Pixel Watch 1 and 2 owners will have to wait to update to Wear OS 5 to avoid the possibility of turning their watch into an expensive friendship bracelet.

It’s been a couple of weeks since Google’s original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 got an update to the newest Wear operating system…and a couple of weeks since Google paused the update after users complained about their watches getting borked by it.

I've used the Google Pixel Watch 2 for more than a year, and I've tried a lot of watch faces. Here are the 7 I keep coming back to.

Wear OS 5 for the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 was pulled after some had their devices soft brick, with Google today providing an

Google is currently fixing the Wear OS 5 update and will rollout to the Pixel Watch series smartwatches in the coming weeks.

Google has paused the Wear OS 5 upgrade for the original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 after users reported that their devices were stuck on a blank screen. However, a new community update suggests that the rollout will resume later this year once the issues have been fixed,

Google halted the Wear OS 5 rollout for the Pixel Watch after a major bug caused blank screens and forced resets. The update will resume later this year.

As the best Android smartwatches battle to bring Android's Wear OS 5 update to older generations of devices, mixed fortunes mean a rollout for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 could be close at hand. Not so for older Pixel Watch owners, who could have a long wait in store.

Google has temporarily halted the over-the-air (OTA) rollout of its Wear OS 5 update, for older Pixel Watches. The decision comes after users reported facing a blank screen issue on their Pixel Watch 1 and 2 devices,

I have been using the Google Pixel Watch 2 since its launch in October 2023, and I could not have been happier. With more developer support than ever, plenty of watch faces are available to help spice up the watch's look.