A long time coming: The Google Pixel Watch 4 is said to be more repairable than its predecessors. (Image source: Notebookcheck)
The design and a lot of important specs of the Pixel Watch 4 have already been leaked, but not all. A new leak has just revealed more new important features, while the SOS emergency features are also being expanded.
At first glance, there’s little new in the Pixel Watch 4, expected on August 20 alongside the Pixel 10 generation. The design has hardly changed and the somewhat older chipset remains the same, except for a new co-processor. Perhaps worth mentioning in this context is the slightly larger battery and the brighter display. But that’s about in regard to the new features of the upcoming Google smartwatch.
At least compared to the specs of the Pixel Watch 3, this analysis would be correct, but according to fresh leaks, there is a little more to the fourth Pixel Watch generation, namely a quantum leap in repairability. Until the Pixel Watch 3, all Google wearables were de facto electronic waste if something broke, as iFixit prominently described using the example of a defective battery. This situation, which is obviously intolerable from the perspective of sustainability, apparently has now been resolved on the Pixel Watch 4.
According to an Android Headlines leak, the Pixel Watch 4 will be repairable in the future, meaning a battery replacement or a broken glass won’t necessarily mean having to replace the entire watch. Moreover, the SOS features are also expected to be expanded, ranging from “Personal Safety” features to Emergency SOS, crash detection and fall detection. Lastly, the Pixel Watch 4 is said to support SOS satellite communication and is reportedly able to detect breathing problems, with the latter made possible by unobtrusive SpO2 measurement around the clock.
As a young tech enthusiast with a history involving assembling and overclocking projects, I ended up working as a projectionist with good old 35-mm films before I entered the computer world at a professional level. I assisted customers at an Austrian IT service provider called Iphos IT Solutions for seven years, working as a Windows client and server administrator as well as a project manager. As a freelancer who travels a lot, I have been able to write for Notebookcheck from all corners of the world since 2016. My articles cover brand-new mobile technologies in smartphones, laptops, and gadgets of all kinds.
Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 1932 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.