Google halts Wear OS 5 rollout following Pixel Watch soft-bricking reports

Google Pixel Watch | Image credit: PhoneArena
Google kicked off the Wear OS 5 update rollout for the older Pixel smartwatches just a few days ago. Unfortunately, the Mountain View company had to pull the update because some users had their Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 wearables soft brick.The folks at 9to5google noticed that the Wear OS 5 update is no longer available for download, so if you heading to Settings / System / System update to try and download it, chances are that the device won’t return any results.
It’s worth mentioning that only a small percentage of Pixel Watch and Watch 2 users have been hit with these major issues. The problem that are facing while trying to install the update is a very black screen with a Bluetooth logo at the bottom during the process.

Google Pixel Watch 2 | Image credit: PhoneArena
Thankfully, Google already posted a step-by-step guide on how to fix a blank, frozen, or error message on the Pixel Watch. Since the smartwatch doesn’t have a physical reset button, here is what you must do to recover your wearable device:
- Restart your Google Pixel Watch.
- Long press the crown and the side button of your Google Pixel Watch for around 20 seconds until it shows a dark screen with the white "G" logo. *If your watch is currently turned off, press the crown for a few seconds to turn it on.
- As soon as the watch shows the white "G" logo, tap the upper-left and lower-right edges of the watch face screen at the same time. The watch will go into "Fastboot" mode.
- Press the side button next to the crown to scroll down.
- When "Recovery Mode" is highlighted, press the crown. The message "No Command" will appear on the watch face.
- Press and hold the crown and swipe up on your screen at the same time. A debug screen will appear on the watch face.
- Swipe down until "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" is highlighted.
- Swipe right to reset your watch and PIN.
- Swipe right again to confirm.
- Reset from your phone settings.

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