{"id":21750,"date":"2022-12-07T20:27:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/the-easiest-way-to-grab-a-pixel-watch-update\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T20:27:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:27:59","slug":"the-easiest-way-to-grab-a-pixel-watch-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/the-easiest-way-to-grab-a-pixel-watch-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Way to Grab a Pixel Watch Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pixel Watch is getting a December update<\/a> alongside the Pixel line of phones and that likely means you\u2019ve checked for it. Since these things tend to rollout slowly, you may have come away disappointed after doing so and seeing a \u201cYour watch is up to date\u201d message. Thankfully, an old trick from our Fossil days happens to work on the Pixel Watch when an update is available.<\/p>\n

The year was 2019 and Fossil\u2019s Wear OS watches were the best we could get. When new software would would start to arrive on them, we\u2019d get excited, but as is always the case with Android updates, getting the newest software version sometimes took longer than we liked and that led folks into finding shortcuts or tricks to get them quicker. A trick was indeed discovered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The trick involved heading into the system updates page on a watch and tapping the screen over and over for 30-60 seconds. For whatever reason, that constant tapping action forced the watch to reach out into the world of update servers and pull an update if it was available. And yes, it is working<\/a> on the Pixel Watch.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can force the new December update onto your Pixel Watch:<\/p>\n