After yesterday’s chaos, when Google’s entire Pixel 11 series showed up early on Amazon, it felt like only a matter of time before the Pixel Watch 5 made its own surprise appearance. Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened today, this time through renders that look genuinely credible.
The Pixel Watch 5 renders show the watch coming in both 41mm and 45mm case sizes, with color options listed as Pyrite, Warm Gold, Dark Anthracite, and Natural Silver. Those names are almost certainly not final, though. Google routinely sends placeholder color names to distributors and importers that don’t line up with the eventual retail names.
A good example of this showed up in yesterday’s Pixel 11 leak, where the black colorway across listings was referred to as both Obsidian and Midnight. Google has stuck with Obsidian as the official name for years now, and there’s no reason to expect that to change with this generation.
Based on the evidence so far, the Pixel Watch 5’s case colors will likely just mirror last year’s Pixel Watch 4 lineup: Matte Black, Polished Silver, and Champagne Gold. The fourth color remains unconfirmed, but “Pyrite” seems unlikely to be the real name.
Setting color naming aside, the Pixel Watch 5 design closely mirrors the Pixel Watch 4. The crown and single side button sit in the same positions, the glass retains its domed shape, and the case remains fully round. In the renders, the watches are shown paired with the Active Band in Olive, Canyon, Obsidian, and Fog — the same four colors expected for the Pixel 11 Pro.
This follows recently shared FCC listings for the Pixel Watch 5, which revealed four separate model numbers, each supporting both LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity. Satellite support is also expected to be included this generation.
On pricing, rumors currently point to $399 and $429 for the 41mm and 45mm Wi-Fi models respectively, with LTE variants expected to climb to $499 and $529.
| Pixel Watch 5 (41mm) | Pixel Watch 5 (45mm) | |
| WiFi/Bluetooth | $399 | $429 |
| 4G LTE | $499 | $529 |
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Robert Haba is the founder and editor-in-chief of Droid Tools. A lifelong gadget enthusiast with over a decade following the Android ecosystem, he built this publication to cut through the noise and give readers honest, real-world coverage of the tech they actually use.
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