Alongside theGoogle Pixel 8 series, the big G is rumored to debut the Pixel Watch 2. Reports suggest the company’ssecond smartwatch could use Qualcomm’s latest and greatest W5+ Gen 1 chip, which powers some of thebest Android smartwatches. The design may not differ much, but Google couldswitch from stainless steel to aluminum for weight reductionat the expense of durability. Now, a new leak gives us a look at some of the new Pixel Watch 2 exclusive watch faces.
Google plans to release four highly customizable watch faces with the second-generation Pixel Watch: Accessible, Arc, Bold Digital, and Analog Bold. AnAndroid Authorityreport provides more details on the customization options of these watch faces.
Accessible is the simplest of the lot and will be available in four styles. The first is Circular, which shows the digital time and has one complication slot. Linear displays the time, with the date above it. Stacked time has hours stacked above minutes and features space for one complication. Lastly, Just Time shows the time in a stacked manner.
From left to right: Circular, Stacked Time, and Just Time watch face
The highly customizable Arc watch face will reportedly come in six variants, with slots for up to four complications.
Left to right: Arc ‘Max’ watch face with four complications and Arc Minimal
The other two watch faces, Bold Digital and Analog Bold, stand out with their bold font that puts the emphasis on the time. They are also customizable and can hold up to four complications.
From left to right: Bold Digital ‘Just Time’ watch face, Bold Digital ‘Radial,’ Analog Bold with Date, and Analog Bold ‘Info 2’
Interestingly, these new watch faces will allegedly be Pixel Watch 2 exclusive and won’t come to Google’s first wearable.
The report also claims the Pixel Watch 2 will ship with dynamic theming, which will allow the wearable to use the colors from the watch face across the UI. This is similar to how the dynamic theming engine works on Android 12+ phones. And just like on Pixel phones, the boot animation will also take advantage of dynamic theming and pull colors from the watch face.
Dynamic theming should presumably be a part ofAndroid 13-basedWear OS 4and should come to all existing smartwatches that get the update.
