Six New Features Coming to the Pixel Watch 5

We may earn a commission from links on this page. At first glance, you might think Google's new Pixel Watch 5 was actually the Pixel Watch 4. That's because it has the same " Actua 360 display " at an identical 320 PPI with up to 3,000 nits of brightness. And, just like the Pixel Watch 4, you can get the Pixel Watch 5 in either 41mm or 45mm models. If not for the new colors, you might think this year's watch is just like last year's watch. It doesn't help that many of the newest software features that Google announced along with the Pixel Watch 5 are compatible with older watches, too. Things like "Health Guardian," which tracks trends in insulin resistance, blood pressure, and sleep breathing, will be available on Pixel Watch 4 when they launch, just as they will be on Pixel Watch 5. But while the Pixel Watch 5 is a small update to the Pixel Watch 4, it is an update: There are six new features exclusive to the watch that you won't find on older models. The Pixel Watch 5 comes with a new chip The Pixel Watch 4 runs the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chip; the Pixel Watch 5 runs the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 Accelerated chip. That might not sound like a big difference, and, indeed, we don't have benchmarks at this time to say just how much faster the Pixel Watch 5 is than its predecessor. However, according to Google, the Pixel 5's "Accelerated" chip is powering on-device AI features faster than before. That includes Google's "Raise to Talk" feature, which lets you inter…