The Pixel Watch offers wireless charging, despite missing official support

Officially, Google says the Pixel Watch does not feature wireless charging support. But it turns out that the support is actually there, as several users have noticed.

Several people who received their Pixel Watch were able to take advantage of wireless charging. They put the connected watch on the back of a smartphone to have reverse wireless charging and it worked. Testing suggests it also works with Qi chargers.

They told us it won’t work, well….#madebygoogle pic.twitter.com/GsrcD7NDPC

— Nils Ahrensmeier (@NilsAhrDE) October 6, 2022

A Google employee reacted to Reddit regarding this support discovered by users. He declares :

Wireless charging is not supported by the Google Pixel Watch. There may be some charging setups where reverse wireless charging or Qi charging seems to work. However, this will be very device and charger specific, and is not guaranteed to provide a consistent, regular, or correct charge. Note that in some cases this may cause the device to discharge while on the charger. For the best experience, you should always use the charger that came with your watch.

Although the employee recommends using the included magnetic charger and warns users that the watch may not charge consistently with Qi chargers or reverse wireless charging, he inadvertently confirms that the Pixel Watch will charge with specific devices.

The Pixel Watch is available for purchase now with a price of 379€ for Wi-Fi model and 429€ for the Wi-Fi + 4G model.