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The Pixel Watch 4 is a wearable device from Google that features health tracking and activity detection. Hitechreports covers its software updates, including new health tools and expanded workout recognition.
Step-by-step workouts are live today on Pixel Watch 3 and newer. Gemini Call Screen arrives on Pixel Watch 5 in the next few weeks. Phone-to-watch unlock uses UWB and requires the watch to be on your wrist. All features demand recent Pixel phones—and none work on Pixel Watch 2 or older.
Google has confirmed a battery drain problem spanning the Pixel Watch 2, 3, 4 and 5, saying on Reddit that it has identified the cause and is working on a fix, with no release date yet.
An Android Police reviewer trained for and finished a marathon using the Pixel Watch 5's Health Coach AI, which adapted workouts around sleep, heart rate variability and recovery rather than following a fixed plan.
Google has told Android Authority that sleep breathing quality, a feature already live on Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5, is on its way to the Fitbit Air, though no release date has been set.
Google is upgrading the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 with automatic detection for more than 100 workout types, up from 10, plus a new Health Guardian feature that flags blood pressure and insulin resistance trends.
Google Health 5.11 pushes automatic activity detection from 10 exercises to more than 100 on the Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 and Fitbit Air, with Google claiming nearly double the accuracy and far fewer missed workouts.