By Brian Dipert
Publication Date: 2026-11-05 13:00:00
Sometimes, it turns out, the primary benefits of a hardware swap end up not being the key features highlighted in the successor’s press release.
Back in September 2023, I belatedly (considering its May 2022 introduction, with subsequent production beginning in October of that same year) acquired a first-generation Google Pixel Watch.
Since then, and until just a few months ago, it’s been the consistent “daily driver” on my wrist, smoothly surviving multiple updates to both its firmware, O/S and app suite foundations and more generally reliably chugging along day after day. But I’ve now replaced it with the third-generation successor, released in August 2024…
