Google Pixel Watch vs. Apple Watch Series 8

After years of “will they, won’t they” from Google, the company finally released a Pixel-branded smartwatch designed to go up against the best smartwatches and fitness

trackers on the market. We gave the $349 Pixel Watch a pretty positive review, thanks to its tight integration with Fitbit, beautiful design and excellent Wear OS 3 experience. But

can it stand up against our pick for the best smartwatch you can buy in the $399 Apple Watch Series 8? After all, it’s one of the best Apple Watches to date with amazing

performance, a wide variety of supported apps, great fitness tracking features and all-day battery life. Let’s see how these two watches duke it out. Compatibility Android iOS

Display options 41mm 45mm, 41mm Weight 1.26 ounces 1.36 to 1.49 ounces Water resistance 50 meters 50 meters Battery life (rated) 24 hours 18 hours Key health and safety features

Full Fitbit integration, optical heart rate sensor, blood oxygen sensor Blood Oxygen, ECG, Temperature Sensing, Cycle Tracking, Crash Detection Color options Champagne Gold, Matte

Black, Polished Silver Midnight, Starlight, Silver, Red (Aluminum); Graphite, Silver, Gold (Stainless Steel) Price $350 $399 Max Buondonno/CNN Side by side, the Pixel Watch is

definitely the more attractive watch. Its simplistic pebble-like aesthetic looks refined and elegant, while the Apple Watch Series 8 looks like the same curvy rectangle we’ve

been staring at since 2015. It’s not a bad design by any means, but Google clearly has it beat in terms of looks. The Pixel Watch comes in three colors: Matte Black, Polished

Silver and Champagne Gold. The Apple Watch Series 8 ships in Midnight, Starlight, Silver and Product Red as well as in a few stainless steel finishes including Graphite, Space

Black and Gold. All of these colors and finishes look great in their own respect, so you’ll undoubtedly find something to fit your style regardless of which watch you choose.

Where the Apple Watch has a leg up is in the size department. The Series 8 comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes, while the Pixel Watch only comes in a single size that’s about the same

as the 41mm Apple Watch. If you prefer bigger watches with bigger screens, you won’t find that on the Pixel Watch. Oh, that’s the other thing — the Apple Watch’s screens

are way bigger than the Pixel Watch’s. Both watches use OLED panels and get incredibly bright, but that only means as much as the amount of content you can actually see. I’m

not just talking about the 45mm model’s 1.9-inch panel, but even the 41mm’s 1.7-inch display dwarfs the Pixel Watch’s 1.2-inch screen in comparison. It’s a big downgrade in