The upcoming Google Pixel Watch could be the first smartwatch to work with the technology company’s own phone network, called Google Fi.
Until now, and while almost every other phone network offers data services for smartwatches, Google’s own Fi network has missed out, instead sticking only to Android handsets and iPhones.
But this could change with the launch of the Pixel Watch. Google’s first own-brand smartwatch was announced earlier in 2022 and is due to be revealed in full in the autumn. And, thanks to some digging into the latest version of the Google Fi app by 9to5Google, it looks like the Pixel Watch will work with Google Fi.
There’s no evidence yet on how a Google Fi data plan for the Pixel Watch might be priced, and it could be a case where the watch is given a free data-only SIM, as is currently the case with tablets and Chromebooks added to Google Fi accounts.
It also isn’t known yet if Pixel Watch users will be able to associate a unique phone number to their watch through Google Fi, or if the wearable will use the same number as their smartphone. The former would allow it to make and receive phone calls while away from the owner’s smartphone entirely, while the latter would simply turn the Pixel Watch into an extension of the phone.
