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When you\u2019re thinking about picking up a premium smartwatch, durability is a major concern. After all, a good watch can easily go for as much as a phone itself, and while you may have a few options in terms of \u201ccases\u201d and screen protectors, there\u2019s little denying that a watch is just a whole lot more exposed than your phone is \u2014 and that much more vulnerable to accidents. But while you may prioritize models with big, durable bezels and scratch-resistant sapphire crystals, what about the flip side of the coin: a watch that\u2019s easy to repair once the damage actually happens?<\/p>\n
Normally we wouldn\u2019t think of Pixel Watch models as being particularly serviceable, but according to a new report from Android Headlines<\/a>, the Pixel Watch 4<\/a> is shaping up to be the most repairable iteration by a long shot.<\/p>\n So far, the Pixel Watch\u2019s construction has basically been an impenetrable glass-and-metal puck, a smoothly weathered stone with no obvious point of entry. If you\u2019ve ever had the misfortune for your Pixel Watch\u2019s glue to fail and the back to pop off, you\u2019ll both know that there isn\u2019t really much you can do in there anyway, and that getting it back together is a job better left for Google.<\/p>\n A more serviceable Pixel Watch sounds great, but we don\u2019t get a ton of specifics here about how these improvements are supposed to work. The site only reports that the hardware\u2019s being designed with reparability in mind.<\/p>\n As if that weren\u2019t enough, Android Headlines<\/a> also follows up this reparability news with a report about some new emergency features that we can hope to expect from the Pixel Watch 4.<\/p>\n For one, Google could bring satellite connectivity to the Pixel Watch series with Emergency Satellite Communications on the Watch 4. For the moment, that label is all we have to go on, without any details about how the service might operate, but that still sounds like great news that should place Google\u2019s smartwatches on more even footing with Apple\u2019s.<\/p>\n The other new emergency feature tipped to land with the Pixel Watch 4 is supposedly a new Breathing Emergencies alert. Using the wearable\u2019s SpO2 sensor, this would give you a heads-up when your measured blood oxygen levels fall below a certain limit.<\/p>\n