4 Best Smartwatches for Pixel 7a: Expert Picks

Customer Review: “Great watch at a great price. Easy screens to maneuver. I use it to track my heart rate and steps which it does pretty well at. I’d sleep with it on if I could. I never knew when my phone was vibrating so having this watch has improved me actually answering the phone since it sends notifications to the watch. It’s nice to be able to answer a phone call over the watch when I’m busy with my hands. It stays charged for a long time. I take it off when I shower so I dont know how well it would hold up there. It does everything I need it to and more. I love how when I put it on in the mornings, it automatically shows me the weather for the day. It’s a great little watch.”

Customer Review: “This is probably just gilding the lily, but this is an amazing watch for the price! Any review you find will confirm that this is basically an (round red fruit) watch at a fraction of the price. Features galore (so many, it will take you a while to use them!), many nice watch faces, and a battery length that puts most other watches to shame. Highly recommended!”

Customer Review: “This is a fantastic watch. I’ve been a long-time Fossil smartwatch user. My Fossil Gen 6 watch started acting up, and I recently learned that Fossil has exited smartwatches. Once I switched to the Pixel 3, I was thrilled and do not miss my Gen 6 at all. I should have switched sooner. My 2nd Fossil replacement alternative was the OnePlus 2. The Pixel looked better (to me) and has Wear OS 5 which is the most recent version. It was hard to decide between the two using online descriptions and reviews, but I am happy with my choice. The Pixel battery life is better than the Fossil, even with the always on display, and easily gets me though the day. The charge may not last as long as the OnePlus 2, but I do not wear it overnight and instead put the watch on the charger, so the extra battery life is not an issue for me. Others may see this differently. The Pixel 3 screen is MUCH brighter and sharper than the Fossil, the processor is faster, and the watch operation is intuitive and easy to learn. Activating the watch, setting it up, and switching from the Fossil was quick and easy since most of the apps and info are tied to my Google account. Long-time irritants with the Fossil were how the end of the watch band kept flopping loose from its holder band, and how the crown button constantly activated when I sharply bent my wrist. The Pixel fixes both of these issues. The Pixel watch band is a bit tricky to attach at first (YouTube helps), but it works MUCH better than the Fossil and is more comfortable. The Pixel has a nice feature where you can rotate the watch display 180 degrees (make it upside down) so you can wear the crown button on the left side of the watch. No more accidental app activations, restarts, or 911 calls! My primary watch use is for business to monitor emails and texts, and to see/screen/take phone calls. All these work beautifully, and are handled much better than with the Fossil. Even the weather app is upgraded in the new OS, and there is a timer that can be added to the tiles. I use my watch secondarily for the health features, and I was sad (at first) to learn Google Fit would not be on the Pixel. I used Fit on the Fossil to track steps and distance walked. The new FitBit basic version is a true upgrade and gives me all the info I had before, plus a lot more. I did not opt for the free Premium FitBit trial. I bought and recommend a set of the plastic watch covers for scratch and impact protection, and a charging stand. Both work great.”

Customer Review: “I’m addicted! Great looking watch and I haven’t had any issues with it whatsoever. Love that it automatically turns on your sleep tracking, love the AI integration, it’s sleek and just the right size for my small wrist, band feels nice – just buy it!”

Customer Review: “This is my 1st smartwatch that I’ve purchased and will have to say I’ve been impressed with my purchase ( I was very skeptical, but after looking at others reviews, I thought I would give it a chance) The watch had great performance for the price.. Setup was quick, the screen is clear, I went four days without having to charge battery. I like the fitness tracking and health features-they seem to be accurate and easy to use. Notifications come through smoothly, and it paired well with my phone. Overall, a solid smartwatch that looks good and does what it promises. Great value buy.”

Customer Review: “This smartwatch has solid build quality with a bright, responsive screen and a comfortable, stylish design. The battery life is very good, lasting several days with regular use. It offers many useful features like call and message notifications, fitness modes, sleep tracking, and alarms, all easy to use. Activity tracking is accurate for steps and workouts, and the heart rate monitor provides consistent readings. Sound quality for calls and alerts is clear. Overall, it’s a great smartwatch for the price and works well for daily use and fitness tracking.”

Customer Review: “I had to replace my aging Galaxy S3 Frontier which is at it’s end of life. I love that watch! I was going to get either a Galaxy S6 Pro or a Pixel Watch 2. After much soul searching, I knew I had to make a decision. so the gambler in me decided to try something new. I’m glad I did! Now clearly, a watch released less than 6 months ago is going to out perform one released 6 or 7 years ago. But the improvement in performance is remarkable. It’s faster responding, pairs quickly and easily with my Pixel 6a smartphone, and has superior software. It’s really the software that makes the smartwatch useful and productive. And to Samsung’s credit, they kept my old war horse’s software current. But, the Fitbit software is much more modern than Samsung Health. It can scan barcode label on food packages when I record what I eat and it is much more flexible in terms of how the nutrient servings list is recorded. And that means less manual calculations when trying adjust servings from grams to, say, ounces. Heart monitoring is more accurate, stair climbing is much more accurate, and sleep monitoring is actually usable. It might be the advancements in sensor quality rather than the software algorithms. But I do trust the results more. Charging the battery is FAST. I get about 36 hours of life from the battery, on about 45 minutes of charging. Twenty minutes of charging while I shower in the morning will give me about 12 hours of battery life. The wireless magnetic charger is a little different from the Samsung watch, but it is very functional. The user needs to make sure that the crown and stem is parallel to the power cord, and once the watch is about an inch away from the charger, the charger is drawn to the watch magnetically and it leaps up and connects to the watch. This is not BS on my part, it happens everyday. Only once has this connection not been made perfectly. The PW 2, is smaller and lighter, physically. It’s about the size of a traditional men’s mechanical dress watch. My ancient eyes can see the slightly smaller screen with ease. My arthritic gorilla fingers akso have no problem manipulating the screen. It is comfortable to wear long term, even to bed, for sleep monitoring. It offers a more classy and elegant appearance than the larger and sportier S6 Pro. I was comfortable with the new user interface within a day or two; so I think people coming from another brand won’t have a huge learning curve. Like the Pixel Smartphones, Google uses a simple and uncluttered interface that I found very intuitive. I am quite pleased with my purchase,and can recommend it to others.”

Customer Review: “Obsessed with my pixel watch. I am a pixel phone user as well, so love that it connects with my Google fit and my Fitbit app. Lots of apps available on it, as well as phone answering and texting. Gps works great! I use it mostly to track my vitals and workouts. But my ring camera also connects to it and shows me when someone is at my door. Only negative is that the battery doesn’t last long–maybe a day and a half. However, it charges quickly and I just set it on the charger while I do my makeup and get ready for my morning and it’s almost fully charged by then. Lots of clock face customization too.”