Google is killing Safety Signal, the offline emergency feature it launched with the Pixel Watch 2. The capability let users trigger Emergency SOS and Safety Check without Bluetooth or cellular connectivity. Going forward, both features require a phone or active internet connection.
This is a quiet but significant rollback. Safety Signal was a genuine differentiator, a fallback layer for emergencies when normal connectivity fails. That is precisely when people need it most. Removing it narrows the gap between Pixel Watch and cheaper alternatives that never offered it.
The full article is worth reading for details on the timeline and whether existing Pixel Watch 2 and 3 owners will lose the feature via a software update or if it disappears for new users only. That distinction matters.
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