Google Pixel 7/7 Pro & Pixel Watch

kona786 · 2 Nov 2022 at 19:34

Battery life on the watch has now settled.

Took it off charge @ 6am, on all day at work on max brightness and AOD. Took it off @ 7.30pm

44% left. Happy with that.

LiE · 2 Nov 2022 at 19:54

Jumped on the Pixel 7 again, missing Android as my main, I’m fully Google.

Lustral · 2 Nov 2022 at 20:16

My Pixel 7 Pro battery life is pretty stella as well. Moderate to heavy usage I'm having about 45-50% battery left from a 7am to about 10pm in the evening. This is on the default 1080p and 120hz mode with AOD on

opethian · 2 Nov 2022 at 20:20

kona786 said:
Battery life on the watch has now settled.

Took it off charge @ 6am, on all day at work on max brightness and AOD. Took it off @ 7.30pm

44% left. Happy with that.

That's good news! I hope to get my watch soon, but if it's like the Pixel 6 headphones saga, it might be around 45 days before I get it. I hope not!

Funky-Melon · 2 Nov 2022 at 20:39

LiE said:
Jumped on the Pixel 7 again, missing Android as my main, I’m fully Google.

I missed the post where you sold it but assumed when I'd seen you had pre-ordered one that you'd end up selling it then buying it again at some point

Funky-Melon · 3 Nov 2022 at 00:00

6h 46m minutes screen on time today and battery is on 25% still. Pretty impressive given it's on 1440p 120Hz, AOD etc

Cadder · 3 Nov 2022 at 09:40

Pixel watch kept ringing/vibrating after I accepted call on phone. Hopefully a one-off.
Curious if anyone else has experienced this.

xb8browney · 3 Nov 2022 at 12:15

Claim approved

Rimsy · 3 Nov 2022 at 15:07

So question with the watch - how does the esim work? Does it mirror the SIM from your phone?
I'm with EE on my pixel 7 pro (physical sim) - will i have to do anything?

Funky-Melon · 3 Nov 2022 at 15:13

Rimsy said:
So question with the watch - how does the esim work? Does it mirror the SIM from your phone?
I'm with EE on my pixel 7 pro (physical sim) - will i have to do anything?

I think over in the states your provider will let you share a number on the esim at no extra cost but over here in the UK, they've taken it as an opportunity to charge extra for this 'feature'.

I think on Vodafone they want an extra £7 a month which is just stupid.

Edit: I just checked with Vodafone.

"The one number connectivity plan is £7 per month, as you'll have a separate number and can use the services even when you are away from your mobile phone"

What a joke!

esoteric · 3 Nov 2022 at 17:29

Funky-Melon said:
I think over in the states your provider will let you share a number on the esim at no extra cost but over here in the UK, they've taken it as an opportunity to charge extra for this 'feature'.

I think on Vodafone they want an extra £7 a month which is just stupid.

Edit: I just checked with Vodafone.

"The one number connectivity plan is £7 per month, as you'll have a separate number and can use the services even when you are away from your mobile phone"

What a joke!

Same with EE too. Seems like a con tbh.

Rimsy · 3 Nov 2022 at 18:04

Yeah sounds rubbish. What do you lose out on if you don't bother and just link the watch to your phone via BT? Assume just ability to make calls with your watch?

kona786 · 3 Nov 2022 at 18:06

Rimsy said:
Yeah sounds rubbish. What do you lose out on if you don't bother and just link the watch to your phone via BT? Assume just ability to make calls with your watch?

Data and call functions.

But yeah most of us will do fine without.

mushtafa · 3 Nov 2022 at 18:15

Funky-Melon said:
I think over in the states your provider will let you share a number on the esim at no extra cost but over here in the UK, they've taken it as an opportunity to charge extra for this 'feature'.

I think on Vodafone they want an extra £7 a month which is just stupid.

Edit: I just checked with Vodafone.

"The one number connectivity plan is £7 per month, as you'll have a separate number and can use the services even when you are away from your mobile phone"

What a joke!

Oh wow, I didn't realise this. I assumed (wrongly) that the SIM sharing was free. For £7 a month I won't be bothering

V_R · 3 Nov 2022 at 19:01

Got confirmation my 6 pro trade in has been approved. £320 plus what I sold the watch for makes it a decent upgrade me thinks. Happy with that.

Cadder · 3 Nov 2022 at 19:18

Rimsy said:
Yeah sounds rubbish. What do you lose out on if you don't bother and just link the watch to your phone via BT? Assume just ability to make calls with your watch?

I don't have esim on mine but can make calls with the watch - all through BT of course.

I think the big difference with the esim is that the watch can't make calls independent of the phone.

tom_e · 3 Nov 2022 at 19:18

Rimsy said:
Yeah sounds rubbish. What do you lose out on if you don't bother and just link the watch to your phone via BT? Assume just ability to make calls with your watch?

You can still make calls etc. It just means you need to be close enough to your phone for the watch to connect.

kona786 · 3 Nov 2022 at 19:22

tom_e said:
You can still make calls etc. It just means you need to be close enough to your phone for the watch to connect.

Thought that was pretty obvious

tom_e · 3 Nov 2022 at 19:32

kona786 said:
Thought that was pretty obvious

I've worked in IT support long enough to know nothing should be assumed to be obvious :cry:

Puppetmaster · 3 Nov 2022 at 21:21

Anyone had issues with the phone not auto rotating (mainly in Youtube). Restarted the phone and turned it off and back on but it rarely goes into full screen mode when rotating (its fine on my S9).