Google is holding its annual {hardware} launch occasion two months early this 12 months, on August 13. Together with the Pixel 9 household (which will probably be extra quite a few than ever), the Pixel Watch 3 can also be anticipated to be unveiled on that event. For the primary time, the Pixel Watch will are available two sizes – this has already been confirmed by the FCC.
At the moment a brand new leak sheds gentle on extra particulars, allegedly coming from a supply inside Google. The Pixel Watch 3 is claimed to make use of the Snapdragon W5 SoC paired with a customized co-processor.
Google Pixel Watch 2
The 41mm Watch 3 will get a 310 mAh battery, whereas the 45mm mannequin could have a 420 mAh cell for hopefully higher battery life. The smaller Watch 3 has a 32×32 mm show measurement (up from 30×30 mm on the Pixel Watch 2), the larger one has a 36×36 mm show measurement, and the decision is 408×408 and 456×456, respectively.
Whereas the general design will stay unchanged from the unique Pixel Watch and the Pixel Watch 2, the display bezels will lastly be barely smaller. In response to this supply, Google will trim one full millimeter off the round bezel, taking it from 5.5mm on the Pixel Watch 2 to 4.5mm on the Pixel Watch 3.
That is nonetheless plenty of bezel, but it surely’s additionally (small) progress. Moreover, the brand new watch could have improved display brightness too, with a peak of two,000 nits. That is rather more than the 1,000 nits of the Pixel Watch 2. We chorus from saying it is “double the brightness” as a result of the perceived brightness does not comply with a linear scale so likelihood is it will not look twice as vibrant in individual. Nonetheless, that is one other good step ahead.
The Pixel Watch 3 could have UWB assist, as already confirmed by the FCC, and this can allow exact machine discovering along with Google’s Discover My System system. This might in concept even be used to make your Pixel Watch 3 right into a automotive key, if automotive manufacturers will probably be open to the thought – BMW, Hyundai, and Kia already assist UWB for this function however they should additionally assist the Pixel Watch 3 particularly, so we’ll see the way it goes.
The 41mm Pixel Watch 3 will probably be provided in silver, black, and gold case colours with completely different coloured bands. The 45mm mannequin could have its case in Hazel, black, and silver.
