Google’s new Pixel Watch media controls are a major upgrade, and arriving now

The newest Pixel Watch update makes managing playlists way easier.

Apr 24, 2025 - 20:53

Google’s new Pixel Watch media controls are a major upgrade, and arriving now

As part of the March Pixel Drop, Google announced new media controls for the Pixel Watch.
These expand the previously available playback controls with new options for playlists, speed, and much more.
It’s take a few weeks to arrive, but the update is finally hitting smartwatches now.

Last month, Google announced its latest wave of upgrades coming to the company’s hardware. The March Pixel Drop included a bunch of new features not just for the Pixel smartphones, but also a handful targeted at the company’s wearables. Alongside new features like Pixel Watch loss-of-pulse detection, we heard about some improvements to the smartwatch media playback experience that were on their way. Well, they may have taken a little longer than you’d think to get here, but those new media controls are finally starting to arrive.

As the very last feature it talked about when announcing the March Pixel Drop, Google told us to look forward to getting the ability to “manage your favorite audio content with new actions on Pixel Watch to fast forward and rewind, adjust playback speed or control playback queue.”