At its Made by Google 2026 event, the tech giant unveiled the Pixel Watch 5 with health monitoring and the Pixel Tag, a new tracking accessory prioritising safety and location awareness for everyday use and emergencies.
Google has expanded its wearable and accessories line-up with the Pixel Watch 5 and its first tracking accessory, the Pixel Tag, in a launch that places safety and location awareness at the centre of both devices. At its Made by Google 2026 event on August 12 local time, the company said the new watch and tracker are designed to work across its Gemini intelligence, health software and Find Hub network to provide more useful support in everyday use and emergencies.
The Pixel Watch 5 is the sharper statement of that strategy. Google says the watch’s Health Guardian system is built to watch for subtle changes in the body and to turn sensor data into alerts that may help users act earlier on potential health issues. Among the headline features is breathing emergency detection, which is designed to identify dangerously low oxygen levels and, if the wearer does not respond, place an automated call to emergency services and trusted contacts with location information. Google said the feature will launch first in major European markets.
According to Google, the health tools are based on models trained on millions of biometric readings and are intended to produce monthly reports on indicators such as insulin resistance trends, blood pressure trends gathered without a cuff and sleep breathing quality. The company also said the watch has been upgraded with the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor, a dome-shaped Actua 360 display rated at up to 3,000 nits and GPS route tracking that is twice as accurate as before. It will also support Raise to Talk, which lets users summon Gemini with a hand gesture even offline, alongside AI-powered sleep synchronisation.
The Pixel Tag extends Google’s device ecosystem beyond the wrist and into item tracking. The stainless steel tracker has an IP67 rating for resistance to dust and water and uses a user-replaceable coin battery that Google says can last up to a year. It supports both ultra-wideband and Bluetooth channel sounding for closer-range direction finding, while a built-in speaker can help users locate nearby items and a reverse-finding button can ring a connected phone. Google also said the tracker includes lost-item alerts, family sharing for up to 10 people and protection against unwanted tracking.
For items outside Bluetooth range, Google says the Pixel Tag will rely on its Find Hub crowd-sourced network of more than 1 billion Android devices. The company has also added safety features intended to detect and warn users if a tag is being used without consent. The Pixel Tag will cost $29 each or $99 for a four-pack and is due to go on sale on November 11.
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