For 12 months, I was the guinea pig of the Android Authority team and wore a first-gen Pixel Watch as my only smartwatch. It’s not that I drew the short straw, it’s that I didn’t have any other viable option. I’ve been in the Fitbit tracker ecosystem for over a decade and I want a smartwatch to quickly access WhatsApp notifications and Maps directions, so this was literally the only choice for me. Meanwhile, several of my colleagues who also had Pixel Watches just gave up and went back to their Fitbit Senses and Apple or Galaxy Watches after a couple of weeks.
I’m glad that those days are over, though, because the Pixel Watch 2 that I’ve been rocking since October is better in every sense. But more so in one very particular aspect: Faster charging.