I just received a new Google Pixel Watch 4. I have downloaded the Watch app to the phone. I follow the procedures to the letter, but the watch won’t pair. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I’m getting desperate.
Thanks!
ETA: Yes, I HAVE downloaded the Google Watch app through the Aurora store. Over and over again.
What are you using the watch for? Have you looked at Gadgetbridge app if it’s for fitness, health, etc… I can’t see Pixel Watch listed but it might work with it. Might be worth a go?
Honestly, I didn’t spend $500 on a watch for “partial” functionality. I keep getting a popup that says the watch won’t run without updating Google Play Services, but when I try to do that, it generates an error. I need to know if the Pixel Watch (or any android device other than ear buds) can be paired with the Brax3 phone. If not, that’s a serious flaw in the phone and/or the operating system.
Fitness is the least important thing I intend to use it for. It has all kinds of measurements including heart rate, pulse ox, and others. Additionally, it has fall detection with SOS, both over cell towers as well as through satellite if no cell towers are available. The Google Watch app is what allows these functions to be configured and activated. That’s why I need full functionality.
Gadgetbridge thought it was headphones. No go there.
A google watch probably will not work on any de googled phone. I think it needs legit google services and probably safety net which does not work on any de googled phone.
Probably any watch running wear os, the two devices need to communicate and a google os one one would most likely need a google os on the other not a de googled.
Not being snarky here, but a de-googled phone will NOT run a Google Services dependent device; that’s the entire reasoning behind de-Googling the phone! Micro-G, which is a Google Services spoofer that (as I understand it) submits “Google-like” responses to apps that ask for an actual Google Services connection. Obviously, with something that is highly dependent on accurate, personal data that Google has to store and process, it’s not going to work or if it does, will give you random, garbled data.
If this watch and it’s functions are critical to your health, you need a Google capable Android phone, not a de-Googled phone.
Well, fart. I suppose there’s no way to silo the real google play services on the Brax3?
I do not know of any means of doing so, but I am not the end-all expert on these things. Sorry!
The comment upthread of needing a “Googled” Android phone got me to thinking. I submit this thought for comment please.
How about if I got an older Android phone just to get the watch activated and set up? That phone would never leave the house, and would be wi-Fi only. The watch would then have all of its services active.
If that sounds like something that’d work, what brand(s)/model(s) should I consider? What would a decent price be?
Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the help. I never once considered that the Brax3 wouldn’t pair with an android watch.
Assuming you live in the USA, I would check out one of those pre-paid android phones you can purchase at a big box store like Walmart, Target or even Dollar General. You could probably find one with a relatively inexpensive month to month subscription service to someplace like Mint Mobile or others.
I have seen Motorola 5G phones at Dollar General as low as $50 to $75 for the phone; prepaid service is additional. Just be sure to get one that can support the current version of Android; the ultra cheap ones run older Android versions that may not be supported much longer.
One question that comes to mind is just how much data you will need to send/receive each month? Some plans start at 5GB data cap a month and go up from there. Mint Mobile has such a plan and the data allowance can be increased by about 5GB per month by choosing the next more expensive tier of service. Most of these are less expensive if you pay for 6 months to a year in advance and have the option to purchase additional data if you run low.
Of course in theory (I have never done it, but have seen other people post it is possible), for a bit more money, you can buy a totally unlocked phone and only use it on WIFI and avoid any subscription fees at all.
Research various plans; it’s worth the effort to save money.
I was going to suggest that very thing, but didn’t know if that was an option for your budget.
I use US Cellular for my carrier. I’m currently running in the “AppleVerse”, and they offer independent support for cellular-equipped watches. For $89 a year, my Apple Watch is allowed unlimited data (within the bounds of what the watch is capable of doing). I think in actuality I get throttled at 10 gigs a month. The Pixel watch will only push its data when it’s back at my house. Out and about it would be just for emergencies and collecting health data during the day. The paired phone wouldn’t even need a SIM card. I got the Brax3 for my cell phone because of it being stripped of all communication with, um, “whomever” - lol.
Well, I received my cheap Android phone today, and successfully paired the watch with it. All that’s left is to activate its phone capability. The cheap phone will sit on a shelf unless I need additional watch configuration. I just wanted to close the loop on this topic. Thanks for the ideas everyone.
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