Other changes announced as part of the Drop feature include support for mono audio, color correction, and a grayscale mode for the visually impaired. In addition to these known changes, the Pixel Watch’s March 2023 update also improves touchscreen sensitivity. In addition, you can now rotate the watch crown to wake up the display, which was not possible before. Another useful addition is the ability to display the time by pressing the crown when the watch is off. A small change, but ensures that the Pixel Watch is doing its main purpose even when the battery is dead: showing the time. Additionally, the March 2023 Update enables power saving mode to be enabled directly from the quick settings pane.
The main highlight of the latest Pixel Watch update is support for fall detection. Announced as part of a feature outage in March 2023, this feature will automatically detect a critical outage and contact emergency services if you are unresponsive for a period of time. specific time frame. Fall detection is available on all the best Android smartwatches, so Google is behind the competition here.
Google acknowledged a bug with the Clock app that could cause some alarms to delay or start falsely. The company will fix this issue with an update to the Watch app on the Play Store in the coming weeks. The March 2023 update starts rolling out today for the Pixel Watch. It may not immediately show up for download on your watch as it will take several weeks to roll out.