Google Pixel Watch's Latest Update Should Fix Those Annoying Notification Delays

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Summary

The Pixel Watch's April 2025 update should hole bugs specified arsenic delayed notifications and syncing issues pinch Fitbit.
It does not bump nan information spot to April 2025.
Google is bringing nan Pixel 9's Scam Detection characteristic to nan Pixel Watch 2/3 successful nan US to observe imaginable scammers during telephone calls.

The March 2025 update for nan Pixel Watch introduced respective caller features and enhancements, including bumping nan OS to Wear OS 5.1. But it besides turned retired to beryllium beautiful buggy, pinch users complaining of delayed notifications, syncing problems pinch nan Fitbit app, and more. Google quickly acknowledged nan problem and confirmed it would reside it arsenic soon arsenic possible. Now, nan institution is rolling retired nan April 2025 update for nan Pixel Watch to presumably hole each nan reported issues.

Given nan flimsy variety successful build numbers — BP1A.250305.019.W3 vs. BP1A.250305.019.W7 — nan update apt includes only insignificant bug fixes and small else. It does not moreover bump nan information spot to April 2025, pinch your Pixel Watch remaining connected nan March 2025 patch.

Google has not published charismatic merchandise notes for nan Pixel Watch's latest update. But it should hopefully reside each nan problems that nan March 2025 build introduced.

You tin download nan Pixel Watch's latest update correct distant by navigating to Settings > System > System updates and many times tapping nan "Your watch is up to date" screen.

Scam Detection comes to nan Pixel Watch

In a abstracted station connected nan Google support forums, Google announced it is bringing in-call Scam Detection to nan Pixel Watch. The characteristic went unrecorded connected nan Pixels pinch nan March 2025 Feature Drop and uses AI to observe and safeguard you from scams while connected a call. With Scam Detection coming to nan Pixel Watch, you won’t request to propulsion retired your Pixel telephone to find retired if you're speaking to a scammer.

You'll perceive a beep astatine nan commencement of nan telephone and periodically throughout. If Google detects you're speaking pinch a imaginable scammer, your watch will notify you pinch a sound, vibration, and on-screen alert.

Scam Detection is disposable connected nan Pixel Watch 2/3 successful nan US erstwhile paired pinch a Pixel 9. The characteristic besides only useful complete Bluetooth, arsenic it is nan paired Pixel telephone that does nan dense lifting for scam discovery and past sends a notification to nan watch. So, if you straight return a telephone complete LTE connected your Pixel Watch, Scam Detection won't work.