Fitness tracking is a highlight with the Sense 2 while it's a major disappointment in the Pixel Watch. We found the GPS to sync quickly before starting a workout and the tracking itself was often within a negligible difference each time we used it. Plus, its tracking capability is just far more accurate. With features like in-depth sleep tracking, real-time stress detection, menstrual cycle logging, and more, it's able to fulfill most basic wellness monitoring needs with ease.
The Sense 2 handles not just fitness tracking seamlessly, but health tracking as well due to unique insights and metrics available via the Fitbit App. The Pixel Watch's inaccuracies in pace and distance render it useless for this use case. This is especially true for anyone intending to use it to train for a specific event or race. This results in inaccurate readings which might simply be a minor annoyance when analyzing individual workouts, but worthless and perhaps even a net negative if you're looking for insights over time. The watch relies on GPS to start tracking workouts, and instead of taking time to ensure it's actually connected, the Pixel often just starts tracking anyway. What is surprising is just how bad the Google Pixel is at tracking fitness, even without comparing it to anything else. Fitbit has been perfecting health and fitness tracking over several models and iterations of its smartwatches, so it's no surprise Google's first smartwatch has some catching up to do (even if it does own Fitbit). When it comes to health and fitness tracking, the Sense 2 is the clear winner. It acts as a natural extension of your smartphone in a far better way than the Sense 2. Wear OS delivers a seamless experience that makes navigating the watch's apps, interacting with its notifications, and general daily use intuitive and easy. This is why the Google Pixel Watch provides a far superior smartwatch experience. And while that may make up for the lack of Google Assistant, relying on digital services from multiple providers always promises a clunkier experience in the long run. The strange silver lining here is that there is voice assistant support on the Sense 2, but only for Amazon Alexa. This includes a lot of the built-in health and tracking features (which are great), along with Google Maps and Google Wallet, but does not include Google Assistant. And this would be great news if we hadn't found the Sense 2 to be such a middling option in terms of its smartwatch capability.įor starters, the Sense 2 has no third-party app support, meaning most users are essentially stuck with whatever comes on the device.
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There is one caveat, however: if you're an iPhone user, you're better off looking at the Fitbit device (or better yet, an Apple Watch) since Wear OS is an Android-based operating system that works best with Android devices.Ĭonversely, the Sense 2 is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, meaning that any smartphone user who can download the Fitbit app will be able to interface with the watch.
The Pixel Watch relies on Wear OS for most day-to-day tasks, which makes it about as good of a smartwatch as you can get.
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