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India Today
17 hours ago
- India Today
Google Pixel Watch 4 arrives in India, more affordable Pixel Buds 2a also launched
On Wednesday night Google had a busy launch schedule. Not only has the company launched its new Pixel 10 phones in India, it is also refreshing its Pixel Watch and is adding a new product to its audio category. Google on Wednesday launched the Pixel Watch 4 in India. This one comes in two sizes, and compared to the previous Watch 3 keeps the design same but brings in a few Pixel Buds 2a, meanwhile, borrows the design from the Pixel Buds Pro 2 that is already available in India. At least for now we are not getting the Pro 3 from Google. But with the Buds 2a the company is hoping to bring performance and its unique feature set to a more affordable price point. Pixel Buds 2a The Google Pixel Watch 4 comes in two sizes — 41mm and 45mm. Google says that the display of the watch is now 50 per cent brighter and at peak brightness can even touch 3000 nits. This should make the Watch 4 deal with the harsh Indian sun better. At the same time, the Watch 4 has bezels that are 16 per cent thinner, making for a more expansive looking display even though the size remains same as the previous Pixel Watch. In addition, Google says that the Watch 4 also has faster charging and slightly longer battery life. Like it has done for the phones, Google is also adding a lot of AI features to the Watch 4. These are powered by the company's Gemini LLMs. The price of the Watch 4 in India starts from Rs 39,900. This is for the 41mm variant. The 45mm variant has been priced at Rs 43,900. For now Google is going to sell only Wi-Fi variants of the Watch Pixel Buds 2a are set to be the cheapest Buds from Google in India, with their price being Rs 12,999. However, despite its lower price, the Buds 2a is seemingly fairly close to the Buds 2 Pro, at least on paper. The Buds 2a comes with IP 54 rating, which should keep it safe from water splashes and gym sweat. Inside each bud, Google is using Tensor 1 chip, 11mm driver, and 3 microphones for active noise cancellation. In addition, the Buds 2a support Bluetooth 5.4 with super wideband, which should make their connectivity sticky, and have touch controls on each earpiece.- Ends
The Hindu
19 hours ago
- The Hindu
Google Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a launched in India: Features and price
Google on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) launched the new Pixel Watch 4 in India along with an affordable Pixel Buds 2a earbuds and a Moonstone colour variant of Pixel Buds Pro 2 which will also get AI driven features in September like adaptive audio to auto adjust volume. It will identify and pick up calls, reply to texts hands-free by nodding or shaking head. Pixel Watch 4 Pixel Watch 4 comes in 41mm and 45mm dial sizes. Google has also introduced a serviceable design in Watch 4 which claims to make its repairability easy. The Pixel Watch 4 features an Actua 360 AMOLED LTPO display with 3,000 nits peak brightness, always-on-display (AOD) and a refresh rate from 1 to 60 Hz. It is being protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. (For top technology news of the day, subscribe to our tech newsletter Today's Cache) The 41mm has a 325 mAh cell with up to 30 hours battery back up with AOD, whereas the 45mm gets a 455 mAh battery with up to 40 hours back up on AOD. The Watch 4 runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor and Cortex-M55 coprocessor with 2 GB SDRAM and 32 GB eMMC flash. It operates on WearOS 6 along with Gemini and AI-powered smart replies. Pixel Watch 4 in IP68 rated with 5 ATM, side button, haptic crown, SpO2 monitoring, ECG and is compatible with Android 11, Bluetooth 6 and above devices. Pixel Watch starts at ₹39,900 for the 41mm dial and ₹43,900 for 45mm. It comes in Wi-Fi variant only in India. Pixel Buds 2a Pixel Buds 2a features 11 mm custom dynamic driver with active noise cancellation (ANC), transparency mode, silent seal 1.5 and in-ear pressure relief. Each earbud has two microphones. The Pixel Buds 2a uses Google Tensor A1 chip and supports Bluetooth 4 and above. It claims up to 10 hours of backup without ANC and up to 27 hours with the case. With ANC can go up to 7 hours and 20 hours with the case. The earbuds are IP54 rated while the case bears IPX4 certification. Each bud weighs 4.7 grams and 47.6 grams with the case. The Pixel Buds 2a comes in Hazel and Iris colours at ₹12,999.
Android Authority
20 hours ago
- Android Authority
The Pixel Watch 4 has a connectivity feature that even the Apple Watch doesn't have
TL;DR The Pixel Watch 4 is the first smartwatch to be sold in the US with standalone satellite SOS features. The emergency SOS service works in tandem with Google's preexisting car crash and fall detection features. The feature is free to use, but requires an LTE variant of the Pixel Watch 4. The Pixel Watch 4 may look very similar to the last generation, but it packs enormous upgrades. It comes with a new chipset, a bigger and brighter display, improved battery life, and finally supports repairs. Along with these, Google is adding a crucial life-saving feature to the Pixel Watch 4 that's not even available on the Apple Watch — or any other smartwatch sold in the US, for that matter. The Pixel Watch 4 is the first smartwatch from Google to support SOS communications through satellite connectivity, which will allow you to seek help in cases of emergency, even without any network coverage. In fact, the Pixel Watch 4 is the first commercial-grade smartwatch available in the US to offer satellite-based emergency SOS services. The addition of satellite-based SOS services complements other safety features such as fall detection and loss of pulse, which have been available on the previous Pixel Watch generations. In cases of a mishap, the Pixel Watch 4 can automatically detect a fall or a car crash and notify emergency services, even without LTE or Wi-Fi connectivity. Don't want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a preferred source in Google Search to support us and make sure you never miss our latest exclusive reports, expert analysis, and much more. According to Google, the SOS functionality will contact geo-stationary satellites to sense your location, while the newly added dual-band GPS will allow for accurate location down to just a few meters. Both of these additions are facilitated by the new Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chipset, launching first with the Pixel Watch 4. Google However, satellite-based connectivity on the Watch 4 has a few limitations. First, it doesn't support two-way satellite-based messaging like the iPhone, so it cannot be used for texting or calling. Second, the feature currently only works with the Pixel Watch 4's LTE variants, lacking support for the Wi-Fi-only variants. The positive aspect of the Pixel Watch 4's satellite connectivity, however, is that while you need an LTE variant for it to work, you do not need an active cellular plan to get it to work. Google says it will be available for free for the first two years from the time you activate the Watch 4. Google adds that satellite communications will be limited to select regions initially, but the US is included in that list. There's limited information about its expansion to other countries or regions. Google Pixel Watch 4 Google Pixel Watch 4 Emergency Satellite communications • Power AI on your wrist • Capable health and fitness tracking MSRP: $349.00 The best Pixel Watch to date. The Google Pixel Watch 4 series is available in 41mm and 45mm sizes, and Wi-Fi and LTE variants of each size. The Actua 360 Display is a domes AMOLED panel with 3,000 nits of brightness, and a large viewing area with greatly reduced bezels over previous models. Multiple-day battery life and quick charging power a wide array of health and fitness sensors to keep you informed on the go. See price at Amazon Follow
Time of India
18-06-2025
- Time of India
This Samsung Galaxy Watch may not get the latest One UI 8 Watch update
Samsung may soon end the software updates for its popular Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series. As reported by 9to5Google, Samsung has signalled that the 2021 launched Galaxy Watch 4 may soon stop receiving major software updates, as the company prepares to roll out One UI 8 Watch, based on Wear OS 6 , exclusively for newer models. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Launched in 2021, the Galaxy Watch 4 series was Samsung's first to run on Wear OS, marking a shift away from its Tizen-based wearables. While Samsung had previously committed to 'at least' three years of updates for its smartwatches, the Watch 4's last major update arrived in May 2025, and the company's latest move suggests that the device may not receive further feature upgrades. Although Samsung has not officially confirmed the end of support, the exclusion from the beta program and the approaching three-year support window strongly indicate that the Watch 4 is nearing the end of its update cycle. Security patches may still continue for a limited time, but if Samsung follows the precedent set with the Galaxy Watch 3, which stopped receiving updates in late 2023, the Watch 4 series could soon be phased out entirely. For comparison, the Galaxy Watch 3, released in 2020, received its last major update in late 2023, aligning with the three-year support window. The Galaxy Watch 4 last received an update in May 2025, which included security patches but no new features.
The Verge
15-05-2025
- Health
- The Verge
Huawei's latest watch has a snazzy new fingertip sensor
You can't buy the Huawei Watch 5 in the US, but it has an interesting twist on health tracking. Most smartwatches and fitness trackers measure your metrics from a sensor array that presses into your wrist. The Watch 5 has that, but it also adds a new sensor on the watch's side that measures EKGs, blood oxygen, and arterial stiffness from the fingertip. Huawei calls this its 'multi-sensing X-TAP technology,' which is a fancy way of saying it's stuffed a bunch of sensors into the side of the device. That includes a pressure sensor to detect how hard you're pushing on it, an EKG electrode, and an optical heart rate sensor. Huawei claims that this leads to a 10 to 50 times improvement in signal quality, which may not be completely baseless. The fingertip is often considered to be a great area for obtaining heart rate data because it has a lot of capillaries and good blood perfusion. (This is one reason why medical-grade pulse oximeters for measuring blood oxygen are fingertip-based.) Whether this is useful is debatable, but Huawei says it means it can now take blood oxygen readings in 10 seconds. That's significantly faster than most other SpO2 spot-check features. It also enables a 60-second 'one-tap health glance' feature that gives you your average heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), blood oxygen, skin temperature, stress, EKGs, arterial stiffness detection, a respiratory overview, and sleep disturbance awareness. Most of these were on the Watch 4, though HRV is new. Otherwise, the Watch 5 feels like a somewhat incremental update. There are two new gesture controls: double slide (where you slide your thumb against your finger) and double tap. The display has a peak brightness of 3,000 nits and thinner bezels. It comes in two sizes, 42mm and 46mm. There are also titanium and stainless options. The 42mm model gets up to three days of battery life (two with the always-on display enabled), while the 46mm gets around 4.5 days (three with AOD enabled). The watch also supports cellular connectivity and works with Android and iOS. But if you'll indulge me, one thing Huawei seems proud of is the fact that the new 46mm model in titanium comes in purple. Titanium is a hard metal to colorize and typically requires a process called anodization. So in its press materials, Huwei is pretty stoked that it has managed to create purple using 'advanced methods that require oxidation parameter adjustment and hue deviation.' It says this has resulted in an 'exact purple with an opaline effect' that, compared to 'solid, high-saturation purple commonly seen on other technologies,' this purple has a blue-gray sheen. Perhaps, in person, the watch is truly purple. But as a passionate purple lover, the photos make this look about as purple as the iPhone 14 Pro Max's deep purple — which is to say, not very purple. If you can somehow overlook this insult to purpledom, the Watch 5 is available for preorder starting today in the UK and Europe for £399.99 / €499.99 (around $550) and will officially launch on March 26th. The 42mm comes in beige, gold, white, and green in stainless steel. The 46mm comes in black in stainless steel, while the titanium versions also come in brown, silver, and 'purple.'
