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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/24\/23039835\/google-pixel-watch-leak-photos-prototype-left-at-restaurant<\/a>
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Our first look at what seems to be the Google Pixel Watch comes under strange circumstances: someone supposedly found its prototype lying around at a restaurant and sent pictures of it to Android Central<\/em><\/a> on the condition of anonymity. The images of the purported device match up with what we\u2019ve seen from previously<\/a> leaked<\/a> renders, down to the circular watchface and rotating crown.<\/p>\n

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As shown in the photos, a physical crown sits between two buttons on the side of the watch. If it\u2019s anything like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4<\/a>, the two buttons could be used to turn the watch on or off, return to the home screen, or even as a shortcut to pull up recently used apps. Meanwhile, the small hole next to the crown could be a microphone or perhaps an altimeter sensor used to track stair climbing. As Android Central<\/em> notes, the four pins on the side of the watch may be used for testing purposes and may not appear on the final model.<\/p>\n

The underside of the watch features a black frame with what looks like an oval-shaped health-tracking sensor in the center. Android Central<\/em>\u2019s source also says the bottom of the watch has a smooth feel, noting it \u201clooks metallic but feels like it\u2019s coated with glass,\u201d akin to the glass backing on the Apple Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, Android Central\u2019s<\/em> source wasn\u2019t able to fully boot up the watch to see how the user interface might look. When they tried turning it on, a white Google logo appeared and nothing happened after that.<\/p>\n

A charger wasn\u2019t left with the watch either, but as Android Central <\/em>notes, the watch may be charged within its case just like the Apple Watch and Google-owned Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense smartwatches. While there aren\u2019t any pictures of the strap actually attached to the watch, it looks like it comes with a propriety method for snapping in the straps, while the straps themselves resemble the ones that come with Fitbit\u2019s smartwatch line. You can view the entirety of the leaked images on Android Central<\/em><\/a>\u2019s site.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s almost more interesting than the watch itself is the story behind it. Thanks to an Ask Me Anything (AMA) post on Reddit<\/a> by u\/tagtech414<\/a>, the person who claims to be in ownership of the watch, we can start piecing things together. (And yes, the person posting seems legit; he shows an image<\/a> of the watch on his laptop screen with his Reddit post in the background.)<\/p>\n

u\/tagtech414 says his bartending friend found the watch at the restaurant where he works and held onto it for \u201ca few weeks\u201d waiting for the owners to come looking for it. Since no one ever came, the bartending friend decided to give the watch to u\/tagtech414 because he\u2019s a self-labeled \u201ctech nerd.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for why the strap isn\u2019t attached to the watch itself, he claims his friend forgot to give it to him, citing \u201cThey were packaged separately and he forgot to bring them over, so he sent me pictures of them for the article.\u201d u\/tagtech414 also answered some additional questions about the watch\u2019s specs, noting that the bezel is actually quite large<\/a> and that the watchface is about 1.5 inches<\/a> in diameter and half an inch thick. It looks like u\/tagtech414 is still updating the post, so there may be even more information soon.<\/p>\n

Even still, the situation is similar to the way the iPhone 4 was leaked way back in 2010<\/a>: someone found an iPhone prototype in a restaurant, which was then purchased and torn down by Gizmodo <\/em>(the photos of which all mysteriously disappeared from Gizmodo<\/em>\u2019s website<\/a>, by the way). It turns out a software engineer left the prototype<\/a> there, so it\u2019s clear that such a situation has and can occur.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s weird about this case of lost and found is that it doesn’t seem like Google is even looking for the device (unlike Apple, which put out a call to get its iPhone prototype back at the time). u\/tagtech414 also says<\/a> he hasn\u2019t been contacted by Google yet. Of course, there\u2019s always the possibility that this could all be some elaborate ruse by Google to get more publicity for its upcoming watch, as this is all very reminiscent of the time a Pixel 3 XL was found in the back of a Lyft<\/a>. (Did you think we\u2019d forget already, Google?)<\/p>\n

There are so many questions left unanswered here, and while the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the watch may never be cleared up entirely, at least the features of the actual watch will. So far, we know that Google will call the device the Pixel Watch<\/a> (huge surprise there), and we\u2019ll likely find out even more details at next month\u2019s Google I\/O.<\/p>\n