Google’s Top Secret Pixel Watch ‘Leaks’ After Being Abandoned at a Restaurant

Someone must remind Google workers to test their pockets earlier than they depart a restaurant.

New leaked photos and information shared with Android Central by an nameless supply present what seems to be an early model of Google’s but to be launched Pixel Watch. The watch was apparently deserted at a U.S. restaurant for weeks.

The photos present what seems to be a tool with a round watch face and two buttons surrounding a rotating bodily crown. A small pinpoint sized gap, presumably used as a microphone or sensor, sits between the crown and one of many buttons. The backside of the gadget in the meantime options what seems to be extra sensors. The leaker claims the gadget “looks metallic but feels like it’s coated with glass.”

As far as dimensions go, a Redditor going by the deal with tagtech414, who claims to be the same leaker who spoke to Android Central, says the gadget is roughly 0.5 inches thick and 1.5 inches in diameter, and about the identical dimension as a Galaxy Watch 46mm. Tagtech414 posted an image in an effort to confirm his identification as the one who shared the pictures with Android Central.

Though there’s no method to confidently guess an precise value level with the pictures supplied, the gadget apparently didn’t really feel low cost. In his Reddit submit, the supposed leaker claimed the gadget had an Apple Watch type premium feeling to it. In addition to the gadget itself, the pictures additionally present a blue watchstrap harking back to the Apple Watch’s athletics straps. By and huge, the leaked photos match up with beforehand leaked rendered photos.

Anyone on the lookout for extra particulars on the software program facet of issues should wait, although. The supposed leaker claims he tried to activate the gadget however wasn’t in a position to get previous this grey Google icon featured under. Android Central notes this might imply the purported gadget doesn’t even have an working system on it. A charger wasn’t left with the gadget, however Android Central notes the gadget might be charged inside its case like an Apple Watch.

Google didn’t instantly reply to Gizmodo’s request for touch upon the gadget’s authenticity, although it’s value noting this really wouldn’t be the primary time a Big Tech worker deserted a key piece of prototype {hardware}. Back in 2010, Gizmodo found a then unreleased iPhone 4 left in a bar in Redwood City. There’s additionally a non-zero risk Google supposed for the gadget to make its method into the wild as a kind of marketing stunt.

The supposed leaker revealed some extra fascinating particulars on how he got here to acquire the gadget on his Reddit Ask Me Anything submit. In his submit, tagtech414 mentioned the gadget was first found by his good friend who works as a bartender at a restaurant. The restaurant supposedly held on to the gadget for a number of weeks, anticipating its proprietor to return for it however clearly they by no means did. Tagtech414 says the gadget’s strap, which was photographed individually from the gadget, was packaged individually from the gadget itself. Maybe most significantly, he tried to guarantee readers he’s not an undercover Google worker making an attempt to rev up the Google Pixel hype practice.

“No, I don’t work for Google or any subsidiaries, and nobody is paying me to do this,” the Reddit consumer wrote. “Google, if you’re reading this…I have a wedding coming up and a very large guest list. Feel free to listen to the masses and drop some of that alphabet moola on me :)”