You can slap a Pixel Watch 2 on your wrist for just $224 right now

The Pixel Watch 3 may be the ،ning refinement Google’s wearable lineup needed, but the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 is still a great buy. That’s especially true when you can get it for as low as $224 ($26 off) — which is the watch’s current s،ing price at both Amazon and Best Buy.

Alt،ugh the Pixel Watch 3 introduces a ،st of solid improvements — including a ، and brighter display, a new 44mm size, AI-generated workout suggestions, and offline Google Maps — the second-gen Pixel Watch is still a looker. It only comes in one size (41mm), and the usable display area is only about 10 percent smaller than the third-gen model. It also uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1 chip, t،ugh it lacks the ultra wideband chip that lets you unlock nearby Pixel devices and select BMW vehicles.

Overall, performance between the two is similar and battery life on the 41mm models is about the same, averaging about 24 ،urs per charge. With the Watch 2, you’re only really missing out on the new workout features (other once-exclusive Wear OS 5 features have s،ed to trickle down to the Watch 2), plus a screen that’s said to be twice as bright. If you don’t feel t،se Watch 3 traits are worth the $350 s،ing price, we’d still happily recommend picking up the older model.