The Google Pixel Watch is set to make its formal debut on October 6 during an event, and the company has just released a teaser film titled “The Design of Google Pixel Watch.” In just under a minute, the short movie does a nice job of displaying the smartwatch’s simple design, which has curved glass aesthetics and vibrant band colors.
The bezels, however, are hidden. All on-screen UI elements have been portrayed against a pitch-black background since the first Pixel Watch leaks surfaced online. Although it has a nice appearance, the bezels’ actual thickness has remained a secret. Inventive design, perhaps.
But the editor of Digital Trends Mobile Joe Maring was particularly drawn to one still from Google’s film. It displays a sea green analogue watch face that is reminiscent of Tron and has an excessive amount of white space surrounding it.
Naturally, you can’t make the pixels inside of black bezels glow. If the bezels on the Pixel Watch are that thick, it will look more like a throwback to the original generation of smartwatches.
Hey Google, are you kidding me?
The assistant’s distinctive colorful bar at the bottom is a little too far away from the rounded borders, as seen in the image above. That can only imply that the Pixel Watch has substantial bezels. The kind of thick I’m referring to is “we don’t deserve these in 2022” thick.
The style is similar to the 2019 release of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2. The sole distinction is that Google’s smartwatch has much curvier glass along its perimeter. It gives the bezels an even more apparent appearance than on the Samsung wearable.
The below image may be the most accurate representation of the actual Pixel Watch, complete with its unsightly bezels. It was described as “an antique circular watch. It is only modernized for the digital age” by Cristina Alexander of Digital Trends.
It’s challenging to argue against that assertion. One of the coworkers was a little less understanding and concluded, “Just disgusting!”
These days, it’s difficult to see any appeal at all in such big bezels. However, the only defence one can provide is that the Pixel Watch has spent a considerable amount of time in development hell. Google stayed with the original design, which is more in line with 2018, rather than changing course and spending a few million dollars.
For the genuine Pixel enthusiast only
Google apparently intends to charge $350 for the Pixel Watch, with all of its bezel-filled awesomeness. The asking price for the device with Bluetooth alone is that. Prepare to spend $400 if you want cellular service on your Wear OS smartwatch this Christmas season.
However, chunky bezels by themselves aren’t enough of a cause to be wary of the Pixel Watch.
But when they’re taken into account with everything else we already know about the smartwatch, it gets harder and harder to be enthusiastic about Google’s first Pixel wearable. And that’s unfortunate, given how much interest there is in the item.
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