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Google launches very practical function:
Google has deployed on its latest Pixel Watch 3 the. In addition, Channel Sounding functionality which should allow in the medium term to locate more precisely other compatible devices. For example, Only problem. In addition, the Pixel Watch 3 are for the moment the first (and the only) to take advantage of it in the group’s ecosystem.

This novelty had gone unnoticed, it is however interesting in more than one title. Last March, Google deployed with Wear OS 5.1 with a new feature called Channel Sounding On its Pixel Watch 3. The latter should improve the location of other devices by taking advantage google launches very practical function of their existing Bluetooth equipment.
Concretely, this function will make it possible to benefit from a location practically as precise as the ultra-upband (UWB) … but only thanks to the embedded Bluetooth, and therefore without recourse to a chip or a tracker specific.
The back of the medal? The Watch 3 Pixel is one of the first devices of the Android environment to be equipped with such a function … However, to operate, the latter requires multiple compatible devices.
A functionality deployed for the future – Google launches very practical function
The Channel Sounding made its appearance for the first time in September 2024. relates The Vergeas a function introduced in parallel with the presentation of Bluetooth 6.0 by the GIS. This technology does not put so much on the Bluetooth signal. its intensity to estimate the distance from one device to another.
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Bluetooth 6.0 will soon google launches very practical function be launched. here is what it will do
To be very precise despite obstacles or any interference, the Channel Sounding Measuring instead the time required to send several radio signals at different frequencies, between two connected devices. According to the consortium. this technique suddenly allows a ” Precision of the centimeter order », As well as an estimate of the management to follow to locate a device.
A bit like with a UWB tag, in short, except that here alone the Bluetooth is used … and that’s good: most of our devices are equipped with it, unlike the specific equipment used by the UWB.
The only constraint affects the deployment of the new Bluetooth 6.0 protocol. To really benefit from this novelty of the Pixel Watch 3. it will therefore be necessary to wait until more brands publish the software updates adding the care of Bluetooth 6.0 to their google launches very practical function eligible devices.
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