Some Pixel Watch owners are seeing the back panel fall off without clear cause

The Pixel Watch is Google’s first smartwatch, and whereas there’s quite a bit to love about it, it additionally definitely has its flaws. For some owners, although, there’s an sudden drawback with the Pixel Watch, with the back panel simply randomly popping off.

As highlighted by the of us over at Android Police, there’s a rising variety of Pixel Watch owners who are seeing the back panel of their watch fall off without a clear rationalization. In isolation, this wouldn’t be a lot of a priority, however there have been a rising variety of reviews over the previous month or two, simply after the 6-month anniversary of the watch’s launch date.

There are a number of threads on Reddit and Twitter coping with this drawback, with owners all discovering that the back panel is falling off seemingly because of issues with the adhesive used to connect the panel. In some instances, the panel fell of as the watch was faraway from its magnetic charging dock.

The excellent news right here is that, for one, this doesn’t appear too widespread. But, past that, most folk who’ve run into the drawback have been in a position to get it rightfully changed by Google underneath guarantee, although not less than one consumer bumped into an issue that concerned a $300 cost for the guarantee substitute. We’d anticipate that, as the subject is now getting a highlight, Google will proceed to exchange affected watches without a lot fuss.

Notably, the Pixel Watch isn’t the solely Wear OS watch that’s suffered by an issue like this. Fossil’s Gen 4 and Gen 5 {hardware} used charging rings that had been hooked up with an adhesive and, particularly as watches aged, would randomly simply fall out. The subject was notably widespread, to the level the place Fossil’s Gen 6 era launched a design tweak to repair the drawback. It’s even an issue that some Apple Watch owners have encountered.

While, once more, this doesn’t seem to be a really widespread subject, it’s one thing we hope Google’s Pixel Watch 2 makes some tweak to forestall from occurring once more.

Update 6/3: Google has confirmed in a press release to 9to5Google that it’s working to repair this drawback and establish the cause. The subject apparently impacts a “very small” variety of Pixel Watch owners.

We’re conscious of a really small variety of Google Pixel Watch customers having a difficulty with the glass on the back of the watch. We’re working to establish its cause and rectify the state of affairs as shortly as doable.

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