{"id":283356,"date":"2026-06-28T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-can-dont-miss-out\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:35:08","slug":"your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-can-dont-miss-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-can-dont-miss-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Pixel Watch can do things no other Android smartwatch can\u2014don&#8217;t miss out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-cand\/\">Your Pixel Watch can do things no other Android smartwatch can\u2014don&#8217;t miss out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-cand\/\">https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-cand\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-28 14:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.howtogeek.com\">www.howtogeek.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not all Android smartwatches are created equal. The Pixel Watch has a few exclusive features that you won\u2019t find on a Galaxy Watch or any other Wear OS device. If you have one on your wrist, you should be sure to know the benefits.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ldquo-at-a-glance-rdquo-on-your-watch-face\">\n                        \u201cAt a Glance\u201d on your watch face<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"the-iconic-pixel-widget-is-for-watches-too\">\n            The iconic Pixel widget is for watches, too<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>Pixel phones\u2014more specifically, the Pixel Launcher\u2014have long featured an ever-present widget on the home screen called \u201c<strong>At a Glance<\/strong>.\u201d It dynamically updates with relevant information, such as upcoming calendar events, flights, sports scores, travel times, and more. When nothing pertinent is happening, it defaults to weather information.<\/p>\n<p>A slimmed-down version of this widget is available as a watch face complication on the Pixel Watch. It used to be restricted to the extra-wide complication slot, but now it can be added anywhere. The watch version of the widget mainly shows time until your next calendar event, reminders for when to leave for events, flight information, and weather. Simply choose \u201cAt a Glance\u201d from the complication picker when customizing a watch face.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"use-gemini-without-wake-commands-or-buttons\">\n                        Use Gemini without wake commands or buttons<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"ldquo-raise-to-talk-rdquo-to-your-digital-assistant\">\n            \u201cRaise to Talk\u201d to your digital assistant<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>There are multiple ways to launch Gemini on a Wear OS smartwatch. All devices can activate it by saying \u201cOK Google\u201d or mapping it to one of the hardware button shortcuts. The Pixel Watch 4 has one extra method: \u201c<strong>Raise to <\/strong><strong>T<\/strong><strong>alk<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The feature works essentially as it sounds. Rather than pressing a button or using a wake command, you can simply raise the Pixel Watch 4 to your face and start talking to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-cand\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Pixel Watch can do things no other Android smartwatch can\u2014don&#8217;t miss out https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/your-pixel-watch-can-do-things-no-other-android-smartwatch-cand\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.howtogeekimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pixel-watch-4-with-complications-on-watch-face.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-283356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283358,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283356\/revisions\/283358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}