Google’s Apple Watch killer was scrapped in 2016

The rumours about Google launching a Pixel Watch started circulating around the time the leaks of the first Pixel smartphone started gaining momentum. When Google announced its first Pixel smartphone, there was no sign of the Google Pixel Watch. In 2017, there was no smartwatch launched as well and in 2018, there was a lot of talks which suggested that the Pixel Watch was going to finally be announced. However, Google launched Wear OS and effectively curbing rumours about a smartwatch.

The trend of Pixel Watch rumours continued this year as well with various reports coming out in February which indicated that 2019 was the year of the Pixel Watch. Now, according to a fresh report by Business Insider, it appears that Google won’t be launching a Pixel Watch this year as well. In fact, plans for a smartwatch from Google were scrapped a long time ago.