Only $250 for the LTE version for Google Fi subscribers. But having to charge every day seems like a major regression compared to Garmin. I do appreciate that they are competing on location accuracy, though.

Apparently the GPS is computed in the cloud, which means this only works given LTE coverage or if you also carry your paired smartphone. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/pixel/pix...

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gumby271 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I knew I'd seen that city gif with the lines before: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/12/improving-...

> From the 2026 article: "But you also need really good AI to do it right"

So a feature from 2020 (albeit a cool one) is now brand new and AI powered? Did Google have good AI in 2020 and replace it with Gemini?

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spacefan1984 an hour ago | parent [-]

The watch uses a more advanced 3DMA model. There's also differential GPS and advanced algorithms to create significantly better results.

	▲	gumby271 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's cool, I didn't see that mentioned in the article.

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jerlam 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

DC Rainmaker has done his own test: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2026/08/google-pixel-watch-5-gps...

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Handy-Man 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Only $250 for the LTE version for Google Fi subscribers

Where are you seeing that? I only see $499 with up to $125 off for trade-in.

	▲	jeffbee 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		On credit its $10/mo for 24 months.