Google confirms: Fix is in the works for Pixel Watch extreme battery drain issue

Google says the issue only affects "a small number" of Pixel Watch owners. Google confirms: Fix is in the works for Pixel Watch extreme battery drain issue. Google’s got a fix coming for Pixel Watch battery life problems.

Multiple generations of watches have been impacted, making this look like a software issue, rather than hardware failure. Google now confirms that it’s identified the problem, and is developing a fix. Smartwatches are great, but battery life continues to be a problem.

Sure, they can do a lot, but what good is all that potential if there’s no charge left when we go to use them. Things can be dicey enough when our watches are behaving as they should, but this week we learned about a new problem that seemed to be affecting Pixel Watch models, dropping battery life from the normal day or two we’re used to, down to just 12 hours. Multiple reports from owners spanning from the Pixel Watch 2 up to the current generation all shared similar tales: battery life diving even as the watches sat idle.