Fitbit - Pixel Watch 3 LTE

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.

This is already possible on the PW1 and has been in use since the market launch. When I tested PW3, I only got to max 36 hours. So in stayed with PW1.

That's interesting. I was really disappointed and had the PW3 with 45mm but then returned it and continued to use the PW1. I'm rather impressed that she still holds out so well. Another reason is the constant changes to the charging port. I charge the PW1 90% via Qi because my third-party pad is ironically compatible. Now I wanted to upgrade to the latest model this year, but the new charging port makes sure that every case looks terrible or needs to be removed when charging... Hopefully the PW1 will last another year and we'll just get Qi2.

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.

I bought the pixel watch 3 41mm and it's been great HOWEVER there are serval deal-breakers to consider. The battery life is okay, you just have to get used to charging it daily (especially if you reply to messages or take calls on it) Health tracking features and sleep tracking is amazing (I've Fitbit charge 6 and the results are extremely close if not exactly the same BUT the pixel watch 3 during heavy runs is off by 10 beats and sometimes by 1-4bpm. (Which I believe is lack of accuracy on Fitbit charge 6) Downsides and deal-breakers (my opinion comparing to other watches don't hate me) 1- if you come from a Samsung watch, you'll almost regret buying pixel watches. On Samsung watches you can transfer photos to your watch) pixel watch 3 doesn't let save pics on your watch, though you have 32 GB. 2- Pixel watch 3 doesn't allow you to listen to music from the watch itself. (Speakers) It forces you to have YouTube music or Spotify subscriptions to be able to listen to music from the watch and even that, you must be connected to earbuds. In a nutshell, you can't go out with your watch only for a run without earbuds and expect to listen to music. 3- pixel watch 3 doesn't let you measure oxygen in demand. 4- pixel watch 3 doesn't measure stress on demand 5- pixel watch 3 doesn't give you real temperature measuring data because on the Fitbit app the temperature shows (-0, -1.5) etc it doesn't give you actual skin temperature like apple and galaxy watches 6- pixel watch 3 most important feature lose of pulse detection doesn't work in Canada and the USA yet 7- pixel watch 3 on Fitbit app measures calories throughout the day and by the end the day tells you you burnt 2k-3k calories unlike Samsung and Apple watches that just tracks how much calories you burnt working out only. Basically, the app doesn't distinguish between the calories you burned from your workout and the calories you burnt while resting. It combines it. Overall those are some limitations I've experienced with the pixel watch 3. The biggest deal breaker is being unable to play music from the watch itself or be able to transfer photos to the watch. Otherwise why 32gb! Buy the pixel watch 3 if you can put up with fitbits weird way of presenting burnt calories, and the lack of oxygen on demand measuring, lack of actual skin temperature in C or F and other things I listed. It's truly a great device for just runs, workouts and heart rate tracking that's all. If you're looking for a "smart watch" I believe Google's limitations makes it seem like the pixel watch is a smart band in a smart watch body. Highly recommend the Fitbit charge 6.

Honestly, those were just my thoughts. I understand some people think it's not a big deal. to me, I like having a small device that can do everything for me; which is weird because you almost never find something perfect, I understand. I just got used to it on Samsung I guess. My only problem is that I don't want to carry my earbuds to be able to listen to music it's almost like you telling me why should I play music from my phone speaker sometimes it's for fun or when you're laying down and just chilling. I want to be able to go for a run without having to worry about charging my earbuds and taking it with me

I would only recommend the pixel watch 3 if you are not from Canada or the United States because then you can use loss of pulse detection because I believe that's a very important features it's the main reason I actually bought the watch but it doesn't work where I live so it's pointless. I recommend you wait for a few months until the price drops and you'll be better but don't buy it right now it's like 600 Canadian dollars here

You can actually do what I did. I'm an abuser of the 6 months free trial so I had one account set up with the pixel watch3 and I created a new email with Gmail and used it with Fitbit to get 6 months free trial and now I use that with my charge 6. Or you can forget a device and connect the other on same account it was smooth for me. You just can't use both devices in one account. In terms of advantages of pw3 over charge 6, I 100% promise you it's not worth it. 99% of the time the results of the heart rate during weightlifting, running etc is barely 2-5 BPM only one time it was 10 beats difference during a run but other than that for two months they are the same.. heck even same sleep, same awake time same skin temperature, same breaths per min, same resting heart rate, same everything. They are using the same algorithm. But if you want me to be honest, I actually put my pixel watch 3 on sale on Facebook marketplace because I didn't like the fact that I have to charge it daily. trust me, the first few days everything will be good, you'll be okay with charging it everyday, but then after that, you're going to get fed up of charging it daily. I literally went to bed and my pixel watch 3 was fully charged and my Fitbit charge 6 when I woke up, the Fitbit charge 6 was 97% and the pixel watch dropped to 79%. by the end of the day, the pixel watch 3 was at 15% with always on display of course, and my Fitbit charge 6 with a 63% with always on display. I would only recommend the pixel watch 3 if you want to be able to reply to text messages and use wear os. for the most part, the watch useless in my opinion. You can't put pictures on it you can't put music on it it's pointless. Currently my plan is to buy Galaxy watch 5 pro and use it for the wear OS futures and the Fitbit charge 6 will be more than amazing for my workouts and sleep.

My point is on Android you can download the song as MP3 and just be able to transfer it to the watch (Samsung) and listen to it. you can't do that with pixel watches, so you have to pay to do that. not only are you paying like $600CAD for the watch, you're paying for a monthly to subscription to listen to music that you can't access until you use your EARBUDS by the way

Thank you for correcting me. I wrote a long past so of course some of the things I said may not be 100% accurate. On the Fitbit app I don't see a way that shows me my resting calories and my burnt calories during the workout it shows it all together. If you know how I can make that a distinguish in the app, let me know.

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.

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.

Well you have a pixel 8a there are some benifits like were mentioned by getting the pixel like payments and even more. Like synced alarms, do not disturb, calendar, reminders, tasks and such. Some of that works with a Samsung watch just not fully well. Your not into fitness but what about over all health? Maybe try out sleep tracking and stress? Cycle tracking (assuming Female that is) It's fun to watch your metrics and just see what your body is doing. Food tracking, step tracking just for fun. Also what about LTE so you can use the watch if your phone dies, lost, or stolen and can still make calls get texts in emergency's. All of that can be done in most of the big name watches but if you want the smart features you want to probably stick with Samsung and Pixel watches. I have used a Samsung watch (Pro 5 then Ultra 7) for the last 3.5 years, long before that I was Fitbit fan and jumped to Pixel 1 when it was release before going to Samsung. Recently tried Garmin Venue 3 (NOT a smartwatch) right back to Pixel watch 3. I really enjoy and like my Pixel 3 it syncs and works perfect with my Pixel 9 when the phone goes into DnD the watch does. When I set an alarm on ether one it sets it on the other. When your using your phone and text comes in it will not buzz your watch. It's little things like that you can set up.

I switched from 955 to pixel watch 3. fitbit is a joke comparing to Garmin. It is a nice watch but not for sport. Back to Garmin with 970 now.

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

I prefer Samsung. I recently moved from the Pixel Watch 3 and Samsung Health is better than Fitbit imo. I do agree that the Pixel has better Heart Rate however.  Do be completely honest however, all top end Smart Watches are going to be very similar at tracking workouts, sleep and anything else. Unless you're a serious athlete then just pick whichever you prefer overall (style, comfort, all usable features)