First off, my needs for this watch were simple - Receive notifications, vibration alarm (so not to wake my wife), and fitness tracking. Those things this watch does exceptionally well. A surprising plus, is the voice call quality is very very good. I've been skiing and mountain biking while taking a call and the other person said it sounded great.

Deeper use of the watch is a pretty rough experience. The "look" to wake the watch function is very hit or miss and sometimes I have to tap the watch, push the crown or do a rain dance just for the screen to come on - I've even taken it off to put on the charger thinking it was dead only to realize it had plenty of battery. Responding to texts is near impossible as the keyboard is just too small. Best bet is to get the first letter right and hope predictive text can finish your thought. Then comes to my true disappointment - I got this watch in a package promo with the Earbuds Pro (the "good" ones), and the Pixel 7 phone. About 90 days after this deal, the earbuds case would not take a USB charge, only wireless. Now, my watch charger won't charge the watch - I've power tested the charger and it has died. I came to the Google products after being a decade long customer of Samsung and finally having to deal with their customer service when trying to purchase a new phone. So far, the buds and the watch have had problems and now I'm questioning if Google has strong enough products that I can rely on. $200 buds and $500ish watch that I honestly can't recommend.

Today, I purchased a Pixel Watch. I spent hours setting it up and updating it. When I was finally finished, the "large" band in the box was too small. I did purchase it at Best Buy and provided the receipt to customer support. I was advised that I would have to purchase a different band. Never in my life have I purchased a watch where the band was too small. I have many watches and this has never happened before. For 500.00 the band should fit. If there is something on the box about the band size or length, the writing much too small to read. My wrists are not overly large either. I checked several of my other watches and your watch has the smallest watch band of all the watches I own. I'm not sure what Google's idea of large is, but I believe many women are and will be disappointed when they find out what Google believes large is. I would not trust Google in any form of measurement. The band on the Pixel Watch is smaller by a 1/2 inch easily. I researched many smart watches before purchasing the Pixel Watch. It's sad the smartest part of the watch is neither the engineers or the marketing department, unless they are all gnomes. I finally purchased a smart watch and I am so very disappointed. Its a shame they only make Pixel Watches for little girls. I will find as many places I can post about the watch and copy and paste this. Tomorrow morning I will be returning the Pixel Watch.

This would best be used by someone with an active exercise regimen. My husband and I are in our 70s, and bought them mainly to call for help if one of us falls and the other isn't there. I hope we never have to find out if that works. To use the sleep info and other exercise and health information, you have to purchase Fit Bit Premium, which is another $120+ per year, plus there are additional charges added to your internet bill, so this is a very costly item.

Aside from that, it tracks your steps and sleep quality, which I guess is nice. The dial is large enough to read, and it has a handy nighttime mode. The strap is adjustable and surprisingly comfortable, and it comes with a smaller strap for one side, for those with slim wrists.

There are options for the style and color of the main screen, but I wish we could have had an option for the shape of the watch itself. It is a big, round, black circle on the wrist, and I would have much preferred an oblong shape. Best Buy only had the black option for the strap, but there are others for purchase.

Just upgraded from a FitBit Versa 2 that completely shut down on me after 3 years. I did some smart watch research and found the Google Pixel 2 watch going for the price of only $20 more than a new FitBit charge. After reading so many reviews of how FitBits have died on people or stopped working suddenly, I thought if I'm going to invest ny money in a smartwatch, it's going to be a cool one! And this has delivered! It's so awesome. From the features to design, it's pretty cool if you ask me. It also limks directly to my FitBit app and allows me to continue FitBit on it! There is also a feature to enable emergency services if you are on trouble, hit the dial 5 times or more and 911 will be called. It plays music, you can upload a picture as your watch face, set alarms, track all things FitBit, and more! I really love it. The battery life seems Okay, but coming from a FitBit, my old FitBit had me charging it twice daily. This charges in no time and has lasted me good through my work day! Do some research and find what suits you best. But I'm pretty happy!