


Two small metal nubs flank the crown to protect it, but they’re shorter than the crown itself, making it easy to accidentally press the button down. Physically, the biggest issue is that I keep accidentally activating Google Assistant when I bend my wrist too much. It’s a useful control scheme, but it has its share of quirks. If you don’t want to use those features, the two buttons can be set to open any Wear OS app. The button above the crown displays your fitness stats, while the button below accesses your Google Pay cards for NFC payments.

A ridged crown sticks out from the middle, and can be pushed in to wake the screen or jump to the app list, held down to activate Google Assistant, and twisted to scroll the screen up and down.
