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Google Pixel Watch 2 has a better battery and is better watch

he Pixel Watch 2 has quirks and concerns of rapher Amelia Holowaty Krales so this review
its own. But Google’s got a more powerful can look beautiful. The entire session involves
Tand more power-efficient processor under walking about 1.5 miles, which the watch tracks
the hood, and Wear OS 4’s whole schtick is better automatically. Screens are hard to photograph
battery life, according to a review in The Verge. in bright ambient lighting, so I turn off adaptive
brightness while cranking brightness up to max.
This watch is zippier than the original. This is all battery-intensive, and I wonder if we’ll
make it back with enough charge.
“I’ve actively used many of its features • 4PM: I hit the 24-hour mark with 20 percent left.
and logged 30 to 45 minutes of GPS work- We walk back to the office half an hour later,
outs per day. I am consistently getting 24 and on the way back, I get a low-power battery
message with 15 percent left.
hours on a single charge, give or take an • 4:45PM to midnight: I plop the watch onto the

hour, with no battery-saving features. And eyed two-mile run with my Pixel 8 left at home. charger at the office. It takes about an hour to get
to a full 100 percent. I don’t think about battery
This ensures the watch isn’t piggybacking off my
I didn’t even have to wait a day or two for phone’s GPS. After about 25 minutes, I’ve used for the rest of the day — though I do a breath-
only 6 percent.
the watch to calibrate to my usage,” says • 10:15AM: I log that I’ve got 42 percent battery ing exercise, set a few timers, check notifications,
send a few texts from the wrist, try out the new
the reviewer in The Verge. left and get some more work done. The last time safety check feature on the way home, and log
I charged to 100 percent was 4PM the previous my mood after getting a stress tracking alert.”
“Here’s what a recent, relatively active day looked like: day. Mental math isn’t my strong suit, but six “That’s a fairly typical review day for me, but as
• 6:35AM: Wake up to my cats yowling for kib- hours on 42 percent battery seems like I’m on with any gadget, your mileage will vary. If you opti-
ble. Check my wrist to find that I’ve lost about track for 24 hours. mize battery settings, you could probably push past
22 percent battery overnight because I forgot to • 1PM: I begin my trek to the office. Commuting the 24-hour mark — especially if it’s a day where
turn on Bedtime mode. I’m starting the day with is hell, so I spend it futzing around with Pixel you’re lounging around at home or glued to your
roughly 50 percent battery total. Watch 2 settings. I arrive at The Verge office desk at work. If you are using a lot of GPS track-
• 9:43AM: After reading emails, a little work, around 2PM with about 35 percent battery. ing, it depends on how much you use the watch
and breakfast, I trudge outside for a bleary- • 2:30PM: I demo several features for our photog- during said activity,” said the report in The Verge.

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