We Didn’t See the Pixel Watch This Week, Thankfully

The Pixel Watch wouldn’t stand a chance in the existing environment. Between Wear OS’ lacking enthusiasm and the Apple Watch’s dominance, Google chose wisely to hold off on releasing its own wearable. Here, more time spent in development can only be positive.

Apple sells more smartwatches than its competitors. To no surprise, the Apple Watch is also the best choice if you have an iPhone. On the Android side of life, the options aren’t nearly as attractive. Wear OS devices are boring, and Samsung’s Galaxy Watch doesn’t have enough well-known, reliable apps. With the Apple Watch Series 4, the wide lead was expanded.

Frankly, smartwatches don’t allow for many exterior advancements. Yet the very successful Apple Watch has a square-shaped display and doesn’t resemble a traditional timepiece. Apple won consumers over with its software. watchOS has first-party and third-party features that make Wear OS seem useless. Unfortunately for Google, its digital assistant cannot solve this problem.

The platform’s current state seems disastrous, even after Google rolled out a hefty software update. Wear OS, which has been rebooted in varying degrees throughout 2018, lacks a feature set capable of giving Apple’s watchOS a run for its money.

LG announced a smartwatch that looks like a literal mess, and Huawei refuses to use Wear OS. Of course, there are fashion brands showing their unwavering support with the Snapdragon Wear 3100. But the serious names are treating Wear OS like the plague. Rightfully so, too. If partners aren’t given a complete toolkit, they shouldn’t be offering assistance.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/10/11/pixel-watch-delayed-wear-os-good-news/