Google’s excellent Pixel Watch has never been cheaper at Argos
It’s a new year, so you may well have a nice fresh list of New Year’s resolutions ready toi tackle. A common area we all like to improve in January is our fitness, fighting off the mince pie effect and planning more of an exercise routine.
With that noble endeavour could well be the need for some sort of fitness tracker or smartwatch. These wrist-worn devices are incredibly capable, and can track anything from a stroll in the park to a triathlon, collating your health data 24/7 to paint an over picture of your fitness improvements.
If you have an Android phone, I thoroughly recommend the Google Pixel Watch 3 having reviewed it and worn it extensively, and right now it is on sale for £199 at Argos, down considerably from its £349 RRP. Argos says this is the “lowest price” the retailer has sold the Pixel Watch 3 for.
The Pixel Watch 3 works with a Google Pixel phone, but also any other modern Android, so even if you have a Samsung, OnePlus, Motorola or any other brand of phone, you’ll be fine – it just doesn’t work with iPhones, unfortunately.
The Pixel Watch 3 expertly blends smart features like notifications, third party apps (Spotify, AllTrails, Strava, you name it) with Fitbit-branded fitness tracking. Google acquired Fitbit in 2021 and has by now done a great job of integrating the Fitbit app with the Pxiel Watch experience.
The watch has a heart rate sensor and can also track your steps and stress thanks to skin temperature readings. All this data is presented clearly in the Fitbit app, alongside your sleep data if you wear the watch to bed. You even get a readiness score out of 100 that is designed to indicate whether you should hit the gym or have a quiet evening on the sofa based on your activity and rest.
It all means you can see where your overall health is at right now, and hopefully look back at the end of 2026 and see a marked improvement. You’re getting all the functions of the existing Fitbit devices such as the Fitbit Sense 2, but with added smart features enabled by Google’s WearOS operating system.
From controlling music and audio playback on your wrist to great compatibility with Google apps from Weather to Google Wallet and Google Maps. If you have a Nest camera, you can even view the video feeds on the watch!
This great £199 price is for the smaller 41mm Pixel Watch 3. There’s a 45mm option too (on sale for £249) which has a larger screen and better battery life, if you prefer. But otherwise the two models are functionally identical. Google promises 24 hours of battery life on the smaller model, which I found to be accurate in my time testing.
It’s not clear how long the Pixel Watch 3 will be on sale at Argos. If it sounds like the Android smartwatch for you, you could also pick it up currently for the same £199 price at Amazon.
