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We might see Wear OS shown off to its full potential when the long-rumored Google Pixel Watch finally launches, but it doesn't look like it will be on our wrists anytime soon.
Rumors alleged that Google was hard at work making its own smartwatch to demonstrate the true potential of Wear OS just like the company had done releasing the Google Pixel phones to show off Android, but so far, we haven't seen a Google-branded wearable.
One leak even suggested it would be announced alongside the Google Pixel 4, but that didn't happen.
One report in mid-2018 from reliable Twitter leaker @Evleaks says he had information from a trusted source that a Google Pixel Watch was in development. His source said it would be announced alongside the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, but that - perhaps obviously - didn't happen either.
Yet rumors and evidence of the Google Pixel Watch refuse to disappear, so it could well be in the works.
Below we're going to break down everything we know so far about the new watch, including our thoughts on whether it will ever actually happen. Then, further down, we've put together a list of the features we'd like from the first flagship Google watch.
Update: Google has reportedly ordered processors from Samsung that sound ideal for a wearable, suggesting the Pixel Watch could be on the way.
An exact release date for the rumored Google Pixel Watch isn't clear. The latest rumor we heard claimed October 15 2020 at the Pixel 4 launch, but that didn't happen.
Prior to that, our first rumor of a release date came in a tweet from noted leaker Evleaks claiming a "reliable source" said it would be announced alongside the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL back in 2018.
Besides the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, and second-gen Pixel Buds, a reliable source tells me -- with high confidence -- that Google's fall hardware event will also introduce a Pixel-branded watch. Have a great summer!May 10, 2018
Google itself then confirmed there wouldn't be a Pixel Watch in 2018. So could that mean we'll see one in a later year? Maybe, but nothing is guaranteed.
Perhaps the greatest recent evidence of a Pixel Watch is the fact that Google is buying Fitbit - which could see the latter company's wearable skills put towards Google smartwatch hardware, but that deal hasn't quite closed yet, and therefore a smartwatch based on Fitbit's tech is probably unlikely to land in the near future.