Pixel Watch 4 edges Apple Watch Series 10 on brightness, battery, AI

Google's new Pixel Watch 4, announced in August, is pressing its advantage over Apple's recently released Watch Series 10 on several fronts, according to early hands on testing and specification comparisons, even as major retailers push discounts on multiple Apple wearables. The Pixel Watch 4 is available to preorder with shipments expected in October, while Amazon, Argos and Walmart are running limited time reductions on the Apple Watch Series 10, Ultra 2 and SE 2 respectively.

Tech reviewers and preliminary testing highlight a number of areas where the Pixel Watch 4 pulls ahead. The device starts at $349 for the smaller 41 millimeter model and $399 for the larger 45 millimeter model. It uses a Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chipset and an AMOLED screen that the company rates at a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, a significant boost over the Series 10's wide angle OLED rated to 2,000 nits. Google has also equipped the Pixel Watch 4 with a dual band L1 L5 GPS, a larger battery pack that the company rates at roughly 30 hours for the 41 millimeter and 40 hours for the 45 millimeter with the always on display enabled, and a more power efficient Wear OS release supporting on device Gemini AI...