Fitbit - Pixel Watch 3

GW5 LTE to PW 3 WiFi. My wife and I both switched. The Galaxy Watch never would keep a good connection to her heart rate due to her tattoos. The Pixel Watch rarely ever loses connection to it. We could not wear the Galaxy Watch during sleep as within a couple of days we would have a sore on our wrists. I wore the PW every night for 6 weeks before a sore appeared and that was my own fault for not cleaning it well enough after cutting the grass (dirt and sweat seem to be what did it). I swapped arms for a few days and then swapped arms back and make sure to clean it well with an alcohol wipe whenever I do yardwork in my watch. Step counting is off when I am cutting the grass where the GW was always pretty good with it. Not a big deal though as overall it counts a similar amount of calories which is more important to me. Counting steps when I am walking is pretty much the same on either. My workouts are primarily weights and walking. I actually like the way the Pixel Watch tracks those better than the Galaxy Watch. I am getting used to how Cardio Load and some of the other measures work, but I think I like them. The breathing rate, Blood Oxygen, Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Skin Temp Variation are nice although I do not know how medically accurate they are. I will say that sync is not as instantaneous as the GW5 was. Sometimes it takes a bit to transfer data to the phone. I am not sure if there is a way to help that or not. Customization is lacking in things like ordering apps or changing sounds, but that is minor. One thing I absolutely miss is the hourly chime. I had not realized how much I counted on it for things.

PW 3 is MUCH better than the OG. Sleep tracking works every single night. It charges much, much faster. The battery lasts longer. The UI is quicker. Apps update faster. Fitness tracking is more accurate.

I have talked about this before. I'll give short review. Before buying the watch, make sure the feature "loss of Pulse detection" is approved to work in where you live. In Canada loss of Pulse detection isn't approved by health Canada yet. The watch has a very minimal advantage over the pixel watch 2 (in terms of health tracking accuracy). For more info, check out the quantified scientist on YouTube. Pixel watch 3 is an upgrade if you go for a 45mm size. Pixel watch 3 doesn't allow you to store pictures on the watch like Samsung watches. Pixel watch 3 doesn't play music through the watch's built-in speaker. (Unlike Samsung watches) Pixel watch 3 whether 41mm or 45mm, with always on display on, it can't get more than 2 days battery so get familiar with charging it every day or so. The watch tracks body temperature but in an odd way that compares it to the previous day temperature. It usually gives values like +0.4c +1c but never actually tells you if your body temperature is 32°c like apple or Samsung watches.

OnePlus Watch 3 would be better than PW3. I'm using a PW3.

I have them both and I love them both. I’ve ultimately settled on the Pixel Watch 3 because I like fitbits tracking better. But it’s a hard call, because the battery life of the OP watch 3 is crazy good

I went from a Fenix 7 Solar Sapphire to a Pixel Watch 3. Day to day I prefer the Pixel Watch 3. Having to charge it daily isn't too bad as it sucks onto the charger neatly so I just charge when I shower and it's good to go when I need to leave the house. The Fenix is great as you don't worry about charging for two weeks but charging is annoying as you have to plug it in and it comes out really easily, say if it's knocked. General use the PW3 is lovely. Intuitive, fast enough, I can even view my cameras on it. Fenix takes a while to understand. Even though it's touchscreen I used buttons all the time. And never enjoyed using the map. Having Google Maps on my watch for walking directions is brilliant. I also use YTM so having that is excellent. The main thing I miss is the sapphire screen. I can't wear my PW3 bouldering now as it would get wrecked. I also do OCRs so can't wait it for those. I got a sweatband to put over the watch when I boulder now so that's not too bad. But you definitely have to take it off in certain situations as the screen is so delicate. With the Fenix I just wore it no matter what and even though the band was messed up the face was flawless. I also didn't like how the Fenix doesn't support Health Connect. Which do I prefer? Hard to say. Glad I got the PW3 but kinda annoyed that I sold my Fenix as I would probably use PW3 day to day and Fenix when I'm doing activities. If I were you it sounds like a Garmin is a better fit.

The PW3 does not last 2 1/2 days. Unless it's switched off.

I was comparing between these two exactly... Bought the OnePlus Watch 3 first and spent about a week with it. Great watch but it is lacking behind the PW from a heart rate tracking perspective. It's a beautiful watch for sure and the battery life is *incredible* for Wear OS. Overall I prefer the OP W3 looks vs the Pixel Watch. Right now I am wearing the Pixel Watch 3 45mm as I returned the OnePlus Watch. I simply wanted the best HR tracking for a Wear OS watch and this is it - for now. The Pixel Watch also slides underneath button cuffs on a long sleeve shirt and just looks more svelte overall. I do wish the PW had a more protective body like the OP does. I can get 2 days out of the PW but you are struggling at the end of those 2 days. The OP Watch you could easily leave on a Friday and not come home until Monday or Tuesday and be totally fine on battery.

The HR accuracy was really what pushed it over the edge, for me. If that's not a primary concern the OP is a great watch. I watch a lot of videos from The Quantified Scientist on YouTube and the PW is the most accurate Wear OS watch available.

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.

Smart watch vs not smart watch. I've used both and discovered the lack of smart features on Garmin is a dealbreaker for me. At first glance your description of use may seem like the Garmin would be ok but even the things like providing notifications (texts and other things) is not reliable in that my Garmin watch would frequently show a generic notification indicator as opposed to the content. I would still recommend the pixel watch 3.

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.

I have both and I prefer the pixel 3 watch despite the Ultra 2 being a beast of a watch. For me, navigating the pixel is much easier with the tiles and it's more user friendly. Just my humble opinion.

I tried to replace my Venu 3 with a pixel watch 3. I made it about 2 days before I returned it and went back to the Garmin. Honestly, if a Garmin and the Sleep As Android developer could get that app working reliably (including vibrating the watch silently first), I would never have any reason to even look at another watch. All the other 'shortcomings' either have a useable alternative (eg. Garmin Pay vs Google Wallet) or are such a low priority (eg Triggering Higher Assistant doesn't really work well if at all) to me, that I don't really miss them at all.

Just had two walks with Pokemon Go, and I used my AGING Apple watch SE (2020) I think, and the Pixel Watch 3, mostly to see if this year I upgrade to an Apple Watch SE 3, or switch to a Pixel Watch 4 since I pre ordered the Pixel 10 Pro and want a new watch-- even setting a timer on my Apple watch 2020 SE is SLOWWWW now. After the first walk, I laughed at how OFF the Pixel Watch was on distance and calories burned. Now I'm only going off the past 5 years of my Apple Watch SE, but the Pixel watch 3 clocked a mile 0.71 miles EARLIER than the Apple Watch SE, which if that's the baseline and assuming is correct, is laughably bad. Final metrics were: Distance walked: 1.10 miles (AW); 1.22 miles (PW) Calories: 104 active, 142 total (AW); 193 (PW) Average HR: 105 (AW); 104 (PW) Steps: Apple doesn't say; 2,535 (PW) Average Pace: 18:49/mi (AW); 17:16/mi (PW) Save for a couple seconds if I paused or ended the walk... Wayyyyyy OFF on calories and distance. Must be terrible GPS and overestimation on calories, I would NOT trust Fitbit/Google if you're using them to be in a deficit for weight loss. Just did a 0.56 mile shorter walk (AW), and the Pixel said I did 0.62. 56 active and 76 total calories (AW), Pixel says 114 calories. Average Pace of 19:36/mi (AW) and Pixel says 17:46. Just two short sessions with it on a simple outdoor walk, and I'm returning this Pixel Watch 3 immediately and just waiting for the Apple Watch SE 3rd generation next month or October. 3 generations, with a 4th dropping early October and Google/Fitbit can't get the hardware right??? No shot I can ever main a Pixel again, as bad as I want to. For the record, I LOVE Pixel and have owned EVERY Pixel except for the Pixel 7 series, and have the Pixel 10 Pro pre ordered after trading in 8 Pro, sold my 9 Pro month or so ago knowing the August 20th event will plummet value for resale. For cameras, it's NO CONTEST, Pixel is better. I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max, and for telephoto, no contest. It's taking rumors that the 17 Pro Max will FINALLY match all lenses to be 48MP range to maybe give them a shot to compete. So I can equally dunk on Pixel for having terrible sensors on their watch, and Apple for up until maybe this year having terrible sensors on cameras on their "pro" line.

I had moved from Garmin epix to pw2 to Garmin epix pro gen 2 and then to a pw3, now I currently have nothing and am trailing no smart watch but think I will go back . I do occasionally hiking and wild camping which is what drew me to the garmins but realistically they are just too expensive for what they offer. I found them lacking "smart" features. Sleep tracking was also terrible. HR and maps were awesome and the battery life is the best. Also found the light very useful. Pixel had the smart features I wanted, health tracking was generally as good if not better than Garmin. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was durability (very easy to mark) and battery life. Its personal preference. Personally I am looking at pw4 but waiting for reviews on the battery life. Or the yet to be announced amazfit t rex pro 3 as a "cheap" Garmin. Hoping as it's more of a smart watch it might have the features I wanted but the health tracking is probably worse (not sure if that bothers me too much )

My last 4 watches have been Samsung Galaxy watches. Hasd the? Watch 6 classic but the lag was bothering me. Bought the watch 7 and pixel watch 3 at the same time and the watch 7 is going back as the pixel watch 7 screen , health tracking , battery life are all much better . Watch 7:battery only lasts a day if that. The pixel watch 3 is a two day watch . Now I do have a Samsung phone so the timer and do 🚫 t disturb don't sync with the the phone. The pixel OS is a lot more mature and smoother feeling to me.

I'm sure it's great watch but I don't think it's better than the Galaxy watches. I have the pixel watch 3 in a Galaxy watch six seven and eight.

I switched from the Galaxy watch 4 to the Pixel watch 3 and love it. I feel like the HR is more accurate for me, but I dont really use it for fitness tracking. I also liked the way it looked better, with the rotating crown. However, the Galaxy watch Ultra will probably give similar results to the Pixel watch.

Overall, the Pixel Watch 3 has a much better accuracy and the best Sleep Tracking of WearOS watches. I guess it helps to have AI also assist in the measurements.

I haven't had a smartwatch before and my review is that I love it. Pros: * This thing tracks my sleep and apparently I'm horrible at sleeping. I thought I'd have to take it off for bed but the battery charges really quickly and I can basically wear it 24/7 minus 20 minutes daily for charging. * It looks very cool and I've gotten compliments * I like paying for stuff without bringing my phone up. Although I kind of have to twist my wrist in a weird way to tap to pay. * I go to Orange Theory and tested the two heart rate monitors at the same time. They're aligned! Sometimes the OTF heart monitor doesn't work for me and then I can just glance at my watch to get an accurate reading. * You get a lot of options for tweaking your watch face. I like keeping mine in a little analog clock because I feel like I'm starting to unlearn how to read that quickly lol. * Could be a con but Fitbit keeps reminding me to move. You figure out really quickly how immobile you become with a desk job. * I'm one of those people who tends to use Gemini a lot and they'll soon push out an update that integrates it. Currently it's Google Assistant (who I loved in the past but have broken up with at this point). Idk if you've seen the new WatchOS 6 videos but it looks like the redesign of the UI is gonna look cool! Cons: * I thought the knob would work better. Clicking it to get to the app drawer is fine, but sometimes I turn the knob to try to get to my notifications and it'll take a couple tries before it'll pull them up. You could also just swipe up for the notifications, but that's just not as cool. * I feel like the tiles are pretty lackluster for my personal needs. If the weather tile was scrollable by the hour (like the weather app is) I'd be happy. Now I scroll to the tile, then click on it to open the weather app. The tile does a fine enough summarization of the weather though. * The band somewhat sucks for me due to sensory issues and a lot of people don't like third-party bands due to bad fits onto the watch. So I ended up spending 60 bucks on the Google store to get a band with an adapter on it. Haven't received it yet so I can't tell you anything about it. The stock band is like a PFAS-treated rubber so no issues with sweat or whatever.

The pixel watch 3 has a 45mm build and a 41 mm build and LTE builds The 45 mm battery is just so much better but many wrists just can't fit the 45mm This is also an issue for the one plus as well as it's bigger than the pixel watch 45mm, but pixel has the choice to use a 41mm. No LTE on OPW3 even if you wanted it. Having now used Advanced GPS (dual frequency) Vs GPS (single frequency) the Dual frequency is just way better for every thing. Navigations and Fitness runs are just better on the AGPS system, which google does not use... The PW3 USA model (That then moved up north) only supports limited GPS systems were as the ROTW gets many more systems for the rest of the planet as well. The pixel is jewellery design, so to turn back to a real metal watch design costs extra. OPW3 design is not special, there are lots of watches with High crown and lower extra button. The OPW3 makes their apps booting laggy, it is planned to be, to save battery. The apps are slow to launch by design, as they have their specific design to shut down the fast CPU when apps are not in use. This means there's lag restarting the fast CPU after the watch actually enters power saving and shuts down the fast CPU. If you constantly use it, it takes a long time to disable the fast CPU. But after sleeping, and going to bed, these dual CPU builds are slow to get going in the morning. The pixel watch 3 will power save and deep sleep apps after 3 months of not using them. This includes any system app like the fit bit ECG app. so first 3 months are higher usage of battery. (Yes it seems i did not use it for over 3 months lol.) Pixel watch 3 has 5ghz AX Wi-Fi for a double edge sword, great for on charger downloads, but if it connects when not on charger to 5ghz it kills the battery fast. OPW3 only has super slow Wi-Fi for updates but can't nuke the battery too hard. NFC is on both watches and is a god send. Any watch that does not have this from now on is terrible. Lol Going back to dig out the phone or even worse the wallet will be pain full while at the till. Prices won't stay as they are if Canada gets them imported via USA first. The rest of the planet will escape this. but anything in Canada that goes through USA first expect prices are going to go up.

runner should never get any thing but a pixel 3 Pixel watch 3 has a run builder. [https://i.postimg.cc/9M19ZfQJ/Screenshot-20250928-230725.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/9M19ZfQJ/Screenshot-20250928-230725.jpg) Most users don't know this and then never look for it after upgrading to 3. pixel watch 1 has a junk fit bit app compared to PW3 but then CPU is lower power so makes sense. Would never get a runner anything but pixel watch 3. Auto end activity means you get a confirmation. As it tells you if you don't end the work-out will nag you over and over to end the work out. With Text to speech on it very hard to ignore the 3rd time... Why give us NFC garmin if your not going to actualy do anything to actualy get cards supported. [https://i.postimg.cc/L5b7Kqpx/image.png](https://i.postimg.cc/L5b7Kqpx/image.png) Take it out if your not actually going to push banks to make it use full.

I charge mine when I shower, and it's enough to get me to the next day to shower and charge my pixel 3 watch

Having it next to my phone helps 😅 Now if I forget my phone...welp 🫠

Battery life is night and day. To say gen 1's was atrocious is an understatement. With the 3, I can go 3 days if I don't do any fitness tracking. I love my 3, but the 3 doesn't compete with the Ultra at all.

I did, and I love it! I was already on the Google Fi network, so I don't have to pay an extra monthly subscription fee for the 4G LTE. It does everything I want it to, and as far as I can tell, GPS is very accurate. I did end up buying a discounted subscription to PocketCast for podcasts, as the app I previously used didn't have an app for the watch.

You lost me at #1. I've had the last 4 galaxy watches and the pixel 3 watch blows them all away.... By far.

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.

fitness bands I feel are more for health based reasons as generally their hr and gps isn't great for activity (fitness bands are like amzfit band, huawei band, fitbit charge etc). They have started to increase smart functionality and are getting closerto a smartwatch. Smartwatches are more for either companion to your phone (enabling phone features on your watch) - wear os on android or apple watch on iPhone - they can replicate a lot of what the fitness watches offer but its via 3rd party - so not an complete eco system. Then you get yoru fitness brands - garmin, coros, polar and suunto - where their focus is health, fitness and training metrics and analytics - the bonus of these wattches is long battery life and sport specific metrics. And there are the others which are a sort of cross between wear os/apple watch and the fitness watches - huawei , amazfit, xiaomi etc (and loads of chineese branded watches in this category) - these watches can provide great value for money, however health, fitness and training metrics can be much more hit and miss than the fitness watches. As to which is best for you would depend on your focus and what you want a smartwatch to do - yours post seem to be all health based - its worth noting that no watch is a medical device and while some components may have a form of medical approval (fda etc be advised that the type of medical approval sign off doesn't make them a medical device its just confirming they can provide to a specific level - which isn't necessary a medical level that hospitals etc can use). From a health perspective any all of these watches can work for you including fitness bands - just depend on the level of detail and what features you want. Personally I would suggest a fitbit charge for you or alternatively the pixel watch 3 (assuming you have an android). Why fitbit - they give a fair amount of depth to their health metrics and they provide an easy to understand level of insight to their data (note if you want stress detail and sleep score detail you will need a sub). PS - this will provide you with most of the stuff you wanted plus up to 7 day battery life. If you wanted all those features (except blood pressure) in a very classy package you could look at a withings - however I feel they are a bit hit and miss on some of their results, and while you do get a cut out screen note you will have to consume most of your data with the app. So why would you get a watch for health features: Sleep - I pefer one that focuses on recovery as duration is generally fairly accurate for most, sleep stages to a degree is a waste of time (no watch can accurate distinguish between light & rem - even sleep clinics struggle) - thus how a sleep aids your body in recharging makes sense to me - this is a focus for oura, garmin, whoop, polar and to a degree fitbit - garmin is the best at incorporating sleep into other features. Stress - the impact to your body's ANS - can be useful driver with other metrics to show how your body is reacting to various inputs (i.e. high stress during sleep can suggest you coming down with an illness/injury/over training - incorporating this into other metrics like training readiness can help you reduce training and instead maybe take a recovery day enabling your body to recover/have more energy to fight an illness - effectively reducing the chance of injury/illness. This is great summary by garmin of what each health metric is and what it offers and why you might want to track it. Not all garmins have all these features but most do, and most of the other watches have similar features but not to the same level of detail. [https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/garmin-technology/health-science/](https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/garmin-technology/health-science/)

I have used both watches , I currently use the Pixel 3 watch as I have a pixel phone, but the Apple watch Ultra is alot better than the Pixel 3 watch. It's better at almost everything tbh, better step tracking , better sleep tracking , more accurate GPS. But you would expect it to be better considering it's almost twice the price.

The pixel 3 watch is a great watch , I enjoy it , it looks good and does everything I need it to do. But the Apple watch is better.

Pixel watch 3 is great. Best additions are real time HR updates (no having to go to a specific app to see your HR). Easy to customize and get external watch faces. Watch has Google Assistant right now, but will get Gemini later this year. I would say battery on PW3 is even better than Apple Watch, specifically the 45mm version

Pixel watch 2 was a huge jump over the 1. 3 is even better. I would say the apple is still probably superior but it's way closer now. You should easily be able to get a full day without issue.

I have them both and agree with most of the details they are putting forward, however I haven't seen any in-depth reports (link me if so please!) on the OpW3 so saying the PW is much better is an unknown really. The Quantified Scientist does gush about the PW3 and chances are it will be so much better, but until he tests it I'm happy ro keep the OpW3 on my wrist for the time being

That is not that bad. I wish they would have some type of training analysis, hrv tracking, etc. but I cannot expect it to do as well as Garmin or Coros. I want an Android Wear Os watch to get closer. The Pixel Watch 3 is getting closer but the GPS tracking was too off for me and it felt small to me. If only the PW3 and the OnePlus Watch 3 were combined.

Thisl The sapphire display and the body composition is what keeps me on the galaxy. How is your pw3 holding up? I'm afraid of scratches.

Thanks for replying. I prefer to rock my watch naked. I want the hardware of the galaxy but the software of the pixel.

I've got both the GW7 and the PW3. * The stock watch faces for each brand will refresh auto brightness on the display once per second in ambient mode, whereas 3rd party watch faces only update once per minute, or in active mode. This is a feature for me since I would consider using the PW3 stock faces, but I would not use any of the Samsung stock faces. * The PW3 complications (heart rate/steps/etc) on the stock watchfaces also update once per second in ambient mode whereas the GW7 do not. * GW7 has sapphire glass which is a lot more scratch resistant. I've scratched my PW3 already (after a week). * The PW3 'wears smaller' compared to the GW7 in that the lug to lug distance of the band designs are smaller (roughly 3mm on 44/45mm set). This helps if your wrist is smaller. * You miss out on the pixel camera controller....which is not a big deal. * If you care about health tracking data, it's portable from samsung health to fitbit via health connect, but some things you can't port back (like steps). You also lose certain details like time stamps of activities. * Battery life is roughly the same between the 44mm GW7 and 45mm PW3 * Notifications on the GW7 will wake the screen to the notification (e.g. a text to google messages will open the app and display the notification) whereas the PW3 will vibrate and activate a brief tilt to wake period that will display a short form notification with an option to open the app. * Layouts for the app drawer/quick tiles are not user customizable on the PW3. Overall I think the GW7 is more robust, but I really prefer the aesthetics of the PW3.

I haven't compared them, but the youtube reviews typically give the nod to the pixel watch. I also don't swim so I can't comment on that.

Fitbit devices at least newer ones are all getting the newest training features called cardio load and target load. Those we big selling features for the pixel watch 3 at launch. The biggest difference would be pixel watch 3s heavier focus on running metrics. If you run a lot it could be useful. If you don’t then it won’t. As for accuracy. I have heard the same but the sense 2 I have got an update recently that brings Google ai machine learning and the accuracy during workouts has vastly improved. It matches my Garmin forerunner 965 now and very reliable. Pixel watch 3 has heart rate zones which is good if you want to workout within a particular zone. But can still do that with Fitbit just need to see the HR and not rely on the colour coding. The look thing makes sense and lol personal preference. That could be the deciding factor as it’s something you wear daily

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 think it’s the closest thing to an Apple Watch on android tbh. Great watch, Decent fitness tracking, the sensors are accurate. And can get two days battery life.

Cyclist here - FR 255 has been great general watch and for most activities. For athletes - you need a sports watch than a smart watch IMHO. I gave my pixel 2 watch to my wife and then later upgraded to pixel 3 for her. I won't get one myself even though I have enough Google credits to make it super cheap. Battery life is terrible on smart watches with fancy screens. I charge mine while I shower and that's it. Goes multiple days even with short events on gps recorded. There is always something better, faster, shinier but this was the best value choice for me

I agree with u/FailOk251 . I would go with the Garmin 955. The sleep tracking may not be as good. But after years(and years) of wearing different watches for sleep tracking, they are not that different in terms of accuracy over the long-term. Also, I tried the PW3 for swimming and it doesn’t do a good job at all when it comes to feature set for swimming. I swim with a 955 and it’s very visible underwater. The buzz is more noticeable as well when it comes to alerts under water. Also, you have maps on the 955 which is really helpful for open water swimming. The PW 3 does non of that. It’s fine for running and maybe a nice activity tracker. But that is all. I was really disappointed when I tried it for swimMing. The other issue is accurate HR. The Garmin can do relatively good job with HR and if you want better, you can get a chest strap. The PW couldn’t even lock into HR. What I’ve come to peace with is this.… I wear the Garmin for my workouts and a smartwatch for other times. I have to admit, I hate the compromise. But here I am. Hope this helps a bit.

I gave my pixel watch 3 to my gran and got an Instinct 2X. I had the vivoactive 4 before that and liked it and THOUGHT I wanted more smartwatch features so got the pixel. The VA4 basically just had notifications and onboard music as "smart" features. But at the time I got the pixel thinking it's the logical upgrade i was feeling less enthused by all the tech stuff and was more and more switching off notifications and bluetooth and when I got for runs I typically have my phone anyways becuse in case there is an emergency of some sort, I want to be able to contact someone reliably, call and uber navigate with a full map etc... so also that covers having music. So the more I though about it the more I realised I literally just want it to record the exercises I do. I'm not gonna watch youtube on it, make calls or whatever "smart" features are supposed to be because all those things can be done better on my phone (which I carry anyways). I really liked the look of an instinct. reminds me of the G-shock and the oncee a month charging of the battery means it'll last years because it's going through abot 12 battery cycles in a whole year. In the end it's really up to you, look at what integration apple offers to the ecosystem, maye you like resuming playing music from your watch even if you're listening on your Mac or something but it's dependent on you. The stats I get are deeper than what I need so for me I still feel I can get more out of it. And maybe I'm just old school but the AW looks ugly to me, I'm gonna have it on my hand all day, may as well get something that looks good to me.

I switched to a pixel watch 3 and so still find value in it.

I've used the Pixel Watch 3 for the last year and upgraded to [Samsung Galaxy Watch 8](https://www.reviewni.com/product/B0F7QD4HSD) recently. Honestly Watch 8 just nails it! The new bezel design took me a second to warm up to, but honestly, it gives the watch a modern, unique vibe that stands out. Switching up watch bands is super easy (once you get the hang of the latch thing), plus you get way more watchface options and can really tweak backgrounds and fonts, which is a nerdy dream. The new “folders” system for tiles/apps is a game changer. It keeps everything way more organized than the Google Pixel, and you can customize the heck out of it. Health, Fitness, Basic and set your own categories, stick your most used apps wherever you want. Battery life’s solid too, I wore it all day and only used 10%. And it's comfy, looks slick, and charges up with a little more info on the screen now. Honestly, Samsung’s attention to detail and customization blows the Pixel Watch 3 out of the water.

I run 4-5 days a week. I use the pw3 and find it great. I use the coached runs and it has been wonderful.

This describes my situation pretty well. I wasn't in a huge rush to leave Apple's ecosystem, necessarily, but I have been curious about the state of Android as I hadn't spent any time with it in years. The PW3 is good. The screen is nice and the battery life is good. The build is also really high quality. In a direct head to head against the Apple Watch Ultra 2 it holds its own but has flaws. The Tensor SOC has nothing on Apple Silicon in terms of every day performance. The Ultra 2 is fast on a whole other level. Interactions are never slow, the UI is totally fluid, and every aspect of the watch is ready to go at a moment's notice. Apps launch immediately, and the battery lasts me for days. And Apple's build quality and materials are second to none. I really like the PW3. I wear it quite a lot (and I happen to prefer Fitbit over Apple Health/Fitness). I think it will likely only improve, especially with Wear OS 6 on the way as well as Gemini.

Oh I don't disagree at all. Price is definitely a factor and for its price point the PW3 is great.

I love my PW3. It’s good enough for me. I lift weights and do VO2 max training on an indoor bike. I like tracking my steps as well and makes me move. The garmin was pretty much the same though it was able to connect to my bikes power meter (and so did my Apple Watch), but I don’t really care that much about that and can see the power on my bikes computer. It’s really what you want from it. Like are you a marathoner and crazy into fitness than Garmin is better. If you are still into fitness but don’t need to measure every single thing, then the pixel watch is good enough.

Pixel Watch 3 should be fine. https://support.google.com/googlepixelwatch/answer/12652074#water&zippy=%2Cwater-and-scratch-resistant-materials

I moved from Fenix to PW3 because my $900 Fenix screen died. Garmin told me to go pound sand. PW has been totally fine for normal daily function. I never have any battery anxiety and I keep the screen on 24/7. A morning top up during showers is enough to keep it going. Keep in mind, Auto Screen off is only for when not tracking activity. If you are tracking a long run (Marathon/Ultra) screen stays on which sucks. I would not trust PW to track anything beyond 200-250 minutes (I know, extreme use case)

i use PW's default Fitbit Run activity. I assume it would be most battery efficient. I wish i could use NRC but the app on WearOS is trash and it crashes and loses the data randomly.

I used both pixel watch 3 and the Apple watch ultra 2. Pixel 3 is a good watch. More comfortable, but the sensors are significantly inferior to the Apple. Watch exercise, tracking, sleep tracking step counts all way off with the pixel. Watch. Apple watch ultra two definitely Superior in those aspects. Battery life comparable

I own a wide variety of devices from Garmin, Amazfit, OnePlus, and my most recent acquisition is a Pixel Watch 3 45mm that I'm wearing now. It was a light day for me but the PW3 was unplugged at 11am and it's 2:05am now and I'm at 76% . On days when I'm actually being active, with standard settings and AOD off it can comfortably reach about 52 hours or so for me. The thing is, in my experience, that Wear OS provides a MUCH better user experience for everyone BUT hardcore athletes. With my Pixel 3 I can track workouts, I can consult a map, yadda yadda yadda. Yes, I can't hike the Appalachian trail with this thing but, let's be honest about who we are as a people.. Is it going to positively impact your life more if you CAN get near infinite battery life the once in a lifetime or three you actually run an ultra, or hike for a month? Or let's use my use-case for example as an older guy, would it be more impactful to have a device on your wrist and your partner is messaging you from work, and your grown kids are sending you memes and shit, and they're all sending you voice messages on Whatsapp. You can just go on about your evening; walking the dogs, playing some games, doing some chores and responding with text you type or swipe or transcribe on your watch using your voice? Maybe you go to the grocery store to buy some food and if you're using a Garmin good luck paying with your watch because no debit or credit card I have in the US supports Garmin Pay. If you're wearing an Amazfit I hope you live in parts of Asia or Europe because there's no support for Zepp Pay in America either. With my Wear OS watches anywhere I go I can pay with my watch. It's like EVERYTHING the Garmins or Amazfit COULD do, Wear OS can do better EXCEPT in the rare situation you're a special ops soldier stuck in the middle of some God-forsaken mission, or in some crazy militia out in Ohio, or any other of 100 other male fantasy lives you'll probably never have. Understanding that 1 person out of a million is gonna be stuck in the wilderness and it's their watch that saves them is the first step to freedom. Adventure watches have a place, and I own a lot of them, but I have to imagine that for most people it mainly supports the fantasy vision they have of themselves. More folks are gonna be Thomas from Accounts Payable than DC Rainmaker. I guess it depends on the life you live. If you're out there in the bush all the time and REALLY need to know your watch can last for weeks at the cost of a clunkier, more troublesome everyday user-experience, maybe a rugged adventure watch is the right move. I'm thinking about my Enduro 3 and T-Rex 3. They can get me through my day at the office, but it's just so much nicer having something with all the modern conveniences running smoothly and working like you'd want them to. If I ever hit that Appalachian trail, though, you better believe I'm packing my Enduro 3. And you can't beat that damn Garmin flashlight.

I'll add my anecdotal evidence. I've had the PW3 since launch and I have no scratches whatsoever on the pebble. It gets bumped into doors, furniture etc all the time, but it has survived all those so far. Just my 2 cents.

> Really the only upside the PW has is in software. Software and fitness. The sensors on Pixel Watch are unmatched in the category. Real-time heart rate tracking, now dual-band GPS, most accurate sleep tracking, most accurate step counter - the list is long.

I like the pw3 but dislike how thick it is. I also think cardio load is mostly useless but I would use it if it was better

Hey! Just chiming in about this as a long time Pixel Watch 1, 2 and 3 user debating on switching to the Garmin Venu 4. The Increase or Maintain options really only change the daily cardio load range, that's really it, so it's pretty much gimmicky. For example, if I have it on maintain, as long as I'm doing my normal routine, it keeps my cardio load for the day around the same range (depending on sleep, HRV, RHR, etc ...) but switching to "improve" upped my cardio load to the point of lunacy where I couldn't get there and would've possibly injured myself trying (I'm a runner). So, I just wanted you to know to not really pay that much attention to that feature as a big thing. That being said, there is a simplicity to Fitbit that I appreciate and while definitely nowhere near as deep as Garmin, or even Coros, it is extremely user friendly albeit sometimes broken (cause....Google being Google breaking things with updates in the background and taking months to fix them).

The major difference is that the PW3 had one of the very best HR tracking out. Check the Quantified Scientist's YouTube review or DC Rainmaker's

Well his latest reviews still show the relative position of the pw3. The Pixel Watch 1 and Pixel Watch 3 do not use the same optical heart rate (HR) tracker. The original Pixel Watch has a single optical HR sensor. The Pixel Watch 3 features a "multi-path optical heart rate sensor." This is a significant upgrade that offers greater accuracy, especially during vigorous activities like running or high-intensity interval training (HIIT), as it uses multiple light paths to get a more reliable reading. (Gemini)

How's there Samsung handle replying to text messages? I had a galaxy watch years ago and that could be hit or miss. My pw3 was hit or miss last year but seems like updates fixed it and it's reliable

Got PW3 with my Pixel. It's a toy watch with small battery life (and as I see on the screenshot, same in PW4). The cheap Xiaomi or Amazefit watches have same plus a bit more functionality and min 10 days battery.. (and different designs available).

Have followed many of your comments here, u/cdegallo, over the years and appreciate your insights as always. And not surprisingly, I agree 100% with your comparison here. Every time I'm tempted to go back to my GW7 44mm, I appreciate some feature (typically \*slightly\* better fitness tracking and more responsive UI) of my PW3 45mm. I also wear my PW3 to track sleep-related metrics, and always felt it did a better job, providing more meaningful stats, than Samsung Health did.

Agreed...always felt like my PW3 has done a better job with HR compared to my GW7.

Pixel Watch 3 almost matches the Polar HR chest strap. It seems to be the only watch with that level of accuracy even beating the Apple Watch. Pixel Watch 4 is running the same HR sensor as the 3. Not sure about Garmin in comparison though but they're designed for fitness first.

I tried the OnePlus watch 3, and its Heart Rate accuracy was not that great. I found the Pixel Watch 3 to have much more accurate Heart Rate (compared to a 3 lead ECG monitor and a Polar H10).

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.

It's a smart watch. HR and SpO2 accuracy is very important. Otherwise it just tells time. I do not believe Garmin has good accuracy. There is no point in getting an inaccurate smart watch. I returned Samsung 7 and 8 due to poor HR accuracy too. I kept the Pixel Watch 3 which was the only accurate one, but it measures SpO2 only at night. I hope Pixel Watch 4 measures it all day.

The Pixel 3 is very accurate in HR. Always within 1-2bpm of the correct value (correct measured with a 3 lead Holder or a Polar H10 chest strap or gym equipment).

I went from Galaxy Watch 4 Classic 44m to PW3 45 mm and I love it. Of course some features are lacking and locked behind the Fitbit premium but they don't make me regret it. Generally better, smother and prettier UI experience on the Pixel. I just never liked the One UI. And my phone seems to have less battery drain after the switch but that can be unrelated. I miss the body composition sensors but I always knew they weren't accurate anyway so no big deal. EKG and Pulse loss detection is locked behind a 22 year old mark so be aware of that. Fitbit doesn't have dark mode in their app but we talk about it for like 5 years now. The battery is amazing, and charging is better for me as the charger is a bit slimmer and has USB-C. I keep AOD on, something I wasn't able to do on GW4 as it drained the battery like a monster. Better integration with phone calls, Bluetooth switching for headphones and Google app updates their apps regularly in contrast to Samsung. That's it. It's worth it. If you have any questions I'm willing to answer

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.

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 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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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..

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.