![]() ![]() We don't really know that many other details, because they were pretty light on it, and because this product is technically coming out later this fall alongside the Pixel 7 Pro, which we can talk about as well. And it just looks pretty, round, and has customizable straps. So there's a lot of Fitbit apps, and a lot of that data tracking is going to be handled by Fitbit and Google Fit, which is kind of confusing. But basically, it's going to have Fitbit support because Fitbit is now a Google company. So it's a redesigned operating system that Google has been tweaking lightly over the past seven, eight years, something like that. Julian Chokkattu: It's running the new Wear OS 3 that they launched last year. Go ahead, go ahead, Julie, please continue. Lauren Goode: And we're going to get to that. I think when they first launched the original Pixel, everyone was like, “Oh, they're going to make a watch.” Right? I mean, I've been hearing about a Pixel Watch for about six years. ![]() And we'll talk about the software later in the show, but first, I want to ask Julian about the hardware announcements. Google also showed off some Android updates and new features for its web tools like search and the G-suite. There are three new Pixel phones coming, a tablet, some new wireless earbuds, and at long last a Google-branded smartwatch called the Pixel Watch. It's when Google typically announces a whole bunch of new software and sometimes some hardware. It's a two-day-long virtual gathering, but the main thing we care about is the keynote address on the first day. Michael Calore: This week, Google is holding its annual I/O conference. So you know what that means? It's developer conference season. Michael Calore: We are also joined this week by WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu.
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