Back in August, we reported on a unidentified fitness tracker hiding in Google’s own Pixel 11 advertising. Now Android Headlines says the device is actually called Fitbit Edge, and has published what appear to be proper product renders along with a much clearer picture of where it fits in Google’s wearable lineup.

Fitbit Edge looks like the Charge successor we expected

The basic formula is very Fitbit Charge.

Edge reportedly has a colour display, notifications, built-in GPS, an altimeter and automatic activity recognition. Battery life is listed at up to seven days.

There are also a few Google extras. The leaked comparison material lists Google Maps, media and music controls and Find My Phone, although this is clearly not being positioned as a mini Pixel Watch with a full app ecosystem.

To remind, Google Pixel Watch 5 gets Wi-Fi, LTE, satellite connectivity, Gemini and the broader Google Play Store, while Edge appears deliberately simpler. It keeps the screen and some smart features without going all the way to Wear OS.

Fitbit Air sits at the other end. It has no screen and is built around passive tracking, while Edge adds the display, notifications and more on-wrist interaction without giving up the week-long battery life.

In other words, Google now appears to have a fairly obvious three-level wearable lineup. Air is the discreet screenless tracker, Edge is the conventional fitness band, and Pixel Watch handles the full smartwatch side.

We may have already seen this device at the FCC

There is another piece of this that makes the leak more convincing. Last month, we found Google model G8BL6 in an FCC filing. The paperwork pointed to a wrist-worn device with straps, a screen, Bluetooth LE, GNSS and a charging base, but no Wi-Fi or cellular radio.

A few days later, an IMDA listing confirmed that G8BL6 is a Google device. At that point, the obvious question was whether it was connected to the mystery tracker from Google’s advertising. Fitbit Edge now looks like a very plausible answer. The leaked feature set lines up well with what we saw in those filings.

Price and launch timing are still guesses

The leaked colors include black, green and orange, apparently matching the Obsidian, Olive and Canyon finishes used elsewhere in Google’s Pixel lineup. The design also includes elongated side buttons and a removable band mechanism on the back.

Android Headlines expects Fitbit Edge to launch this month, but Google has not announced a date. The suggested $149 to $199 price range is also an estimate based on previous Charge pricing rather than leaked pricing information.

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So yes, it is finally happening. But this is very much the beginning of shipping rather than the point where thousands of Round 2 watches suddenly start landing on doorsteps.

Pebble says the first batch of watches have arrived at its warehouse and it is now contacting the earliest customers to confirm their orders. That is a genuine production milestone after months of delays.

The case is still holding things up

The problem remains the stainless steel case. Pebble says some production samples had such noticeable cosmetic issues that, during certain rounds of inspection, only around 15% passed its incoming quality checks.

That fits with what we have been hearing for months. Back in June, we covered the case manufacturing problem that prevented Pebble from getting mass production underway. By July, things appeared to be moving again and the company expected roughly 14,000 preorders to be shipped by the end of September.

Clearly, that timetable did not survive contact with the factory floor. Pebble now says the next batch of 1,000 watches will enter production after the October 1 to 7 holiday period in China and should ship around the end of October.

Production of the remaining orders is then scheduled to start at the beginning of November, with shipping beginning toward the end of that month. The current goal is to have all preorders out by the end of December.

Eight-day battery life is the other surprise

The more unexpected part of the update is battery life. When Pebble announced Round 2 in January, the company estimated roughly two weeks between charges. Its current specifications still list around 10 to 14 days.

Right now, though, Pebble says the average with the current version of PebbleOS is closer to eight days. Turning off the touchscreen, disabling shake-to-backlight and using a watchface that refreshes less frequently can apparently push that into the 10 to 14-day range.

That eight-day figure is a long way from daily charging. But there is a fairly large difference between getting around eight days during normal use and reaching two weeks only after switching off some features.

There is some precedent for this improving through software. As we noted in our July Pebble update, Pebble 2 Duo climbed from a median of 17 days to more than 30 days after optimisation, while Pebble Time 2 had reached around 21 days. Round 2 may follow the same path.

Elsewhere, the hardware is essentially ready. Pebble says the display, battery, buttons, software, certification and environmental testing are complete, leaving production of acceptable metal cases as the main bottleneck.

There is plenty of software waiting for the hardware as well. Developers have already produced around 1,400 apps and watchfaces specifically for Round 2, while another 3,000 originally made for Pebble Time Round can automatically scale to the new display.

For buyers, the important bit is that Round 2 has finally crossed the line from beta hardware into actual production. Just don’t interpret that as meaning the wait is over for everyone.

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We compared the new release with version 7.36.2, and both device names are new. More importantly, they sit inside Polar’s device-recognition code rather than a stray promotional file.

A new version of the screenless tracker

The one that is more interesting is Polar Loop Gen 3. The name appears in a new device profile tied to the hardware identifiers INW6R and Polar_INW6R, while Polar’s wider device registry has also gained a matching “loop gen 3” entry.

There is a slightly odd detail in the same profile. Its marketing-name field still says “Polar Loop Gen 2”, but the code used to recognise connected models explicitly accepts “Polar Loop Gen 3”. That could mean that Polar is still tidying up internal labels before anything becomes public.

Either way, this is more than a casual mention. Device-recognition logic exists so the app can identify hardware and apply the correct behaviour, which makes the reference harder to dismiss as unused copy left in a translation file.

The timing is what gives this some bite. Polar launched the current screen-free Loop in September 2025, positioning it as a subscription-free alternative to products such as Whoop. The current model is barely a year old, so a third-generation name appearing now points to a quicker hardware cycle than many buyers might expect.

Polar 360 Gen 2 gets a cleaner profile

Polar 360 Gen 2 is the second new name, and its implementation is less muddled. A new device profile recognises “Polar 360 Gen 2”, “360 Gen 2” and the lower-case equivalent, all connected with a new INW6S hardware identifier.

The original Polar 360 appeared in the Flow app before its wider business rollout, so this is a familiar route for the product family. Polar currently describes the Polar 360 as a screen-free platform for companies that want to build health and fitness services around Polar’s sensors, software tools and data.

The H12 is starting to reveal its purpose

The same app update also moves the H12 story forward. Our earlier Polar H12 discovery found a dedicated device profile in version 7.36.2, but there was no useful information about its connectivity, battery life or sensing hardware at the time.

Version 7.37.0 adds user-facing setup text linked to that H12 profile. It says the sensor can broadcast heart rate to as many as four Bluetooth devices simultaneously, while new open and secure modes let the wearer choose whether nearby devices can pick up the signal easily.

Secure mode is described as keeping heart-rate data from being picked up by anyone, while open mode is intended to make connections easier. That sounds aimed at people who move between watches, gym equipment, training apps and cycling computers.

What the app still does not tell us

There are no Loop Gen 3 or Polar 360 Gen 2 product images in the updated onboarding package. The onboarding file itself is unchanged from version 7.36.2, with the new models appearing only in the app’s underlying device definitions and registry.

It’s important to note here – app code can arrive months before a product, survive after plans change or cover hardware that never receives a normal retail launch. So this is evidence of development rather than confirmation of upcoming availability.

It is also worth noting that the INW6R model number has not yet appeared in any of the regulatory databases we monitor. That makes a 2026 launch look less likely, with early 2027 perhaps the more realistic window.

APK teardown note

This article is based on an APK teardown. Code found inside an app can reveal features or devices that are under development, but there is no guarantee they will appear in a future public release.

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We spotted the Galaxy Watch9 Classic in a Russian regulatory declaration last week. At first glance, the obvious explanation was that Samsung had planned the watch, changed its mind and left the name sitting in some old paperwork.

The timing makes that explanation less tidy. The document was not registered before Samsung unveiled its 2026 watches, it appeared afterwards.

The filing came after the Watch9 launch

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra2 on July 22. There was no Galaxy Watch9 Classic, despite the Classic name having already appeared in the wider regulatory trail around Samsung’s smartwatch lineup.

Then, on August 14, a new Russian Declaration of Conformity was registered. The document explicitly lists Galaxy Watch9, Galaxy Watch9 Classic and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 together as smartwatches.

That puts the registration roughly three weeks after Samsung had already shown us its 2026 smartwatch lineup. The timing is what makes this more interesting than a forgotten pre-launch reference.

If the declaration had been registered months before Unpacked, it would be easy enough to dismiss the Watch9 Classic as a product Samsung considered and later cancelled. But someone was still filing paperwork containing that exact name after the Watch9 and Ultra2 were already official.

It could still be a cancelled watch

This does not definitely prove Samsung is preparing a Galaxy Watch9 Classic for release. Regulatory documents can include products that never make it to shops, so the filing alone is not enough to treat the watch as confirmed.

But there is the other possibility is that Samsung never intended the Watch9 Classic to arrive alongside the standard Watch9. A later release would explain why the name remained active in regulatory paperwork without appearing at the July event.

That is why the Galaxy Watch9 Classic remains a product to watch rather than something we can say is definitely coming. The filing gives us the name, but it does not give us a release date or tell us what Samsung intends to do with it.

Samsung’s current lineup does leave an obvious gap, though. The Galaxy Watch9 covers the mainstream end and Ultra2 sits above it, while anyone wanting Samsung’s physical rotating bezel still has to look at the previous-generation Classic.

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