Pixel Watch 2: Long Term Review! - What's Changed?

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In this 8-month Pixel Watch 2 review, we take a look to see how it's has held up over time. We'll talk battery life, software changes, and go over who this watch is good for 8 months later.

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Timestamps
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0:00 - Intro
00:25 - Durability/build
3:30 - Software updates
4:54 - Battery
6:53 - Who is this for?
7:33 - Google ecosystem
8:14 - Fitness tracking
9:23 - I like the small form factor!
10:25 - Closing

[jordanintheknow]

Hope you all enjoyed! Apologies for my battery rant😅

[rubennyc]

Battery has been the same on my Pixel Watch 2 since launch. I'm definitely looking forward to upgrading to the Pixel Watch 3 XL as soon as possible for the larger size and hopefully larger battery.

[stewartoetegenn]

Love my PW2. I use a Spigen cover so it's in perfect condition. Battery life has been pretty constant, between 24-30 hours depending on usage. I haven't had an issue with skin reactions so have no complaints. The only time I don't use it is when I'm playing 5 a side football when my more robust Garmin Vivoactive 3 gets used. Keep up the great content!

[idesignd]

I bought mine PW2 1 month ago and I love it. Ideal for working out. I purchased a protection screen for them on Temu. PW2 looks nice on my not-too-big hands. Battery life: it holds till 10pm and I still have 40% battery and recharge PW2 before I sleep. I turned off AOD and it's ok. At night I turn on a bedtime. Overall I'm happy. 😀

[MegaCynar]

Battery drain bug since October with workouts should not still exist. Google's support is awful for this.

[lovewds]

I got the Pixel watch 2 at launch. Still works for me. Battery life is still about the same.

[emh]

I have a Pixel Watch (OG edition) and to this day, I don't have any cracks/scratches on the screen or the chassis and the band connectors work 100% fine. The only reason I'm considering an upgrade to the Pixel Watch 3 is to get the larger screen size since I have larger wrists and I'm getting "older" and would appreciate a screen size I can read without the aid of reading glasses ;-)

[Techncated]

I moved to a Pixel a few days ago and bought a Pixel Watch 1st Gen that was on sale to go with it. It's not perfect, but it was the best fitness tracker that works on Android I could get for £60 lol

[matt_allen]

I got my pixel watch 2 3 months ago and I like it apart from two, very big annoyances.

1.the battery drain since the June update is horrible. It now barley lasts until 5pm after taking off the charger at 8am. Used to last easily until about 10pm.

2. Sometimes when I start a walk it won't connect to the GPS at all and sometimes will drop out during a walk.

[craigbrown]

I'm on the PW1 and agree with the battery drain issue, over the last few weeks, it's seems to be draining quicker

[MrDemDon]

Interesting and informative video. My Pixel watch 2 is still in the box and never opened. I am waiting to trade it in for the much larger and highly requested Pixel watch 3. I got it for free and never liked the smaller watch face so I continue to use my TicPro 5 for now daily.

[BishopBrown-ngns]

I have the first Pixel Watch and battery life is fine. I shut down a lot of apps, etc to the basics. Skipped PW2, but I might consider Pixel Watch 3.

[foreverfrederick]

Love my pixel 2 watch. No damage at all and im using it daily minimal abuse

[Uhaveanicedayty]

Great review.I have same issues with sensitive skin try a bandaid.Thanks for sharing.💯✌️

[DrewPera]

My Apple Watch also has inconsistent battery life, so now I know it's not just Apple. Some days I go to bed with 50-60%, others I have to recharge it by the time I get home from work.

[fintomoon]

i charge my watch 2 before going to bed, wear it during the night, wake up with exactly 92 percent of the battery left and almost always end the day with more than 25 percent left

[Thebackupkid]

I've had 2x PW2 since launch. One had never done a factory reset. That battery life is still great! On my other one, I've done a couple factory resets with restore from backup and the battery has gone to crap. Only fix I've somewhat found is to restart the watch then charge up to 100% and then it lasts pretty decently. (Both are LTE versions)

[mfwolf]

Great long term review. Why do you feel like the smaller version of the watch would be better ?

[don.wall_E]

I dunno if I buy I PW2 now, or just wait to see the PW3 and decide then!

[Nuclearcity]

Mir ist wichtig, dass es einfach ist, damit eingehende Anrufe anzunehmen oder welche zu starten (mit Bluetooth über das Phone). Zudem soll der Lautsprecher an der Uhr für die Gespräche laut genug sein. Was kannst du mir diesbezüglich sagen?