Pixel Watch 4 leaks suggest Google is doubling down on battery again

It looks a batch similar erstwhile Pixel Watches, but seems thicker, has 2 caller buttons by the speaker, and lacks charging pins. | Image: OnLeaks via 91mobiles

Ever since Google debuted the archetypal Pixel Watch successful 2022, improving artillery beingness has been a large absorption of consequent iterations of the smartwatch. Based connected caller leaks of the upcoming Pixel Watch 4, it looks similar that mightiness beryllium the lawsuit again.

Renders published by 91mobiles from leaker OnLeaks amusement a somewhat thicker ticker with what look to beryllium 2 tiny buttons connected either broadside of the speaker. (What those buttons bash is simply a mystery.) Purportedly, the Watch 4 volition beryllium 14.3mm heavy compared to 12.3mm. There are respective reasons wherefore a smartwatch tin get thicker, but it tends to mean a bigger artillery oregon other components. Meanwhile, the sensor array nary longer shows the four charging pins that were added with the Pixel Watch 2. That would hint that possibly Google has recovered retired a mode to alteration faster charging without them. Lastly, 91mobiles reports that the Pixel Watch 4 should inactive travel successful 2 sizes.

The thicker assemblage and deficiency of charging pins could bespeak artillery beingness inactive weighs heavy connected Google’s mind. Dismal artillery beingness was the astir annoying happening astir the archetypal Pixel Watch, to the constituent wherever the institution has since worked to rectify it with the Pixel Watch 2 and 3. Adding charging pins angered immoderate Pixel Watch fans, but the main crushed was to alteration a much unafraid transportation and facilitate faster charging. The occupation with pins, too adding a caller proprietary charger, is that they deterioration down implicit time.

WearOS 4 and 5 besides focused connected ways to beryllium much power-efficient. The effect is that you tin present reliably expect Pixel Watches to past a full day, but they inactive way down the multiday artillery beingness achieved by rival smartwatches similar the OnePlus Watch 3, Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, and Apple Watch Ultra 2.

We can’t gully immoderate steadfast conclusions from these leaks. Lots of things tin alteration earlier a last merchandise launches, and hardware renders don’t archer america thing astir what’s wrong the instrumentality oregon what the absorption of WearOS 6 volition be. We could find retired much adjacent period astatine Google I/O.