makes this a pretty big upgrade over the Pixel Watch 3. Especially given the fact that the entire top of the watch is glass. It has a domed glass display, which can shatter pretty easily. Even more so without having Sapphire Glass, which the Galaxy Watch and Apple Watch both have.

iFixit gave the Pixel Watch 3 a repair score of 4 out of 10, which is quite low. And with this new repairable design, we expect that the score will drastically increase this year.

Pixel Watch 4 will debut on August 20​

The Pixel Watch 4 will be announced on August 20. Google has just confirmed that, actually. With the announcement of its Made by Google Event just yesterday. It’ll have a small event in New York City on August 20, where the Pixel 10 series and Pixel Watch 4 will all be unveiled. We could also see the Pixel Buds 2a make an appearance as well.

With the Pixel Watch 4, there doesn’t appear to be many design changes that you’d notice. However, it does have quite a few changes internally. Not only do we get this new repairable design, but we are also getting a brighter display and smaller bezels.

According to the Pixel Watch 4 specs, the display on both models will be able to hit 3,000 nits of peak brightness and offer 16% smaller bezels (about 15% on the 41mm). Of course, that will be more apparent on the 45mm Pixel Watch 4. And when you compare this to the original Pixel Watch, that’s a pretty incredible change.

 

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The Google Pixel Watch 4 will have four case colors, with loads of band options. It will also debut a new side-charging feature for faster charging and repairability.
Here is the new Google Pixel Watch 4 in both 41mm and 45mm sizes.

There aren’t a lot of differences when it comes to the design here; Google is continuing to use its proprietary lugs for connecting bands. And this year, Google is also adding a bunch of new colors for its bands.

The colors that we have here for the Pixel Watch 4 include the Obsidian, Porcelain, and Moonstone Active Band colors. As well as the Indigo, Limoncello, and Iris colors for the Sport bands. We do know that both bands will be available in a ton of other colors.

The Active bands are using a new material this year. That should make them even more comfortable than before. The Active Sport Bands will be available in a much wider set of colors, while the Stretch Band will continue to only be available for the smaller 41mm model.

For case colors, the Pixel Watch 4 will once again be available in four colors: Black, Silver, Gold, and Moonstone.

Google Pixel Watch 4 gets new, faster charging​

We’ve already detailed the new charging system for the Pixel Watch 4, which is going to provide faster charging speeds – up to 25% faster – and also allow for repairability. This is likely the main reasons why Google has opted to move the charging contacts to the side of the watch this year. Unfortunately, that does mean that previous Pixel Watch chargers will not work on the Pixel Watch 4.

So Google is giving us faster charging, larger batteries, and longer battery life. It definitely sounds like Google listened this time around.

Pixel Watch 4 will also launch with Wear OS 6, and will be the first with the new Material 3 Expressive design on a watch. Since Google has not yet released a beta for Wear OS 6, and only Samsung’s Galaxy Watches have Wear OS 6 right now.

The Google Pixel Watch 4 release date is set for August 20, at the Made by Google event that has already been announced. It will be available for pre-orders on August 20, shortly after the event, with devices shipping around August 28.

 

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Google’s Pixel Watch 4 debuts new side-mounted charging, which will render your previous-generation Pixel Watch chargers useless. It will also charge about 25% faster.
Last week, we exclusively revealed the Pixel Watch 4 specs (including the 41mm and 45mm models), and we mentioned that Google was adding a new side-mounted charging feature. At the time, we didn’t know a lot about that particular feature. However, now we know it’s a much bigger deal.

This is an entirely new charger for the Pixel Watch 4 series, and that means that previous-generation Pixel Watch chargers will not work on this new Pixel Watch 4. You see, Google has moved the charging contacts from the back to the left side of the watch.

There’s now going to be an indentation on the left side (the side without the crown), with two charging contacts. And there are no charging contacts on the backside whatsoever. This is thanks to the new array of sensors that are on the back of the Pixel Watch 3.

This is going to allow the Pixel Watch 4 to sit on its side to charge, making it a bit easier to check the battery level while it’s charging, particularly if it’s sitting on a table. It’s also likely that this new charging style is what is resulting in the 25% faster charging speed on the Pixel Watch 4 series.

Moving the charging system makes it easier to repair​

We also reported that the Pixel Watch 4 would be easier to repair this year. In fact, you’d be able to repair it, in general, as previous Pixel Watch models could not be repaired at all. Technicians will be able to remove the backside of the watch to make whatever repairs are necessary. Moving the charging contacts to the side of the watch likely makes this easier to accomplish.

This new charging dock is going to be included in the box, though it won’t have a USB-C adapter, which has been the case with previous Pixel Watches. Any 5W USB-C adapter will work with this charging dock.

It will also likely be available to purchase separately on the Google Store. We don’t have any pricing for the charger just yet, but we’d expect it to be at least $29.99 – the price of the current Pixel Watch 3 charger.

 

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Google Pixel Watch 4 will continue to remain at a starting price of $349. Google is also offering up extended free trials of Fitbit Premium and YouTube Premium for buyers.

Much like the Google Pixel 10 prices, the Pixel Watch 4 prices are also staying the same this year. The Google Pixel Watch 4 41mm will cost $349 for the WiFi version, and $399 for the LTE version. The larger 45mm model will cost $399 for WiFi and $449 for LTE.

This does keep the Pixel Watch 4 pretty competitive with the other Wear OS watches on the market, like the Galaxy Watch 8, which starts at $349, and the OnePlus Watch 3, which is also $349. Though the smaller OnePlus Watch 3 43mm is just $299.
With the purchase of a Pixel Watch 4, you’ll also get six months of Fitbit Premium and one month of YouTube Premium. A much shorter trial than what you’ll get with a Pixel 10 purchase, but still quite good.

Pixel Watch 4 is getting much faster charging this year​

When we released the renders of the Pixel Watch 4 last week, one of the big topics of conversation was the new charging style. Instead of using a puck to charge the watch, Google is using a new cradle that charges the watch from the side. This means that watch cases likely won’t work, and it also leaves the charging contacts exposed on the side.

But, with this new charging style, Google is able to offer much faster charging speeds this time around. It’s about 25% faster than the Pixel Watch 3, and is able to go from 0 to 50% in just 15 minutes. Or, you can go from 0 to 80% in just 30 minutes.

The current-gen Pixel Watch takes about 60 minutes to fully charge, or 80 minutes on the 45mm model. So this is going to be a very welcome improvement. Despite the design looking very similar to last year’s, there are some pretty nice quality-of-life changes on the Pixel Watch 4.

 

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[Mclairs83]

i gave up on their watch.

why they still using "pin" to charge just confuses me.

even my huawei fit 4 uses wireless to charge just like Apple Watch..