{"id":15260612,"date":"2026-08-19T04:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/google-just-scared-some-pixel-watch-owners-but-theres-good-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T05:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:33:23","slug":"google-just-scared-some-pixel-watch-owners-but-theres-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/google-just-scared-some-pixel-watch-owners-but-theres-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Google just scared some Pixel Watch owners, but there\u2019s good news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/google-pixel-watch-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3312251 noname aa-img\" title=\"google pixel watch 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/google-pixel-watch-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"google pixel watch 1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"3312251\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-credit\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-and-credit full\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-credit text-right\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aa_tldr_text\" style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;padding: 10px\"><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some first-gen Pixel Watch owners saw a warning suggesting their watches would lose Google Health sync support.<\/li>\n<li>Google has now clarified that the warning was caused by a bug and confirmed that legacy Pixel Watch and Fitbit devices remain fully supported.<\/li>\n<li>Google Health requires Wear OS 4 or newer on Pixel Watch and other Wear OS devices, and Google has already fixed the erroneous warning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-watch-review-3220973\/\">first-generation Pixel Watch<\/a> owners got a rude shock yesterday after seeing a warning suggesting their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-smartwatch-2026-3626202\/\">smartwatch<\/a> was about to lose support for Google Health sync. Folks took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PixelWatch\/comments\/1vrss35\/google_bricking_pixel_watch_1\/?solution=cd040df6e718241acd040df6e718241a&amp;js_challenge=1&amp;token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec9732ec30f3493cb4d96ffa5cb3c42256&amp;jsc_orig_r=\">Reddit<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PixelWatch\/comments\/1vrppwh\/pixel_watch_1_no_longer_supported\/\">express<\/a> their concerns and frustration with Google\u2019s supposed move. However, the company has now confirmed that the warning was shown by mistake and that the original Pixel Watch remains supported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-watch-health-sync-warning-bug-3700145\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech &#8211; Android Authority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google accidentally made Pixel Watch 1 owners think their watches were 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