New AI-powered gestures and Smart Reply updates for Pixel Watch

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Now, gestures like Double pinch and Wrist turn are helping you do more with your Pixel Watch, and Smart Replies are getting an AI upgrade.

Munjal Shah

Senior Product Manager, Pixel Watch

General summary

Pixel Watch 4 now has Gemini AI features. You can use one-handed gestures like double pinch and wrist turn to manage notifications, alarms, music, and calls. Smart Replies for messages are faster and more efficient on Pixel Watch 3 and newer models.

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The Pixel Watch gets smarter! New AI-powered gestures and Smart Reply updates are here. Control your Pixel Watch with new one-handed gestures like double pinch and wrist turn. Use gestures to scroll, dismiss notifications, snooze alarms, manage timers, and more! Faster Smart Replies powered by the on-device Gemma model are now available on Pixel Watch 3. Reply to messages on the go, even without your phone, thanks to the updated AI.

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The Pixel Watch is getting smarter with new updates. Now, you can use simple hand motions like pinching to control it without touching the screen. The watch can also write quick replies to messages all by itself, even without your phone nearby. This makes it easier to use when your hands are busy.

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Pixel Watch 4 is the first of its kind to bring AI-powered, Gemini features to your wrist. Just in time for the holidays, we’re releasing two big updates:

1. More one-handed gestures

We launched gestures with Raise to Talk, which quickly became a favorite way to chat with Gemini. Now, we’re taking convenience to the next level with our new one-handed gestures: Double pinch and Wrist turn. You can now use various features without ever touching your screen: scroll through notifications, dismiss notifications, snooze your alarm effortlessly, manage a timer or stopwatch, pause your music, select a smart reply to respond, answer and end a phone call…the list of what you can do with one-handed gestures goes on and on. (Plus, helpful on-screen hints will pop up to let you know exactly when you can use a Double pinch.)

2. Enhanced Smart Replies

In a first for smartwatches, Pixel Watch 3 and newer watches will now use our on-device Gemma-based language model to generate Smart Replies for Google Messages and more even when you aren’t tethered to your phone. This new model is twice as fast and nearly three times more efficient in terms of memory usage compared to our previous generation.

With these new on-watch capabilities, you can still get things done when your hands are full and you’re on the go. Whether you’re walking the dog, carrying your holiday shopping, making cookies or wearing mittens — it’s as easy as looking, tapping and sending!

Check out our community blog post for more details on the updates.