As another year goes by since the last Pixel hardware launch, the Pixel Watch 5 is beginning to surface online in FCC listings. This time, the leak leaves us with more questions than answers.
Google’s Pixel Watch 5 has already been spotted in the wild – the genuine “wild.” The latest leaks are not so much physical as an indication that Google is gearing up to make the announcement soon.
Spotted by Droid Life, Google’s Pixel Watch 5 has recently gone through its traditional FCC registration process. Those details are then posted on the committee’s website with specifications pertinent to carriers.
The listings don’t give too much away. Each device is listed as a “wireless device,” though that’s nothing out of the ordinary compared to the classification we see with Google’s wearables. What is telling is the lack of strictly Wi-Fi models present.
There are four models registered with the FCC – G25QD, G1XJ6, G0F3Y, and GFW3R. According to the findings, each of these devices can connect to internet service providers via Wi-Fi and LTE.
That’s something we generally see from just half of the models produced, not the entire lineup. The Wi-Fi only model is often cheaper but lacks access to carrier networks. If the listings show every Pixel Watch 5 model that Google plans to sell, that would mean Google is skipping the traditionally affordable version.
It’s unclear whether this is an error on the part of the FCC or if critical details are missing. If all four versions had both protocols, that would mean half of the watches are identical. This could signal that Google is producing a second model, like a “Pro” version that comes in two similar size options. That would fall in line with what the Galaxy Watch Ultra has become for Samsung.
In either case, the FCC page doesn’t clear things up at all.
FCC documentation like this for the Pixel Watch 5 generally shows up shortly before a device’s launch. If Google follows the same pattern as last year, we could see the new Pixel Watch series as soon as August.
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