Galaxy Watches and Pixel 10 phones are currently incompatible

If you just picked up a shiny new Pixel 10 series phone and tried pairing it with your Galaxy Watch, chances are you’re running into some connectivity trouble. Reports are piling up across Reddit and Google’s support forums that Samsung’s watches, especially the Galaxy Watch 8 series, Galaxy Watch 7 series, and Galaxy Watch Ultra, simply refuse to connect to Google’s flagships over Bluetooth, and we can confirm the issue is very real.

On our end, a Galaxy Watch 8 Classic wouldn’t pair at all with the Pixel 10 Pro XL. The setup stops dead at the pairing code stage, whether through the Galaxy Wearable app or manual Bluetooth settings. Resetting the watch and reinstalling Samsung Health as well as the Galaxy Wearable app didn’t help either. We also didn’t have any luck pairing the two together after installing the latest September update on the Pixel 10 Pro XL. Meanwhile, the watch pairs perfectly fine with Samsung’s own phones like the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, so the problem seems limited to Pixel 10 devices.