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Preorder the Google Pixel Watch 3 and get half off, too
If you’ve been waiting for the new Google Pixel Watch 3, there’s good news: You can pre-order it now, and even save big in the process.
According to our tech experts, this model offers some really impressive enhancements, starting with AI-powered functions that make it easier to talk, text, stay healthy, get help in an emergency, and more. You can event shave time off everyday tasks, from scheduling to navigation.
Is the Google Pixel Watch 3 worth it?
The Google Pixel Watch 3 now comes in two sizes — 41-millimeter and 45-millimeter — and four color combinations. The smaller version gives you 10% more on-screen real estate than the Pixel Watch 2, while the larger provides 40% more screen space to display customized watch faces and personalized information.
And like the previous Pixel smartwatches, this one offers all of the features and functionality of a Fitbit health and fitness tracker integrated seamlessly into the watch. This includes more than 40 activity and exercise modes. You also get an always-on Actua AMOLED display that’s brighter than ever (up to 2,000 nits), but it can easily be dimmed to a mere 1 nit when you’re in a theater or trying to sleep.
Battery life is now up to 24 hours. Thanks to the AI, the watch can better manage incoming calls and detect spam more efficiently. You can also use the Recorder app from the watch to record your thoughts, meetings, classes or conversations, and then have a transcript and summary delivered right to your smartphone. Plus, if you have a smart TV that runs using the Google TV OS, you can use the Pixel Watch 3 as the TV’s remote.
One feature we love is that if you have a Nest Cam or Nest video doorbell, you can see its live video feed right on your watch and communicate with anyone at your door. A new Safety Check feature shares your location with pre-selected people, at a pre-set time when you’re out on your own. Fall Detection, SOS Emergency Sharing and the watch’s ability to share your medical details in an emergency are also built into the watch.
Pixel Watch 3 comes with one watch band, but dozens of others are available, so you can personalize the watch to match your outfit, mood or activity. Both watch sizes are available with either just Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connectivity (which means it relies heavily on your smartphone that must remain nearby) or with 4G LTE + Bluetooth/Wi-Fi.
We highly recommend the 4G LTE + Bluetooth/Wi-Fi version of the Pixel Watch 3. That way you can communicate and work autonomously from your smartphone — handle calls and texts, have Gemini Assistant pull info from internet, stream music or video, and more. You can use the watch anywhere, even if you leave your phone behind.
Sensors built into the Pixel Watch 3 include a compass, altimeter, SpO2 monitor, multi-path optical heart rate sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, skin temperature sensor, barometer and more.
How to pre-order the Google Pixel Watch 3 right now
The Google Pixel Watch 3 starts at $350, which currently makes it one of the best values compared to other smartwatches. You can pre-order the Google Pixel Watch 3 right now. It starts shipping September 10.
When you pre-order the watch from AT&T, you can get 50% off the purchase price if you sign up for an eligible data plan. You can also get instant credit toward the purchase price with an eligible trade-in, or finance the watch starting at just $6.25 per month for 36 months.
Meanwhile, Best Buy is offering up to $350 in instant trade-in credit with an eligible device toward the purchase of the Pixel Watch 3.
If you’re looking to pair your new Google Pixel Watch 3 with one of the new Google Pixel 9 smartphones, you can pre-order any of these phones now and get a really great deal. And to discover more information about the various other Android (WearOS) smartwatches available right now, check out our coverage of the best smartwatches for Android fans in 2024 and best Apple Watch alternatives in 2024.
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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
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Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.
TRENTON, N.J. — Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in April.
McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January. She and Bucco will face a rematch on the November ballot for the full term.
McIver said in a statement Wednesday that she stands on the “shoulders of giants,” naming Payne as chief among them.
She cast ahead to the November election, saying the right to make reproductive health choices was on the ballot as well as whether the economy should benefit the wealthy or “hard working Americans.”
“I will fight because the purpose of politics and the purpose of our vote is to give the people of our communities and our nation a bold voice,” she said.
Bucco congratulated McIver on the victory in a statement but said he’s looking forward to the rematch in November.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said in an email. “We still have a second chance to make district 10 great again!”
Who are LaMonica McIver and Carmen Bucco?
McIver emerged as the Democratic candidate in a crowded field in the July special election. A member of the city council of New Jersey’s biggest city since 2018, she also worked for Montclair Public Schools as a personnel director and plans to focus on affordability, infrastructure, abortion rights and “protecting our democracy,” she told The Associated Press earlier this summer.
Bucco describes himself on his campaign website as a small-business owner influenced by his upbringing in the foster system. He lists support for law enforcement and ending corruption as top issues.
The 10th District lies in a heavily Democratic and majority-Black region of northern New Jersey. Republicans are outnumbered by more than 6 to 1.
It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation.
Among the developments were the conviction on federal bribery charges of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who has denied the charges, and the demise of the so-called county party line — a system in which local political leaders give their preferred candidates favorable position on the primary ballot.
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s running for Menendez’s seat, and other Democrats brought a federal lawsuit challenging the practice as part of his campaign to oust Menendez, who has resigned since his conviction.
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