The new £350 Google Pixel 2 smartwatch that can tell you if it’s time to stop stressing

Google’s new smartwatch will warn you when you’re feeling stressed, and ask you to calm down.

The Pixel Watch 2 will measure microscopic beads of sweat on the wrist, along with heart rate and skin temperature, to see how the wearer is coping.

When an anxiety-provoking body response is detected, it asks the user to record their mood, before offering suggestions on interventions, such as a guided breathing exercise or going for a walk.

The latest update was announced at the tech giant’s ‘Made By Google’ event, where it unveiled a host of new features for the £350 device.

Among them is a new AI-powered personal trainer added to the linked app by FitBit, the fitness tracking company that Google bought for £1.8bn in 2019.

The new Pixel Watch 2 will measure microscopic beads of sweat on the wrist, along with heart rate and skin temperature, to see how the wearer is coping.

The Google Pixel Watch 2 is shown during Google’s product launch event in New York on October 4, 2023

Using your health data, it can answer why running seemed more difficult today, explaining that it could be either because the user didn’t sleep well or the road was hillier than usual.

Another new feature of the watch is “Safety Check,” where users can set a timer for the time they expect to arrive home.

If you don’t arrive in time, the watch will automatically share your location with your emergency contacts.

Google said the Pixel Watch 2 has more heart rate sensors attached to make it 40 percent more accurate, as well as a new skin temperature sensor that can better read your sleep and wellness.

It also now features a continuous electrical activity (cEDA) sensor that can detect when your body is showing signs of stress.

Using AI, your data will be used to figure out what might be causing you, for example, feeling sick or drinking too much alcohol or caffeine, and suggest ways to improve your routine.

At the event, Google also revealed how its AI-powered chatbot Bard will begin offering more across its product suite.

Google Assistant, which was introduced seven years ago to its lineup of phones, was designed to answer questions in a one-on-one conversation with the user but has remained somewhat limited.

Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services at Google, speaks during a product launch event in New York

The company is now adding Bard to the feature, which it said will allow it to offer “a personal assistant with thinking capabilities… who can hear, speak, see, and perform actions on your behalf.”

To help, AI will be given access to all your content, including emails, work documents and various data, such as what you watch on YouTube or the locations you search for on maps.

In one example, Google said users can request a summary and summary of their most important emails over the past week.

Or show how, in less than a minute, he can prepare a shopping list for a group of ten friends, then automatically share it with them for coordination.

Google’s Sisi Hsiao, who is in charge of the project, said this is part of the company’s goal of creating “the world’s most useful personal assistant.”

“You can see how Bard Assistant collects the information you need from different apps and services so you can get things done much faster,” she said.