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Each time Google proclaims a brand new replace for my Pixel Watch or Buds, I get irritated. After all, I would like the brand new options — I dwell for these; I work for these. However my irritation stems from the truth that there’s no approach for me, and nerds like me, to get the replace as quickly because it rolls out. No, now we have to twiddle our thumbs and look ahead to the Google server gods to grace it upon our smartwatches or earbuds.
So, I get right into a funk for a couple of days and preserve manually checking for an replace. First, a couple of occasions an hour, then a couple of occasions a day, after which the frequency of checks dwindles down till I practically neglect in regards to the replace. However my watch is adamant that it’s updated. It’s not till a couple of weeks later, once I’ve forgotten what the replace was imagined to convey and once I’ve misplaced my pleasure and can to dig into it to see if there’s anything fascinating, that I get the notification {that a} new replace is ready for me.
Sigh. Apply. Reboot. Cool, I suppose?
By then, I’m greater than prone to test the one or two options I nonetheless bear in mind from the changelog after which transfer on. Zero pleasure.
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That is taking place once more with the March Pixel Drop. I’d very a lot like to attempt the new Fitbit interval monitoring on my watch; I’d additionally prefer to see if the brand new music controls which might be supposed to enhance podcast listening work with Pocket Casts. However alas, I can’t pressure the replace. So I wait.
What annoys me is that Google has already fastened this on Pixel and Android telephones. On my cellphone, if an replace is accessible, I can “pressure” it by tapping on Examine for replace. Google at all times rolls out updates in small batches to catch bugs earlier than the software program hits extra individuals, however even when the server lottery hadn’t initially chosen my explicit cellphone to obtain the replace first, this button tells Google that I’d very very like to be one of many first individuals to attempt it, so it triggers the obtain. Each time a month-to-month safety replace or a Pixel Drop over-the-air replace is launched for my Android cellphone, I get it on day one. So why not watches or earbuds?
Each time an replace rolls out for the Pixel Watch or Buds, I look ahead to weeks earlier than getting it. By then, I’ve misplaced curiosity.
During the last years, I’ve tried a dozen witch treatments shared within the again alleys of Reddit to attempt to set off updates for my Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds, with little success.
For the Pixel Watch authentic, Watch 2, or Watch 3, you may supposedly set off the replace by tapping an inordinate quantity of occasions till your fingers harm (nobody is aware of the quantity) on the tiny watch icon on the Your watch is updated display. Simply whenever you suppose nothing goes to occur, the watch tells you there’s an replace ready for you. Apparently, your odds are higher when you disable Bluetooth and preserve Wi-Fi on. Some individuals swear this works for them, however I haven’t managed to get it working for me. Possibly I get bored and exit that display proper earlier than it triggers the replace? However I’ll preserve making an attempt it till, hopefully, at some point, it will get that darned replace for me!
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For the Pixel Buds, one of many dwelling treatments says you need to open the case, preserve the buds in, flip off computerized updates for about half-hour, and shut the case. half-hour later, pop open the case once more and switch computerized updates again on. One other technique entails opening the Firmware replace setting replace, opening the case, and taking the buds out, which ought to swap the Updated standing to Final checked 0 minutes in the past, i.e., it ought to pressure test for an replace. These have randomly labored for me prior to now yr.
Witch treatments exist to pressure these updates, however they not often work. A easy button from Google can repair it.
Now, distinction these foolish workarounds with the simplicity of a handbook Examine for replace button. Oh, how straightforward wouldn’t it be to simply faucet that and pressure Google to ship the replace to my watch or buds?
Time to repair this, Google. Simply add a handbook button as an alternative of letting us, early adopters and authorized nerds, look ahead to weeks and lose curiosity earlier than the replace will get to us. We’re additionally the probably individuals to catch bugs and lift points, so it’s a win-win for everybody. Deal?
