Pixel Watch 5 gets its first update

Gemini and hands-free controls get plenty of attention in the first rollout. Pixel Watch 5 gets its first update, and Gemini is stealing the show. Google highlights Gemini’s personalized, offline, and proactive capabilities on the watch.

Expanded hand gestures make navigating the watch faster and more hands-free. Google recently gave Pixel Watch 5 owners something to tinker with by publishing the smartwatch’s factory images. Now, the company is rolling out the watch’s first software update with new security fixes, bumping the firmware from CD5A.260611.008 to CP3A.260905.002.

The September update keeps the Pixel Watch 5 on Wear OS 7, based on Android 17, and Google says it will roll out in phases by carrier and device. Despite the new firmware build, Google’s extensive changelog mostly reads like a recap of the software features that arrived with the Pixel Watch 5 at launch.