With longer days and warmer weather on the way, it’s a good time to take your gym routine outside. Luckily, Google’s Pixel Watch 4 can help you track all your outdoor fitness activities, and right now it’s on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target starting at $289.99 ($60 off), a new low price. The last-gen Pixel Watch 3 is also currently the cheapest it’s ever been, with the 41mm / Wi-Fi configuration selling for $169.99 ($80 off) — also a new low — at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target.
The Pixel Watch 4 is our favorite Fitbit-powered smartwatch, one that offers a great feature set for the price. Google’s latest wearable features dual-frequency GPS, which improves accuracy in challenging environments such as cities and dense forests, and it can automatically record certain cardio activities on your behalf, including both running and cycling. It also offers improved sleep tracking, satellite SOS (on the LTE model), and a slew of AI features courtesy of Gemini — including an exclusive raise-to-talk gesture that’s useful while on a run.
The hardware has improved as well. Most notably, you can now replace and repair both the screen and the battery, making it a better long-term investment. The display is bigger and brighter, too, and the Pixel Watch 4 lasts about a day and a half on a single charge, or roughly 45 hours if you buy the 45mm model (up from 32 hours on the Watch 3). Charging is also faster, allowing you to charge it up to 80 percent capacity in under 30 minutes. And as a nice little extra, the included side-mounted charger lets you use the watch as a glanceable display, so you can see the battery percentage and other useful tidbits of info more easily.
If you want a great Android smartwatch for less, the last-gen Pixel Watch 3 is also a good option. While it’s not easily repairable like the Watch 4 and lacks some of the aforementioned upgrades (including dual-frequency GPS), it still offers a good set of health and fitness tools, allowing you to track your activity, sleep, blood oxygen levels, and heart rate. It also supports Gemini and integrates well with Google’s various services, letting you download offline maps and leave your wallet at home by paying via Google Wallet. You can even use it to control a slew of compatible devices from your wrist, from Nest cameras and video doorbells to the newest Google TV devices.
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