Pixel Watch 3 and newer models can now walk you through a strength workout one exercise at a time. Google is rolling out the feature, called Step-by-step Workouts, as part of the November Pixel Drop, Digital Trends reported.
Google Health already lets you describe a workout in plain language and get a routine back, and its Gemini-powered Health Coach shapes those plans around your goals, recovery and daily routine. Until now, following that plan meant checking your phone between sets.
Each exercise's instructions now sit on your wrist instead. During a strength session you log reps and weight as you go, and live workout metrics stay on screen while you lift. The same numbers show up on your phone.
Phone to Watch Unlock lets a paired phone nearby unlock the watch, so you skip the PIN or pattern.
A phone propped on a bench is a phone you keep picking up.
Google hasn't said whether you need a Google Health Premium subscription to use it.
Gemini Call Screen also comes to Pixel Watch 5 in this drop. It answers an incoming call on demand, then tells you who is calling and why before you decide to pick up. It starts in the US only.
Notification Summaries and Phone to Watch Unlock are both coming later. Summaries use AI to condense your notifications on Pixel Watch 3 and newer, and they need Wear OS 7.1 and a compatible Pixel phone. Phone to Watch Unlock lets a paired phone nearby unlock the watch, so you skip the PIN or pattern. It runs over ultra-wideband, so it works only in countries that allow UWB.
Phone to Watch Unlock first turned up as a rumor for Pixel Watch 5. Google has now named it as part of the drop.
Owners of a Pixel Watch 3, 4 or 5 get the workout guidance now, as the rollout reaches them. A Pixel Watch 2 isn't on the list.