Google Wear OS Smart wearables

Google's recently launched Pixel Watch ships with a small wireless charging puck in the box, as do many other smartwatches. Unlike some competitors however, the Pixel Watch isn't meant to be charged on anything other than its bundled charger.

The information comes straight from Google itself. The company felt the need to clarify the situation by issuing the following statement sent to 9to5Google:

It appears that, with a lot of fiddling, you can in fact get the Pixel Watch to show that it's charging if you place it on your phone (one that supports reverse wireless charging) or a Qi charging pad. And yet, it lies - what is happening in reality is that it's discharging, as Google mentioned in its statement.

Apparently, the issue might stem from the very small size of the Pixel Watch's internal wireless charging coil. So, it's really best to only use the bundled charger if you don't want to have some nasty surprises.

Remember guys, they are "eco-friendly"

This thing seems so horribly DOA its not even funny, weird proprietary non standard charger, glitchy wear OS, high asking price, 3+ year old SOC, just the perfect recipe to land in the list of stuff that google axes again lol

Dude, most smartwatches use proprietary chargers and don't work on Qi pads at all.

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