- Google has just released the smart watch pixel watch 4
- It allows you to contact emergency services through satellite connectivity
- It means that Google has defeated Apple to this particular characteristic.
Satellite connectivity can be a way to save your life to get you out of a narrow situation, especially if you are out of the network without a cell phone signal. Many of the best smart watches can call emergency services for you, but none can do it completely trusting satellites in orbit.
Now, however, Google says that his new Pixel Watch 4 is the “first smart watch with independent emergency satellite communications.” That means it will work even when you have left your phone or not available.
This is how it works. If you are in a non -cellular area, you must mark 911 directly from the clock interface. Then you must specify your emergency: an disease, injury, robbery, etc., before the clock shows you a quick tutorial on how to connect to a satellite. You will have to guide your doll as a guided on the clock, which will help you align with a satellite and send your message to emergency responders.
When you use the emergency satellite system, the Pixel Watch 4 enters battery savings mode to keep the device in operation as long as possible while you need help.
You must also have the LTE version of the Pixel Watch 4, according to the Creator of DC Rainmaker content, although it does not really need to have an LTE service plan. Google says you will get free satellite connectivity for two years, but we will see if this extends as if it has been extended with Apple’s emergency satellite service.
Hit Apple
Google has done well to bring satellite connectivity to Pixel Watch 4 before its rivals, but the test is in the Buddine.
After all, being the first is very good, but we will have to do with how it works in practice to know if the characteristic is up to the chiefs. That said, I would like to see that more watches win this functionality, since anything that can save your bacon when it is far from the cell service towers must be welcome.
Supposedly, Apple will add satellite connectivity to Apple Watch Ultra 3, which is expected to be launched this September. When (or if) that happens, it will be interesting to see if Apple makes something different compared to the Google approach, or if the feature is widely similar to the devices.
The Watch 4 Google Pixel begins at $ 349 / £ 349 / AU $ 579, although you must pay $ 449 / £ 449 / AU $ 749 for the most affordable LTE version with satellite connectivity. You can ask for one right now, but it will not start sending until October 9.
