Fitbit app readies Pixel Watch support, seemingly confirms battery life - 9to5Google

Ahead of the Pixel Watch’s launch later this year, the Fitbit app is readying support for Google’s Wear OS smartwatch, including seemingly confirming its battery life.

This includes your time spent awake, restless, and asleep, and if your device can check your heart rate, Fitbit Premium will also monitor your sleep stages.

When the smartwatch was unveiled at Google I/O, the company confirmed that the Pixel Watch would have the full suite of Fitbit features including heart rate tracking, active minutes, and sleep monitoring.

However, unlike Fitbit wearables which can get multiple days of usage on a single charge, our reporting of the Pixel Watch’s estimated battery life puts it closer to 24 hours per charge.

That being the case, you’ll most likely want to charge up your Pixel Watch before going to bed so that the sleep tracking will not be interrupted.

Notably, the notification itself seems to confirm our report of the Pixel Watch’s 24-hour estimated battery life.

Assuming this is based on the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep, 30% of the Pixel Watch’s battery is enough for at least eight hours of heart rate monitoring.

With the Pixel Watch expected to launch side by side with the Pixel 7 series this fall, it’s no surprise to see apps like Fitbit preparing the necessary support

All the same, it’s nice to have the Pixel Watch’s battery life seemingly confirmed by the app, even if it doesn’t stand up to the 80 hour estimate of the recently launched Galaxy Watch 5 Pro