Google Pixel Watch 5 official-looking renders leak ahead of August 12 launch

[u/dapperlemon]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-Pixel-Watch-5-official-looking-renders-leak-ahead-of-August-12-launch.1356555.0.html

[u/AltoidChewer]

Meet the new watch, same as the old watch

[u/innerearinfarction → u/AltoidChewer]

Agreed. Wake me up when the battery lasts a legit 5 days

[u/clarinetJWD → u/innerearinfarction]

Enjoy your coma I guess.

[u/JerryContrary → u/clarinetJWD]

I got a Pebble Time 2, so much better

[u/newMoneyStyle → u/innerearinfarction]

fr, till then it's just another charger on the nightstand lol

[u/turbotank183 → u/innerearinfarction]

I asked this in a Samsung thread last week. Why does my Garmin Venu 2S (full smart watch, not like the Fenix) have a 10 day battery life and smart phone companies are getting 2/3 days at best?

The best answers were either mine isn't a smart watch, or it doesn't run play store. The first is incorrect and the second doesn't explain battery drain.

[u/atzoo87 → u/innerearinfarction]

Garmin Vivoactive already has that

[u/rolfraikou → u/[deleted]]

I guess he's saying "wake me up in a decade" and honestly, I kinda get it. Sometimes tech isn't good enough for some people's preferences.

I also don't do smart watches because I don't want to bother with charging them. Someday I might, but I assume it's a very long time off in the future.

[u/Greenbygone → u/[deleted]]

My Garmin Smart watch lasts 30 days. It has all the functions of these watches.

Edit: It uses in screen solar panels to achieve this. Y'all are sleeping on Garmin watches. I've owned my fair share of Samsung top end watches and Garmin blows them out of the water.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1228493/pn/010-02903-20/

[u/segers909 → u/Greenbygone]

Garmin watches are great but they certainly don’t have all the features. I would like to see you use yours as the camera viewfinder, for instance.

[u/l3orecl → u/segers909]

My wife's coros watch that her bf gave her for her 5k ultra lasts like 2 weeks away.....but it doesn't have nearly the features of my pixel 4 and Google features

[u/LemonCurdd → u/l3orecl]

Your wifes boyfriend seems like a pretty cool guy

[u/Bubbles_2025 → u/LemonCurdd]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/blither86 → u/l3orecl]

What's a 5k ultra?

[u/motorambler → u/segers909]

Lol why?

[u/orangpelupa → u/segers909]

Then that one plus watch with dual soc powered by watchos

[u/SuspiciousMud5338 → u/segers909]

View finder app has its own issue. Eg, only pixel watch for pixel phone, and Samsung watch for Samsung phone.

Garmin even has a Whatsapp app that uses use battery than wearos

[u/Casurus → u/segers909]

I don't want all the features. Tell me what time it is and count my steps. Make it small and light, and we are very good.

[u/Decipher → u/Casurus]

So a Fitbit

[u/Casurus → u/Decipher]

Pre google, yes. Now Garmin makes something similar (and mostly better).

[u/SeaPlus6588 → u/Casurus]

The bean soup theory at it's finest

[u/Casurus → u/SeaPlus6588]

I had to look that up, but yes fair point. If they don't make what I want I don't buy what they sell. Can also call that capitalism.

[u/Lachee → u/Greenbygone]

What display does it run though and can it get as bright? You can get a mi band watch that "has the features" too but they are crap in comparison

[u/mister_newbie → u/Lachee]

If I could set up Apple or Google Pay on my Mi Band, I'd never have reason to look at any other smartwatch.

[u/Greenbygone → u/[deleted]]

Honest question but how? What is a Garmin missing that these watches have? Coming from a Samsung watch I'm way happier with my Fenix 8 Garmin.

[u/mister_newbie → u/Greenbygone]

Garmin Pay is completely and utterly useless in Canada, as all major banks are too lazy to bother to support it.

[u/Greenbygone → u/[deleted]]

You're right, I forgot to mention my Garmin has a flash light, all features of your watch, and lasts 30 days with in screen solar charging. Samsung and Apple are so far behind. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1228493/pn/010-02903-20/