Fitbit - Google Pixel Watch 4

Honestly, I absolutely love my pixel watch and its integration with Pixel phones. The truth is though if you have a Galaxy watch or especially the ultra. It's much more durable overall, so you'll definitely have to run a case if you're going to use it for anything more rugged.

Honestly it seems like people have ups and downs with their experience. Mine was perfectly fine. That being said the PW3 & 4 are excellent competitors to the Apple Watches core features.

Looks like I'll trade in my PW3 for the PW4 45mm. Why? Battery life. It feels like my watch's battery has degraded since getting it Day 1.

I've had a bunch of watches -- currently on the PW3 (large) and previously a bunch of Ticwatches. The battery life on the Ticwatch was amazing, but the software was buggy and the updates were slow. Apart from a few issues around swim tracking, the Pixel Watch is amazing. I regularly get 36+ hours of battery life and I don't have any issues with going two days without charging. Another option is a fitbit. You get most of what you want, with better battery life, but less powerful notifications. Also -- PW and Fitbit both give you a daily update based on your sleep and blood oxygen, heart rate etc to give you a better idea of your state of health and readiness. So I don't check them all directly, but it does help. And the PW3 does have a loss of heartbeat detector so that if you faint, it will call emergency services (in a few countries right now)

I use a Pixel watch. Golf Pad (the app I use to track my rounds) is compatible with the watch.

Apple Watch doesn't work on Android and Pixel Watch doesn't work on iOS

But it doesn't work on Android, it's a comparison of Apples and oranges

The sensors and software smoothness are better, battery is a bit behind but the 45mm last 40h+

The built in software for runners is very poor on the Pixel Watch. Even the free software from places like Strava aren't much better. If you want things like lap alerts and customizable faces that can be set up for interval training, you'll need to spend some cash on apps like SportWerks or Gear Tracker. Even then, they don't have the lap button mapped to the physical buttons, so you're always messing up your lap times. That said, it's pretty decent for easy runs and long runs. Personally, I just use the Pixel Watch for most runs, and pull the Garmin out whenever I'm on the track or doing intervals.

From an older Galaxy Watch? Yeah the Pixel Watch will be more accurate. From a Galaxy Watch 7 or 8? It will be roughly the same. GPS was an area of difference but the GW7 has been improved with updates and the GW8 is pretty much par with PW. For most cases any of the major smart watches like the GW, PW or even AW are close. So I wouldn't make your decision on that basis. Comparing the Galaxy Watch and Pixel Watch I'd look at what device you're pairing it with and the unique features each offers.

Pro : better in every way Cons: swim tracking is terrible on PW

Ya, I went through 2 fitbit charges before giving up and buying a pixel watch.

I got a sense when it first came out. Had it for 2 years and got the pixel watch when it first came out. When I went to reset the sense to hand it down to my wife, constant boot loop and I never was able to recover it. Support was useless. Pixel watch is still going strong after almost 3 years tho. Considering the upgrade to the watch 4 or may wait for watch 5.

From a pure fitness tracking and sensors point of view Pixel is much much better. GPS the Galaxy Ultra 7 is the only one out of the bunch same for Battery though that thing is heavy and bulky. The pixel sensors still blow it away though. Sleep tracking- I think both are good at picking up when you fall asleep and wake up however what ever algorithm Samsung uses right now is out of whack. It's so lenient it's almost worthless. 5 hours of sleep, 10 min or REM and no deep? Hell ya great job 89 sleep score for you! (over exaggeration a bit) Pixel is better. The apps they both use is subjective, Samsung Health and Fitbit, I think both do about the the same job and I believe both are getting updates soon. Fitbit does have a paywall but the stuff behind it is only worth it if you want some extra AI and metrics over what you already get. Most people don't use it past the free 6 months. The WearOS skin is also Subjective but both are nice, I like Pixel a bit more only because of the look and feel of the app drawer in the oneUI skin is meh. The last thing is what phone your pairing it with. While you will get almost all functionality across Android there are some quality of life stuff that comes along with paring in the same eco system. Also Samsung has locked a few things, ECG Blood pressure (if allowed in your country and if you will use it, probably only once then never again) I'm talking Alarm, DND and Mode syncing stuff, not a big deal but if you set it on your phone or watch it will push to the other device. Sometimes wont happen if you have a pixel phone and Samsung watch or Samsung phone with pixel watch. Again not earth shattering or watch breaking and proably wouldn't notice it.

If you're a fitness focused person, I'd sadly never recommend a pixel watch. The hardware is great, but the experience is completely marred by the fitbit app. There's handfuls of bugs and completely dumb baffling decisions or feature that haven't been fixed or even touched in the past year of owning the watch, and I have zero faith in google at this point to ever fix or give enough of a shit about the app. I just had to spend an hour last night deleting '0' values out of my HRV history over the past year because they made the baffling decision to average those into your ranges and basically all my readiness and other readings have been almost completely useless because of it. I have a non-standard sleep schedule so it's a 50/50 crap shoot if I'll get a HRV reading in the first place since they won't pull a daytime reading, and each time I didn't, it would just average in a 0 and completely ruin any use the data was having. Then there's astoundingly simple things not fixed the past year like the calories out history(not the running daily dynamic total) never matching up properly between the food page and main pages, half the badges not working, edit buttons not working, and all kinds of other small issues that are baffling that google and their bottomless pocketbooks have never bothered to fix or improve. I saw there was some sort of redesign supposedly around the corner, but honestly it just looks like their attempt to push into AI trend as hard as they can, and I have very little hope they've fixed or improved the user experience in any meaningful way that actually ends up making a good user experience and useful, data-driven health insights. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with the lack of shit talking I see about the fitbit app on here, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the users were more smartwatch focused and less health and metric focused. Fingers crossed it all gets sorted out though, as I'd really love to love the whole pixel watch experience all around.

As a sleep tracker is way better than Garmin for example. And smartwatch. If you just run, pixel overall is way better

I have the 7 and track everynight with it. Works great, I had the pixel prior, but google try hard to sell you the FITBIT thing, it annoyed me.

OP, may I make another suggestion for you to consider? (I'm wearing a Pixel Watch right now so don't come at me Pixel lovers) The battery life is indeed a concern on these watches. If you want Wear OS and are open to a suggestion - take a look at the OnePlus Watch 3 in the smaller 43mm size. It will be very similar in size to your Garmin Venu that you had. You can get about 3 days of battery very easily and if you switch to the battery saver mode can easily go for days longer. I had the larger 46mm size of this watch and loved it - battery life is so good - but ultimately I needed (wanted) LTE connectivity for my watch and so I got the Pixel Watch 3 45mm LTE version. It's a nice watch but battery life is not good compared to Garmin, etc. Anyways, my suggestion is to check out the OnePlus - it's a beautiful, full featured, Android watch!

I personally like the advantage of not having to keep up with yet another thing to keep track of and keep charged up every day - and that's not a perceived difficulty - that's a real thing for many people. I'm glad that you don't mind it, but many other people do. My father is now wearing an Amazfit Active 2 and he is *so much happier* that it lasts ~5 days vs having to charge every day for his Galaxy Watch 6 Classic that he had before.

You appear to not get a lot of things - perhaps the rest of the world doesn't move to the same rhythm that you do? I find it hilarious that by just responding to your statement you downvote my reply, lol - that is some funny shit. I wear my Pixel Watch 24/7 except for when it is charging or when I'm wearing a different more dressy watch to dinner, etc. I like my Pixel Watch tracking my health with its continuous HR monitor, stress monitor, etc. I paid for it so why shouldn't I wear it. For me - I would far prefer if the battery lasted for days+ so I didn't have to worry every day "Oh shit, I didn't charge it yet - let me remember to do that" because I've got enough stuff going on to keep track of.

I've gone between them, most recent were pixel 3 and Galaxy watch 7. I use for regular cardio workouts and outdoor hiking/bike riding. I've not noticed meaningful differences between them. I've stick with Galaxy watches because the pixel watch still lacks features like automatically turning on the display with a new notification (on pixel watch you need to tap or lift to wake within a couple seconds of the notification to see it), on the pixel watch you can't re-order the apps in the app tray, and I didn't like that the rotating button long-press couldn't be changed from activating Google wallet. What aspects do you feel might not be accurate in tends of health and fitness tracking? The pixel watch tends to be more accurate for heart rate. Fitbit is now accurate for sleep tracking, but I never cared as much about sleep tracking because there's nothing I can do about a previous night sleep. What I like more about the pixel watch: The UI feels smoother and more responsive. I think it looks more aesthetically pleasing and less clunky. I like the rotating button for scrolling etc. (I never cared for Samsung's rotating crown dial). And I really love that notifications show as a vertical scrolling list as opposed to the (horrible) full-screen horizonal-scrolling cards on Samsung watches.

Hi. From what I remember when i was using fitbit premium with my pixel watch, what you get in addition to the basic features are: * Additional sleep analysis like sleep score breakdown, and one or two other (insignificant) insights--nothing that I remember even being remotely useful. * Access to guided meditation * Access to guided workouts * Daily readiness score (I feel like this one is no longer behind premium but I can't remember) In general I found fitbit premium pretty pointless and there isn't really anything you lose out of by not doing fitbit premium relative to the features and metrics/insights that you get with something like samsung health. Pixel watch definitely does sleep tracking better--more accurate and consistent. I realized, though, that that ended up not mattering to me at all because there's nothing I can do about a previous night's sleep (and I know what I should or shouldn't be doing to get better sleep anyway). The pixel watch definitely does heart rate tracking more accurately, and the PW4 should also be improved for GPS. To me it still came down to general UI experience. Like I mentioned, too many things with the pixel watch UI are not the best experience, and for those things, they end up being things I am doing with my watch all day throughout the day, so even with the lesser fitness aspects of the GW and samsung health, I still prefer it. I still think the pixel watch is not a bad option though, and I really miss vertical scrolling list of notifications as opposed to Samsung's notification card implementation.

My experience with ticwatch was with the original pro and then the 3 pro. The original pro was laggy to the point of being unusable, and the 3 pro, when it eventually did get one of the few system updates, had the battery completely die not long after. I got fed up with ticwatch, and you can't trust them for anything to be honest. I've used the galaxy watch since the active 2 and up through the 7 (44mm). Working fine for me, but I don't particularly care for samsung's choice of notification cards (whole-screen horizontally-scrolled cards as opposed to a vertical list like most other watches). But it isn't a dealbreaker. Most everything else, I think samsung has the best overall experience. You could also look into a pixel watch 3. I used the pixel watch 2 and 3 (the 3 is no different from the 2 experience except for the larger size option; the SOC is the same and the software is the same). I think google's software features and fit-and-finish is lacking for their watch (for example, there is no option on a pixel watch to just automatically turn on the screen when a notification comes in to view the notification; you have to manually interact with it by either tapping the screen within a few seconds or lift-to-wake the watch, which is very unreliable--that actually was a dealbreaker for me).

And ironically my pixel watch works great with my recent galaxy devices

You're in luck! I wrote all this down while testing for the last couple weeks. * No custom heart rate zones * Basic alerts/goals (heart rate, 1km lap distance, time etc only). It felt like you can do anything on Garmin. * One real data screen and not very customizable * Less readability on data screens * Activity starts by doing a countdown instead of a start/stop button irks me * Battery, obviously. Listening to downloads on LTE burns 20% per half hour for me. * No navigation. * No route builder. * If you're training by heart rate zone, there's a pop up warning to say if you're high or low but doesn't actually tell you what zone to be in on the data screen I think. When building workouts I've just had to remember what zone I put. Seems like a big oversight unless I'm missing something. * Running with AOD turned off is broken for me. The activity still tracks when you turn your wrist away but it kicks you back to the clockface instead of Fitbit. * GPS lock on is slower. Nitpicking though. * Garmin can handle playing audio cues + music at the same time with your phone + headphones * No LiveTrack * Edit more: No confirmation for ending an activity. With the end button right next to the lap, pause, and lock buttons, it feels super dicey to press anything on that screen. I'd be pissed if I ended an activity early. There's probably countless more but I haven't powered on my Garmin since I got my Pixel Watch. That being said, if you're a "run around at the park" once in awhile type of person, Fitbit should be enough. None of these are *must haves* but I look back on my Garmin very fondly. They do a lot of things right, not even fitness related.

The GPS on Pixel Watch is seriously bad. In one of my runs it went off by a mile or so mid-run and added some serious distance to my final stats. Of course none of the stats from that run were useful at that point and I haven't trusted it since... Lifting it usually gets my heart rate wrong. Calories burned is a pure guessing game. It's a decent fitness device for someone starting their fitness journey. But I would never recommend it to someone serious about growth and maintenance.

I got mine about 2 months ago. I've gone from a Pixel watch, to an Instinct 2 to the X1. When I got it I was looking at the Fenix, Epix range, but just came away feeling that they were simply too bulky. Then I went back to a local streo for another look and by chance saw a couple of boxed X1s in the Garmin display cabinet, they weren't on display and the staff didn't want to open one up for me to take a look. I hung around a bit and read the DC Rainmaker review in the store and just bought it on the spur of the moment. So light! I use the LED torch much more than I though I would. The battery life is fine, I plug it in when I shower and that's it. Sure, it does't look like I've got half a kg of apocalypse-proof steel strapped to my wrist - and some might think it looks like a $50 Apple knockoff from Temu - but in my opinion, it's still one the best tech purchases I've made. I love it.

https://preview.redd.it/iso42i0iox6f1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9e956da0fb26f4d4e2913e81dd753240f9ca25a I think you should go with whatever looks best for you, it is a watch after all and I think how it looks is the most important metric to consider, personally I'm using a Pixel watch with a white strap and I'm loving it

Some of it depends on your personality. I had a Pixel watch and realised I was entirely unsuited to a watch that required daily charging. I hated having to do that. Have a Venu 3S now and charge it once a week or so which suits me much much better. I'm only back to running a few months and it's just for enjoyment and fitness so don't track many runs, but the Garmin tracking is excellent. I use the more health and wellness features like steps/body battery/sleep score/HRV etc all the time and find them good. I know people don't rate the sleep score that much, but I'm not expecting sleep lab accuracy - just good enough. I don't find it that useful for monitoring strength workouts, but I suppose I'm old school with them anyway. I just turn up and do them, trying to add a bit more weight when I can etc.

I am from India, used whoop for a year when the 4.0 launched. Post that I have used a Garmin, a coros, a pixel watch, a chest strap and an apple watch as well. Now I am back on whoop. It depends on one's goals actually. The apple watch is good at general tracking. The whole rings system is a good daily motivator and social aspect pushes one to achieve daily/weekly/monthly goals. The strength training part was usually an overestimate, so not much of a use unless a third party app is used. Sleep tracking was a bit hard for me cause of the comfort as well as battery/charging issues. Coros and Garmin were good for running and cardio tracking. The battery life was so good. The sleep and recovery part felt really bad on both. I used it mainly to maintain zone 2 heart beat during my cardio sessions. I returned to whoop because it was the one that actually helped me improve my sleep, my daily intensity and habits. Also the trends and data felt more usable than every other wearable. Its the best if you like optimising things based on data. With whoop 5.0/MG the battery is finally really good, the comfort for sleeping is the still the best. Yes, the tracking is sometimes off during upper body workout days, for which I used a bicep band when I was on 4.0. But, I currently only have the wrist version for the MG, so yeah it sucks sometimes but I guess I am fine. The pace of aging, whoop age, bp etc feel like a gimmick and mostly derived from the trends and data already available previously. I think 5.0 peak is good enough. I wish I could downgrade to peak, but they are not letting me do that. The only upgrade of 5.0/MG over the 4.0 is the battery life imo. Still I find whoop to be the best for my current needs. Its really good with sleep tracking and recovery estimates. Also, the RHR and Vo2max trends help me set goals. Plus it lets me wear my wrist watches.

I use pixel watch and it has fitbit integration and i have noticed my HRV dropping as well after consuming alcohol. https://preview.redd.it/otu0po7wawje1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=27366436841f1512ea422bc8e5e0a8753f17e5ff

My Review from a Fitness Perspective; I've worked in Fitness since 2016.    Been a loyal fitbit fan since long before that.    I'm also a keen runner.     After my old Fitbit Versa 3's battery life took a turn for the worst I took the plunge and purchased a Google Pixel 3. I've always had the benefit while sprinting on treadmills of using the app and my phone to constantly monitor mg heart rate in real time.    With the Pixel 3 so called fitness tracker ironically marketed at this specific market this feature has now vanished with users only able to monitor their heart rate on the watch itself To me this is a massive research and development epic FAIL and a massive backwards step.    How does someone sprinting on a treadmill using their arms to power through a sprint check the face of their fitness tracker? I raised with Google pIxel watch  customer support who confirmed that this feature has indeed been removed with no declared intention to reinstate. Google can't be taken seriously now as a true fitness tracker brand.    To me as a fitness tracker Google Pixel is next to useless with massive research and development gaffs such as this.    The reviews for the latest pixel 3 watch are extremely good.  It doesn't help that most of the reviews are carried out by Tech heads and not fitness professionals.    For anyone serious about fitness and particularly runners  give Google Pixel brand a miss.    Google have trashed Fitbits previous reputation for this demographic.  

My pixel watch struggles to read through my dark/colorful sleeve, I definitely don't trust the hr on that side. I've switched to wearing it on my non inked dominant hand, which I find more convenient anyway tbh Maybe try wearing one upside down on the inside of the wrist, could be more accurate with thinner skin/closer arterial view

The Pixel Watches don't require you to have a Pixel phone for full functionality, Samsung meanwhile locks certain features (ECG and blood pressure for example) behind the requirement of using a Samsung phone (or a modified version of their app).

or ditch fitbit and use just pixel watch and pixel phone to have all data and sensor without depending on 3rd party app (though owned by google) and pay for data of sensors you already paid for.

I love my pixel watch but it does need to be charged daily.

I have the whoop peak i like it here’s my stance on whoop id say get it fore a year if you see that it positively effected your life renew your subscription. if you find that it it has had negligible impact get the pixel watch or something else. and here is my stance on the pixel watch the pixel watch is by far the most accurate android wear watch in terms of heart rate tracking the app sucks though i love the whoop app thats my stance on this

Sleep apnea tracking on a watch - this is a gimmick and not worth it. For the watches that do offer it, note that it can only advise if you have medium or higher level of sleep apnea. If you have +medium apnea there are loads of easily determinable red flags that you can give to doctor to get on a sleep clinic to confirm - and if you have + medium sleep apnea you need to be on a CPAP or have an op (very few cases where you don't). If on cpap no point tracking on watch. Where it would be useful is if it could determine mild and distinguish between whether less than 14 events or not (seldom need if lower) but doesn't. Thus pointiless and ignore this. AFIB - note watches can only do this when you are inactive - its one lead so will only pick up certain conditions - if you don't have one of those specific conditions it will not pick it up. Pixel watch may be a good option for you in this regard. Note this is the same issue with ECG. This functionality is pointless unless you have a known condition and it can be picked up by smartwatches - otherwise there is a major chance of watch giving you false info (i..e you think you don't have an issue as it can't pick it up). Blood pressue - per u/EskeRahn . SPO2 - very limited use as again you have to be very inactive and still to get good readings. Can do ok readings during sleep but if lying on arm it will create variations, if arm moving around during sleep - again variations. Often easier to just take a spot reading first thing priro to getting out of bed and using that.

I love pixel watches but the Samsung watch has better health features.

you are comparing 2 different products technically...so yes its a fair assessment...one is a smart watch with health and fitness features baked in...the other is a fitness watch with some smart features baked in... I have used everything, garmin, apple, oura, fitbit, pixel watch and more... I tend to navigate more to the apple watch/pixel/fitbit only due to the general health metrics and daily use...i dont use it to reply to messages or anythin or take calls...but i find i like the health metrics they provide more...i also have been with fitbit since 2014 so its a long relationship with that brand...but it really depends... I do/like * I do work out almost everyday - mix bag of cardio, running, lifting, etc.. - **garmin bread and butter is activity tracking, its great! lots of detailed metrics and stats...i find i never go back and look at them though, i honestly think the fitbit and pixel watch approach more simple and satisfying yet providing just enough data for my use case...im sure hardcore marathoners and stuff appreciate the garmin more, but i indoor row, run indoor/outdoor, HIIT workouts and more...the fitbit data is cleaner and simpler for me...garmin has tons but i never dive into it further, nor do i find it actionable** * I can't hear calls coming in through the phone a lot of the times (mostly because of work), so I rely on the haptic feedback from my wrist. - **pixel watch wins here as its more tightly engrained in the android phone system** * I like to see SMS messages come in, very rarely I reply on watch. - **assuming you have android since your contemplating pixel watch...pixel watch will win in this hands down** * I like changing the watch face periodic - **i find the pixel watch much easier to use with more satisfying watch faces...garmin easily change faces but i am not a big fan of the faces, they give the data fine, but i prefer pixel** * oxygen sensor, and heart rate, ecg - **pixel watch will be better with this as it provides the data and metrics in a better view for you to follow and trend.** which did you choose?

I was in a similar boat, I came from the Pixel watch to the Garmin umbrella. I didn't have set tracking (or didn't use it) on my Pixel. I like being able to track working vs resting time, logging # of reps/weight lifted etc. it's quick and easy after each set. The rep counter is alright. You can also pre-program workouts into your app and send them to your watch for the watch to guide you. I went with the Venu 3 as it's the smartest watch Garmin makes. I describe it as a fitness watch with some smart features whereas Apple/Google are smart watches with some fitness features. The tipping point for me was Pixel watch didn't allow a heart rate monitor to be connected to it. Battery life is about 7-8 days depending on activity level and GPS usage.

I've swam with mine in the ocean and pool for the last 3 years with no issues. I just rinse it off every time with fresh water when I'm done.

I have a pixel watch and it does my sleep, heart, and syncs really well.

Swim with mine all the time, salt and fresh water. Zero issues.

Pixel watch is better if you don't have a galaxy. But look at the Onewatch 3 too. Great watch and the battery life is much, much better than the two you mentioned or the apple watch.

Pixel watch is a smartwatch and a fitness tracker. A Garmin watch is a fitness tracker and lacks smartphone integration of the pixel watch.

I've got both. I'd say they're about the same but Samsung health is better than Fitbit. The pixel watch keeps my heart rate more accurate than the galaxy watch though but not by much

I just went from the charge 5 to a pixel watch and I honestly kind of hate the pixel watch. It's very intrusive out of the box and battery life just sucks. I have had to shut off so many notifications. Even after shutting off all notifications except for messages and chat and setting the vibration to minimum and audible notifications to mute with only tap to turn on the screen I get less than 2 day battery life (36 hours tops) & it's brand new. Fitbit Integration is poor as well way less settings in the app. The heart rate monitor works as good I wore both for a while and they were exactly the same. The only points I give the pixel watch for are I can wear it on my heavily tattooed arm and still have HR work. I only really want activity and Heart rate tracking. The rest I am happy with using my phone for. The Pixel watch does so much stuff I don't really care about and it's costing me too much battery time. I have another week in my return window and currently I am leaning on sending it back.

I had a Pixel Watch 2 years ago and I returned it when I returned my Pixel 8 Pro XL because that was the worst phone I had ever had. It was burning through the entire battery just sitting idle. The phone would get hot doing absolutely nothing. Cellular service was atrocious.

I disagree Samsung health is better. The features are very similar but the actual fitness algorithms are significantly better on pixel watches & Fitbit. The energy score on Samsung health is garbage and its hrv tracking gives a much higher value than other devices. I also don't remember any kind of cardio load feature though they finally added some recovery tracking with vascular load.

Pixel watch, absolute no brainer.

Pixel watch checking in 🙋‍♂️.  Been using it since day 1 and will not stop using it either.  It has some scratches on it, but it's still very much functional... so I'll keep using it. No sense having the watch for tracking purposes and not using it because of fear of dents and scratches.  I don't care about the cosmetics part of it.

Galaxy Watch probably has the most of what a WearOS watch can offer but a fair bit of features are Samsung exclusive. Pixel Watches I believe offer mostly the same with a little less bells and whistles than a galaxy watch but with better health features with fitbit integration that isn't locked to pixels. Also looks more fashionable IMO. Blends with my outfits when using a stylish watch band. Just looks like a watch instead of a smart watch. One plus I don't know too much about other than it has actual battery life that lasts days. I feel like it would be the defacto best one but I haven't heard many people speak on it.

honestly the calorie numbers on my Pixel watch always felt like an optimistic guess - not super reliable. after bouncing between an Apple Watch, Fitbit and now the Pixel watch 2, I've realised they're all basically guesstimating based on heart rate. the Pixel is a slick smartwatch with decent sensors, but its health algorithms are very basic. I ended up cross-checking against my own nutrition tracker (the NutriScan App) and weight trends and the Pixel was off by 200-300 calories most days. it's fine for seeing whether you've moved more than usual, but if you're trying to hit a specific deficit it shouldn't be your only data point. if you want more accuracy I'd pair it with a chest strap for workouts or just use it as a rough gauge and let your weekly weight change tell you the truth.

From pure sensor accuracy perspective - pixel watch.

Pixel Watch (Fitbit) has the absolute worst swim tracking though. All it records is duration. No heart rate, no laps, no strokes. Nothing. And it's been like this for years. Really odd it has not been addressed.

Hands down the Pixel watch

Google pixel watch over this way, first model still working like a charm for me.

Pixel watches are the most accurate Android watches you can find.

They already lost me as a loyal fitbiter, my versa died after 2-3 years, I was looking pixel watch but it doesn’t work with iPhone, so I got Apple Watch but most likely I will move to garmin.

I have liked all the Pixel watches thus far. I am even able to have my fitness apps on there to track my workouts. It really depends on what you're ultimately looking to get out of the watch.

This is not strictly true. Some watches get traditional water resistance watch ratings too. For example my pixel watch is rated IP68 and "water resistant 50m" which makes it suitable for light swimming, but for sport and recreational swimming the 10 atm/100m standard is recommended. So in short if you swim a few times a year you are fine with a rating like this, if you swim more often you might want to look into a better rating.

That's the main reason I switched. Loved the Pixel watch for its functions but charging it near daily was a deal breaker. My Garmin Fenix lasts three weeks

Rings aren't really designed for this so they'll be quite off. Watches aren't perfect either but they are much better suited for exercise. Apple and pixel watch in particular are really good at monitoring your heart rate

I don't use AOD. For me it'd be about 60% the next evening (including \~1-2 hrs of workout), and about 15-20% the evening after.

Apparently it depends on the wearer. Right now it's still at 23% for me. Last charge up to 100% -- \~52 hours ago, I took it from the charging stand two full days ago in the morning and never charged since (it's almost 12 p.m. for me now).

AOD off, including 2 hrs of working out yesterday, but no GPS-demanding activities.

Had mine since launch, wore it at Disneyworld water parks for two days last month and then it kept activating the assistant before dying a slow death.

I have never used a Garmin watch, have been interested but only know the Pixel watch side. To answer some questions, yes pixel watch has a treadmill mode that I use quite often, and it works well. Total distance can be off because it's guessing but good for what it has. I also use it to track my cycling and love that you can change displays as i normally only care about heart rate, speed and distance when riding. Also swimming is no issue, I believe they are also releasing 20+ new workouts (including pickleball) with the next update. I'm planning on sticking with the pixel watch mostly because of LTE and don't need my phone but can still message and call if needed, that and I'm used to pixel/Fitbit, but am very interested in everything Garmin offers as well

I swam with mine every time too, nothing seemed to happen. Until it did. I would not recommend it, I miss it every day

Yeah I bought the watch about a week and a half or two weeks ago, and I actually really really liked it at first. Looks great, feels great, battery life is INSANELY good, and the UI is actually much faster and smoother than WearOS ... Unfortunately I ran into the same problems as you. Some notifications on some apps only work when they want to, and sometimes they just don't work at all. It also wasn't a good sign that they had a server error within the first week of owning it, which resulted in me and most other people basically having to reset it and start it up all over again. It's just not polished enough, so I went back to my pixel watch. The unfortunate part is that I can't even return it, because it was made so cheaply that it already has a scratch on the crown resulting in the black paint peeling completely off. I got the Phone 2 Pro on the same day, and my experience is the complete opposite. I'm still blown Away that performs better than my pixel 9. Sure the camera isn't as great but it's still acceptable. Everything else on it is better I will say though, that for 60 or $70, it's still worth it. You can't expect much for that price. And they do pack in a lot of things that do work

I don't think any serious runner would. That doesn't mean the Pixel Watch is a bad watch. I wore one every day for over a year. I like to say it like this: If you want an excellent smartwatch that makes a good/decent fitness device, get a Pixel Watch (or a galaxy Watch, or an Apple watch) if you want an excellent fitness device that makes a good/decent smartwatch, get a garmin.

So, I'm going to say this, and then mostly leave it here. I was a happy Pixel Watch user until about 4 months ago. Loved that watch. But my wife and I both decided that we wanted to improve our overall fitness and health, and one of the things we talked about was using a smarwatch/fitness device as part of "pushing" each other. Problem is she's on an iPhone and I'm on a Pixel. So options are limited on good devices that have social/friend functionality that is cross platform. So, I agreed to switch from my Pixel Watch to a Garmin watch so we could both be on the same platform and use those social features. In the 4 months since, I fully see where the Garmin is not as good as a Pixel Watch. there are things it does not do nearly as well. No sane person would argue that a Garmin is as good or better at certain functions than a Pixel Watch. However, it does other things \*way\* better. But there was functionality that I gave up going from my Pixel Watch to a Garmin. That's a long preamble to get to this: you are saying that the Garmins are not capable of doing certain things, which is incorrect. I'm not telling you the Garmin is as good as or better than a WearOS or WatchOS device. But you are misrepresenting the capabilities by saying they can't do them. They don't do certain things as well. There are certain things they cannot do. But you're trying to say that a Garmin is no better or worse than a $50 fitness band which is objectively false.

If you are used to 10+ days of battery life there is absolutely nothing you can do but accept that you'll need to charge a pixel watch every day. Yes, there are tweaks you can make, yes, there are things you can do to extend battery life. But we're talking 36 hours to 48 hours, etc. There's nothing you can do to approach what is even the low end of a Garmin watch.

What phone do you have? You'll be happier if you stay in that ecosystem. I am in the Pixel ecosystem and love it. My sister is in the Galaxy ecosystem and she loves it. The Pixel Watch is great and works best with Pixel phones. The Galaxy watch is also great and works best with Galaxy phones. They each have features that are exclusive to their ecosystem, and you may miss out if you get a Galaxy watch but have a Pixel phone and vice versa.

Correct. I wear my Pixel watch 95% of the time *when not on the bike*. I still use my Fenix 6 when I want to record long runs or hikes or canoe efforts. On the bike I use an Edge 840 as I'm normally riding > 4H at a time, and even when I'm not I want the big display.

Agreed. I tried a pixel watch, Fitbit charge 6 and whoop 4 and all gave erroneous HR on the wrist. My polar pacer pro is far better.

I am just realizing how bad the Samsung watches are. Drains battery without explanation... Charges way too slow. I´m right now considering sending back the Galaxy watch.8 classic and unfortunately the fold with it :( My Apple Watch Series 7 (!!!) charges much faster and is more reliable that the Watch 8 classic. Last night I wore both to sleep. I lost 40% on the galaxy and 15% on the apple. Battery stats give me no sign on what it could be. I have had better nights with the galaxy watch with 15-20% drain. (Even when using routines of display turning off going to power saving mode etc.) The Pixel Watch holds the charge better. But in general there's a LOT to love with the Fold 7! It's beautiful and works very well. The watches however remind me of the old days when the phones software was so buggy, with draining apps. Getting anxiety never knowing what will drain the batter. I have detailed my experience here [https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyFold/comments/1nc17gq/time\_for\_reflection\_of\_the\_past\_month\_iphone\_16/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyFold/comments/1nc17gq/time_for_reflection_of_the_past_month_iphone_16/) I´m at the point where I say I love the phone even with little annoyances I was able to put up with. But taking the whole ecosystem into consideration... It's just too draining and you have to always see where the issue lies etc. I want it to just work and not play around all settings and witch hunt the battery culprits..

Yes, I wear a Pixel Watch whilst climbing (and track using the Fitbit app on the watch). I'd feel weird going bouldering without my watch tbh! :)

Yes Pixel can be set to turn the screen on when you turn your wrist. Garmin has poor HR accuracy. In my opinion that makes it a toy, not a smart watch. Pixel has clinically validated HR accuracy and EKG capability, with medical journal publications to prove it.

I can only speak to the pixel with the swim.com app. It's fine. It doesn't count kicking. It's usually accurate on the regular swims but sometimes it'll get off by 25 yards. I write my sets and have a yard total at the bottom so I can always see how accurate it is.