You can slap a Pixel Watch 2 on your wrist for just $224 right now

The Pixel Watch 3 will be the shining refinement Google’s wearable lineup wanted, however the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 remains to be an awesome purchase. That’s very true when you may get it for as little as $224 ($26 off) — which is the watch’s present beginning worth at each Amazon and Best Buy.

Though the Pixel Watch 3 introduces a bunch of solid improvements — together with a much bigger and brighter show, a brand new 44mm dimension, AI-generated exercise strategies, and offline Google Maps — the second-gen Pixel Watch remains to be a looker. It solely is available in one dimension (41mm), and the usable show space is simply about 10 p.c smaller than the third-gen mannequin. It additionally makes use of the identical Qualcomm Snapdragon Put on W5 Gen 1 chip, although it lacks the extremely wideband chip that permits you to unlock close by Pixel units and choose BMW autos.

General, efficiency between the 2 is analogous and battery life on the 41mm fashions is about the identical, averaging about 24 hours per cost. With the Watch 2, you’re solely actually lacking out on the brand new exercise options (different once-exclusive Put on OS 5 options have started to trickle down to the Watch 2), plus a display screen that’s mentioned to be twice as brilliant. For those who don’t really feel these Watch 3 traits are definitely worth the $350 beginning worth, we’d nonetheless fortunately suggest selecting up the older mannequin.