At its annual developer conference, Google debuted its first smartwatch.

The Google Pixel Watch combines Fitbit health tracking with Google’s Wear operating system. In 2019, Google paid $2.1 billion (£1.7 billion) for Fitbit. The watch can only be paired with Android devices and is 4G-compatible, which means it can operate independently of a phone – but only with its own data plan.

According to Google, both the phone and the watch would need to be connected to the same network. The wearable will be a “luxury product,” according to the tech giant, when it launches in the autumn.

Apple and Samsung, both of which are already market leaders in smartwatches, will be tough competitors. Although several third-party Android watches run on Google’s Wear operating system, Google has yet to release its own gadget.

The product’s uniqueness, according to Rick Osterloh, Google’s senior vice president of devices and services, was the mix of “Google’s ecosystem and Fitbit expertise.”

Despite rumours that the Pixel Watch will work with Apple goods, Google has verified that this is not the case.