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ZDNET key takeaways
Pixel Watch 4 launches Oct. 9 with no price increase.
New features: faster charging, satellite link, health AI.
First Pixel Watch with replaceable battery for sustainability.
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The day has finally come for Pixel power users. A new lineup of Google phones, earbuds, and, my personal favorite, smartwatches, is coming to Android users, Google announced at its Made by Google event on Wednesday.
The Pixel Watch 4 is Google's latest smartwatch, and the wearable comes packed with new, intriguing features that raise the bar across the smartwatch board. I got to try several of them out ahead of the smartwatch's official launch, and they impressed me and got me excited to wear the watch myself.
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While the features of the fourth-generation smartwatch are new, the price of the watch will stay the same, at $350 for the 41mm and $400 for the 45mm. The 41mm watch cases come in matte black with an obsidian active band, polished silver with a porcelain active band, champagne gold with a lemongrass active band, and polished silver with an iris active band.
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