Google Clarifies Original Pixel Watch Still Supported After Warning Scare

Original Pixel Watch owners were in an uproar when they received a warning message in the Google Health app, stating that they would lose access to syncing sleep and workout data unless they updated their watch's Wear OS. This was especially concerning since the first Pixel Watch is four years old and had already received its last minor update just last November.

Google confirmed that this warning was a bug in its systems and that the original Pixel Watch is still 'fully supported' in the Health app. The company stated that it had resolved the issue, which incorrectly informed users that their watch would stop syncing sleep and workout data with Google Health.

This scare comes after the launch of the new Pixel Watch 5, which raised concerns about the obsolescence of older devices. While many expected the original Pixel Watch to become ineligible for new features as an older model, cutting support entirely was not a welcome development.