How to Sync Pixel Watch Alarm with any Android Phone

In this guide, we will show you the steps to sync the Pixel Watch alarm with any Android phone. Google has just stepped into the smartwatch domain and its first offering has managed to grab a bag of mixed reactions. While it is being praised for its build quality, smooth performance, and reliable sensors, but its large bezels, disjoint Fitbit integration, and higher price than its competitor seemed to have gone against it.

Apart from that, the watch seems to have some noticeable omissions as well. In this regard, two of the most important ones are the inability to sync DND and Alarm across the watch and phone. What is intriguing to note is that other watches that run on WearOS, such as Fossil Gen6, are easily able to sync alarms with Pixel devices, but Google’s own watch isn’t able to do so! Adding more to the misery is a Google Product expert who states:

That’s how it works. On other wear os devices they do sync but on the Pixel watch they do not. [Source]

This is working at intended. The alarm do not sync. [Source]

This isn’t something that any of you would like to hear. However, I still believe that this “isn’t working as intended” and there’s much more to it than what meets the eye. According to my research, it seems that the issue is simply with the current version of the Google Clock app that is installed on your watch. Upon downgrading it to the earlier stable build, you might be able to make this feature up and running again. On that note, let’s put this fix to the test and check out the results.

How to Sync Pixel Watch Alarm with any Android Phone

Before starting off with the steps, I want to list out an important note- I have tried these steps on Galaxy Watch 4 and 5, both of which run on WearOS. Since the Pixel Watch also has the same underlying OS, there is every reason to believe that this guide will work on your Pixel watch as well. Moreover, the screenshots that you see are from Galaxy Watch 4, so some of the menu names might be slightly different.

STEP 1: Install Android SDK

First and foremost, you will have to install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide.

STEP 2: Download Old Version of Clock App

1. Next up, grab hold of the older version of the Google Clock APK from below.

   Download Link

2. Once downloaded, transfer it to the platform-tools folder on your PC.

STEP 3: Enable ADB Debugging in Pixel Watch

1. Head over to Settings > About Watch > Software and tap Software Version 7 times.
2. Then go to Developer Options and enable the toggle next to ADB Debugging.
3. After that, scroll down a little bit and enable the toggle next to Debug over WiFi.
   
4. It will now bring up the IP Address, note it down somewhere [do not include the port number, i.e. values after the colon].
5. For example, if the entire value is 192.168.1.3:5555, then your IP will be 192.168.1.3.

STEP 4: Connect Pixel Watch to PC via ADB Command

1. Head over to the platform-tools folder, type in CMD in its address bar, and hit Enter. This will launch Command Prompt.
2. Now type in the below command in this CMD window [make sure to replace IP accordingly].

   adb connect IP

   

3. You will now get a prompt on your watch, tap OK or Always Allow from this computer.
   
4. Finally, execute the below command to verify the ADB Connection between your watch and PC

   adb devices

   

5. You will now get your IP Address and port number, followed by the ‘device’ keyword. This signifies that the connection has been successfully established.

STEP 5: Downgrade Clock App on Pixel Watch

1. To begin with, transfer the clock app to the platform-tools folder on your PC.
2. For the sake of convenience, rename it to wf [so that the complete name becomes wf.apk].
3. Now execute the below command in the CMD window [make sure to replace IP accordingly]

   adb -s IP install wf.apk

   

4. The older version of the clock app will now be installed onto your watch and the downgrade stands complete.

That’s it. You will now be able to sync your Pixel Watch alarm with your Android phone. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

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