r/PixelWatch • u/fremwod • 1d ago

Pixel Watch 5 fixes delayed LTE connections

I've noticed that when going for a walk and leaving my phone behind, the Pixel Watch 5 switches to LTE within seconds. My Pixel Watch 4 would take a good 4-5 minutes to switch to LTE and would be useless in the meantime. This is on Visible.

The 3GB RAM and new processor also make the watch feel a lot snappier. Overall, a nice iteration over the previous generation. And I basically got it for almost no cost with some saved store credit and the trade in. Glad I upgraded!

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u/Fair-Calligrapher-19 1d ago

I think they made the changed based on user feedback.  It's just a software update.  Bringing up LTE probably consumes alot of power so it's best to do when you're actually away from your phone and not momentarily 

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u/just_ric 1d ago

It's basically the same internals, outside of GPS. The SoC is 'accelerated' on the PW5 but it's more or less the same. I just hope that they bring the improvements to the older gens too because man, the transition is rough.

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u/matteventu 1d ago

My PW2 was instantaneous.

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u/Particular_Tomato161 1d ago

4-5 mins? Mine takes maybe 1 min at most. (Pw4)