Google Pixel Watch 3 gets only three years of software support

Google is set to release a whopping seven years of software support for the Pixel 8a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. That’s still an unheard-of period in the mobile world, so the company deserves credit for making that promise — we’re willing to bet most people would have switched phones long before those seven years were up.

When it comes to smartwatches, Google plays a completely different game. Both the original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 had a three-year guaranteed software support window, and the Pixel Watch 3 is in exactly the same situation.

Of course, Google could decide to release an update to the Pixel Watch 3 even after October 2027 (which is a strange cut-off month, even though the watch was announced in August), but that’s not a given. So we have an interesting disparity here in how smarttelephones and wisewatches are treated from this point of view, although they are all wise devices what are we talking about.

Perhaps you’re expected to replace your smartwatch more often than your phone, or maybe that’s just a cynical calculation based on a sale price that’s significantly lower. Either way, keep in mind that the Pixel Watch won’t last as long as a Pixel phone when it comes to software.

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