The Pixel Watch 3 could get ultra wideband and a brighter screen

Google’s Pixel Watch 3 whitethorn person a brighter 2,000-nit show pinch smaller bezels and an ultra wideband (UWB) chip, according to a caller study from Android Authority. And it won’t conscionable beryllium a caller show and spot — nan Pixel Watch could beryllium getting a artillery boost, too. The rumored 45mm Pixel Watch will person a 420mAh battery, up from nan 306mAh of past year’s watches, while nan 41mm exemplary will only get a 310mAh battery.

Over nan weekend, an FCC filing appeared to confirm a UWB spot for nan Pixel Watch 3. (FCC documents shut down nan notion for nan Pixel Watch 2 past year.) UWB chips, which usage short, high-frequency wireless bursts for pinpoint-accurate location sensing, mean nan Watch 3 could beryllium much easy findable connected Google’s recently upgraded Find My Device network. The tech is besides showing up successful different devices like smart locks and in cars, letting them respond to you erstwhile you’re adjacent if you person a UWB instrumentality linked to them.

If nan rumor is true, it suggests different marked betterment for nan Pixel Watch series, aft nan Pixel Watch 2 sewage amended wellness search and a bigger artillery than nan first version. But location was only 1 size, it wasn’t arsenic ray arsenic it seemed for illustration it should be, and The Verge’s Victoria Song questioned its durability aft it took connected mysterious scratches just 2 days into her reappraisal of it. It’s unclear if each of those issues will beryllium resolved pinch nan Watch 3 — but if you want to beryllium optimistic, this each sounds for illustration awesome news.