If you’ve been waiting for a good deal on Google’s latest smartwatch before you commit, you’re in luck. The Google Pixel Watch 5 (the 41-mm model with Wi-Fi) is currently $300, down from $400, marking its lowest price yet. (The larger 45-mm model is also discounted, from $430 to $330.)
This early Black Friday sale means you don’t have to wait until the late-November holiday to score the worthwhile discount—and we recommend you don’t. Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store are all offering the 25 percent off deal, but I don’t know for how much longer. In other words, now is a great time to score this smartwatch for less.
A Record-Low Price
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
The Pixel Watch 5 is one of the best smartwatches available for Android users. It’s a refinement of an already brilliant wearable, with double the RAM and storage, plus an upgraded Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor that makes this edition 20 percent faster than its predecessor. The domed display is gorgeous, comfortable, and easy to read during workouts, and it provides meaningful upgrades for health and fitness tracking.
Beyond being able to track weights and reps, the new Strength Training experience includes a workout builder, audio cues, and rest times. You can build a custom routine in the Google Health app and have the watch guide you through each exercise, and incorporate Gemini AI by asking it to generate a workout based on a photo of your gym equipment. Speaking of Gemini, the Pixel Watch 5 supports certain offline tasks, such as starting a workout, which is nice if you like to leave your watch at home while you exercise.
Google’s new Health Guardian tools include features for monitoring insulin resistance trends, blood pressure trends, breathing emergencies (available only in select countries), and sleep breathing quality. The watch also retains useful features like ECG, skin temperature tracking, and loss-of-pulse detection. It comes with upgraded sleep tracking, too, with Google claiming 15 percent greater accuracy than the Pixel Watch 4.
Google estimates up to 40 hours of battery life, but mine only got to around 36 hours in testing before conking out. Fast charging is the real standout, though; just 15 minutes on the charger delivers up to 15 hours of use. If you’re like me and only remember to charge your watch 20 minutes before leaving the house, this is a lifesaver.
At its original $400 price, the Pixel Watch 5 is a pricey recommendation, especially since many of its software upgrades will also make their way to the previous generation. But at $300, it’s cheaper than the latest Apple Watch Series 12 and other high-end smartwatches. This is the lowest price I’ve seen for the Pixel Watch 5, so if you’ve been eyeing it, there’s little reason to wait for Black Friday.
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