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Amazon’s October Prime Day sale has brought the latest Google Pixel Watch 5 (45mm, LTE) down to $444.99 from $529.99, its lowest price ever, according to price trackers. PCMag calls it the best smartwatch for Android users, largely because Gemini is built in so deeply—the assistant works proactively, so it can surface your flight details on the way to the airport or suggest a contact’s number while you text about dinner plans, and a new AI-powered Health Coach reviews your workouts with tailored feedback, though some of its fitness advice sits behind a paid subscription.
Helping all of those AI features along is a faster Qualcomm processor that Google says improves the overall performance of this smartwatch by 20%, while RAM increases from 2GB to 3GB and storage doubles to 64GB compared with the Pixel Watch 4. As for its health hardware, Google left it largely untouched, so you still get heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring, ECG readings, skin temperature, GPS, and sleep tracking, with reportedly accurate findings. The catch is that this remains an Android-only watch, requiring Android 12 or newer, and some of the better AI features work best with a newer Pixel phone.
Physically, the Watch 5 doesn’t stray far from its predecessor, keeping the familiar domed display under 3D Corning Gorilla Glass while adding new watch faces that curve around its edges—with the screen reaching up to 3,000 nits and adjusting to ambient light, so it should remain easy to read during a sunny afternoon run or in a dim room. As for its durability, its IP68 and 5ATM ratings mean you can wear it through a workout, at the beach, or in the pool without worrying about dust or water. And charging shouldn’t necessarily be a nightly routine, either, with the watch lasting up to 56.5 hours in testing. Heavier use will cut into that figure, but you should still have a good chance of making it through two full days with enough power left to track your sleep overnight.
