The Google Pixel smartwatch has been revealed. Google’s first smartwatch combines its personal Put on working system with Fitbit well being monitoring. Fitbit was acquired by Google for $2.1bn (£1.7bn) in 2019.

The watch could be paired with Android units solely and is 4G-compatible, which implies it may operate by itself with out being close to a telephone – however to do that it requires its personal knowledge plan.

Each the telephone and watch would additionally should be on the identical community, Google stated.

The tech big didn’t reveal a worth for the watch, however it stated it could be a “premium product” when it launches within the autumn.

It faces stiff competitors from the likes of Apple and Samsung, that are already market leaders in smartwatches.

There are already many third social gathering Android watches which run on Google’s Put on working system however up to now Google has not had its personal machine.

Rick Osterloh, senior vice-president of units and companies at Google, stated the mixture of “Google’s ecosystem and Fitbit experience” was what made the product distinctive.

Regardless of hypothesis that the Pixel Watch may also pair with Apple merchandise, Google confirmed this is not going to be the case.

Google’s preliminary takeover of Fitbit was probed by the European Fee, which finally gave its approval.

Nonetheless, Google needed to make plenty of guarantees, together with to not “degrade the consumer expertise of third-party smartwatches when paired with an Android telephone” for a interval of 10 years, in Europe.

It additionally needed to pledge to not use Fitbit knowledge for promoting functions.

Google stated it was dedicated to protecting well being and wellness knowledge separate from different consumer knowledge, and had labored with regulators to handle privateness considerations.